Author Profile

Dan Harris

Dan Harris

Phone: 206-224-5657
600 Stewart Street Suite 1200 Seattle WA 98101 United States

About

Dan Harris is one of the blogosphere’s leading voices on issues pertaining to Chinese business law and what it means from an international perspective. Based out of Seattle, Dan – founder of Harris Moure PLLC and author of the well-respected China Law Blog – was rated one of Washington’s “Amazing Lawyers for International Law” by Washington CEO Magazine in 2006.

Areas of Expertise

  • International law
  • International and domestic litigation
  • International maritime law

Professional Experience

  • Owner, Harris & Moure, PLLC (1997-present)
  • Partner, LeSourd & Patten (1990-1997)
  • Associate Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis (1984-1988)

Education

  • JD, Indiana University (1984)
  • BA, Grinnell College (1981)

Recent Articles

China's New Patent Law Amendments. The Times They Are A Changing....

Dan Harris
January 02, 2009 01:21

Recieved an email from Toronto-based international lawyer, Paul Jones, on China's just amended patent laws. I liked it so much, I secured Paul's permission to run it here: "Last week in Beijing there was the last meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for 2008. On S...

Employment In China Is Job One. Make This Your Business.

Dan Harris
December 30, 2008 07:07

When I was in high school, I went to a bakery in Budapest, Hungary, during the Communist era. The bakery was tiny, the kind that in the United States would have at most two people working there. I was the only customer. I ordered from one woman, was instructed to go to the cash register by another...

Is China Going Green, Part XVIII: It Is, But Damn It's Tough To Make A Buck On China GreenTech.

Dan Harris
December 29, 2008 16:51

One of the great things about being a lawyer is that you get to work with and observe a diversity of businesses. My firm has helped all kinds of businesses get into China and do deals with Chinese companies and if I had to single out one industry that has the highest percentage of failures, I would...

Protection Money And Your China Business. Are We There Yet?

Dan Harris
December 26, 2008 07:10

"I won't pay. I know too much about extortion." Tony Soprano, Season 3, Episode 7, "Second Opinion" One of the "interesting" things about representing companies in emerging markets is the huge variance organized crime can play. The Associated Press, in a story entitled, "China readies for crackdown...

China Melamine Yet Again And This Time It's Getting Mighty Fishy.

Dan Harris
December 25, 2008 14:36

Most of you probably already know more about melamine than they ever expected. Melamine refers to both a chemical and to a resin produced from it. Human ingestion of melamine "may lead to reproductive damage, or bladder or kidney stones, which can lead to bladder cancer." Unfortunately, its high...