Do you need help to resolve your partnership dispute in California in a timely and cost-effective manner?  The Watkins Firm has more than four decades of experience resolving disagreements between partners while preventing an expensive dispute or litigation in San Diego or anywhere throughout the State of California.  Any partnership dispute can quickly develop into a substantial challenge to the operations of a company and ultimately the business itself.  Disputes between business partners or members in an LLC affect the company culture quickly as employees and even customers perceive the tension between partners.  This affects short and long-term stability as well as the profitability and long term viability of the partnership or company.

The Watkins Firm takes a unique approach to resolve your partnership dispute in California which is specifically designed to successfully conclude the matter quickly and cost-effectively.  We understand the critical nature of these relationships, both from a professional and personal point of view.  We understand business partners are often family members, close friends or even perhaps spouses.  It is often important to develop an effective strategy to resolve the underlying disagreement while preserving and protecting the relationship between the parties as well.

As a partnership grows and expands there are challenges which naturally fall upon the shoulders of those who are running the business at hand.  In some cases, the success of the enterprise requires additional skills or experience which is not present in one or more of the partners.  In other cases there may be behaviors such as commingling or practices which are threatening the continued success of the partnership, or simply disagreements about the direction of the company or how profits should be distributed or reinvested.

Pro-Tip: “Talk to a good lawyer right away, who is experienced at getting partnership disputes resolved. For example, we had a case a long time ago, nine or 10 doctors were working together in our medical practice. And our two or three doctors were worried about something. They came to us and over that weekend, the managing members of the medical corporation took the entire practice, moved. It changed its phone number, location, changed it, mailing address and took all the money and assets and bank accounts. Wow. Didn’t even tell where the other partners, where they were going. They showed up for work on Monday and there was no more work. The practice had disappeared overnight down the street to a different facility with instructions to keep them out. Unbelievable. So knowing something might be going on is the time to come to your lawyer so that we can do things to a discover, whether there’s really something going on and B there are remedies in the law that can stop that.

We want to get the facts down and we want the evidence they have in chronological order, because that’s the best way to communicate to the other party, to a third party, to anyone is in chronological order. That’s how we think. Then I want to help our clients analyze the damages. Whether you are feeling like they owe you something, they’re not complying with the agreement or vice versa. So I want  something more from you than just to analyze the damages, we need to analyze what it’s going to cost to fight. And also look at the future business. Whether we can salvage this relationship, all of those important things should come into play, so that we are able to give good advice. Sometimes we’ll even advise our clients how we would think about it and then let them go talk to their partner or whoever they’re dealing with on their own armed with our knowledge and our negotiation technique.

We might actually coach them a little bit. So they’re ready for the conversation.  They are married to the dispute. So they’re married to every little fact. And if they have any kind of good business skills, we can coach them give them the law in layman’s terms so that when they negotiate, they’re negotiating with the knowledge of what we would say and even more facts. So they can actually be better than us. We give them all the law strategies what’s going to happen if this happens.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

Our attorneys get to the core of the issue at hand.  The most effective process to resolve your partnership dispute in California requires skill, experience and a proven strategic approach.  When necessary, mediation or arbitration can be effective alternatives to an expensive and protracted litigation.

We invite you to review our podcast Episode 11 – Resolving Business Disputes as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.  Learn more about our unique approach to partnership disputes and our experience resolving disagreements between partners in San Diego and Southern California.