A proven San Diego breach of contract lawyer from the Watkins Firm will make a substantial contribution to not only the bottom line profitability of your company, but the success of continuing business operations as well.  The resolution of a breach of contract does not have to be expensive and time consuming litigation.

The experienced breach of contract attorneys at the Watkins Firm have handled thousands of contract breach cases over the course of the more than four decades we have served the San Diego business community, and our clients respect, appreciate and benefit from the extent of those experiences.

Yes, it is always important for the other party or parties to know you are genuinely prepared to go as far as necessary to protect your interests, and that they understand our well established track record of success.  This facilitates our negotiating position.

The real issue for a your proven San Diego breach of contract lawyer from the Watkins Firm is “damages“.  You cannot force another party to perform on a business contract, as this remedy is almost exclusively reserved for real estate related disputes.  The core issue, therefore, is the additional cost to find another solution in order for you to receive the “benefit of the bargain”. The party who is the victim of a breach of contract has an obligation under California law to take prudent, timely and substantial action to mitigate the damages associated with the contract breach.  The failure to mitigate potential damages can actually be used as a defense against breach of contract that removes the plaintiff’s ability to seek part or all of their damages.

If we are defending a client in a breach of contract, the goal is almost always to negotiate a solution based upon what has changed or what our clients have learned.  Can we fulfill part of the agreement?  Do we need more time?  What are the potential costs and the extent of our exposure?

In the end, a breach of contract is first a negotiation.  You should be pleased to learn the Watkins Firm is able to resolve the vast majority of our breach of contract cases through effective, leveraged negotiation.  This is the fastest and least expensive strategy to resolve your breach of contract case.

Pro-Tip: “First of all, when you are in a lawsuit over a breach of contract or anything, you are investing money to get money. So if you don’t know how much you’re fighting for, how can you know how much you should spend?  This is why it is important to develop a thorough, well-documented chronology of events and a mastery of potential damages in the case.

Secondly, if you organize and document the damages, if you can prove what the damage to you is, if you obtain and collect all the evidence about the damages, even before you worry about why you were damaged or what the law was breached, you can understand the case, the way a litigator understand understands it. You can help your lawyer and in the long run, you’ll be more successful in your case, by thinking about how you were damaged, and then working it way back to who breached what and who broke what law.

So, if you’re the party that’s caused the breach, you’ll want to minimize the risk of the damages downstream, however, its even more complicated and deeper than that. You don’t have to decide that you are the person that breached. But if you’re being accused of breaching a contract, the first thing you and your lawyer should talk about or think about is how much are the potential damages the other party is alleging that I caused and how can I, with very little expense, limit those damages?” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

You need an effective, experienced and proven breach of contract lawyer from the Watkins Firm who will foster a positive working environment and seek to establish common ground.

We respect our client’s goals and directives and take every necessary action to protect and pursue their interests in these matters.  If you are a party to a breached contract, or are concerned about performance on a contract we invite you to review the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.