Dan Harris

About Dan Harris

I am a founder of Harris Sliwoski, an international law firm with lawyers in Los Angeles,…

Experience

1. International Lawyer China Law Blogger

   Harris Sliwoski Llp

   Jan 1998 — Present

   I am a founder of Harris Bricken, an international law firm with lawyers in Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Brazil, China, Mexico and Spain. I mostly represent companies doing business in Asia and Latin America. It has taken me many years to build my network and it takes constant communication and travel to maintain it. My work has been as varied as securing the release of improperly held helicopters in Papua New Guinea, setting up a legal framework to move slag from Canada to Poland\'s interior, overseeing hundreds of litigation/arbitration matters in Korea, helping someone avoid terrorism charges in Japan, setting up tech companies in Mexico, successfully representing a country in a $45 million dollar lawsuit, and seizing product at a port in China to collect on a debt. I was named as one of only three Washington State Amazing Lawyers in International Law, I am AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (its highest rating), and I am rated 10.0 by AVVO.com (its highest rating). I am a frequent writer and public speaker on doing business internationally. I most commonly speak on how companies can best protect themselves when operating internationally and I am the lead writer of the award winning China Law Blog Forbes Magazine, Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Business Week, The National Law Journal, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The ABA Journal, The Economist, Newsweek, NPR, The New York Times and Inside Counsel have all interviewed me regarding international law issues. I am licensed in Washington, Illinois, and Alaska. In tandem with the international lawyers at my firm, I focus on setting up companies overseas, drafting international contracts, protecting IP, and overseeing M&A transactions and cross-border disputes.

Education

• Robert College

  High School

  1975 — 1977

• Indiana University Maurer School of Law

  JD, Law, Magna Cum Laude

  1981 — 1984

• Grinnell College

  BA, French, Political Science

  1977 — 1981