Harrie Samaras

Serves as an arbitrator and mediator in U.S. and international disputes focusing on commercial cases involving intellectual property and business and technology issues. She also handles employment and securities disputes.

Experience

Harrie Samaras is a Fellow of both the College of Commercial Arbitrators and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She serves as a neutral on an ad hoc basis and for ADR organizations including: the AAA/ICDR, CPR, WIPO, and the ICC. In private practice, Harrie represented clients at the trial and appellate levels in intellectual property cases. In the corporate sector, she served as Director of Intellectual Property Litigation for a telecommunications company and as Vice President Intellectual Property, Legal, for a business unit of a multi-national pharmaceutical company. Early in her legal career, Harrie worked as a staff attorney and law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and as a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Work History

• ADR Office of Harrie Samaras, West Chester, PA June 2009 - Present
• RATNERPRESTIA, Valley Forge, PA 2003 – 2009
• ÉLAN DRUG DELIVERY, INC., King of Prussia, PA 2000 – 2002
• MCI WORLDCOM, INC., Washington, D.C. 1997 – 2000
• LOWE, PRICE, LEBLANC & BECKER, Alexandria, VA 1994-1997
• KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, Newport Beach, CA 1990 – 1994
• U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT, Washington, DC 1985 – 1990 (Law Clerk to the Honorable Helen W. Nies, Chief Judge; Deputy Senior Technical Assistant, Office of the Senior Technical Assistant)
• U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Arlington, VA 1983 – 1985
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH, Bethesda, MD 1980 – 1983

Cases

For a list of representative arbitrations see: http://www.harriesamaras.com/about/experience/.

For a list of courses see: http://harriesamaras.com/about-menu/credentialing/. Also, Harrie participates in ongoing training through the American Arbitration Association, College of Commercial Arbitrators, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, and International Academy of Mediators.

License(s)

• Maryland State Bar, 1985
• California State Bar, 1991 (inactive in 2011)
• District of Columbia Bar, 1995 (inactive in 2010)
• Pennsylvania State Bar, 2003

Education

• LLM, Patent and Trade Regulation, 1991- THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NATIONAL LAW CENTER, Washington, DC
• JD, UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW, Baltimore, MD, 1984
• MS, Cell Physiology / Biochemistry, 1978 - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD
• BS, Zoology / Chemistry, 1976 - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD

Publications

• See full list of publications at http://www.harriesamaras.com/publications-menu/publications/
• Book: ADR Advocacy, Strategies, and Practices for Intellectual Property and Technology Cases (Second Edition) ABA Publishing – Intellectual Property Section of Law (2017), Harrie Samaras (Editor/Author)
• Chapter 7:Selecting the Arbitrators. Arbitrating Commercial Disputes in the United States, Practicing Law Institute (2018), Harrie Samaras (Author)