Are you searching for attorneys who can help you to cost-effectively resolve a business to business dispute in San Diego or anywhere in California? Your business to business dispute does not have to result in time consuming and expensive litigation. The experienced business litigation attorneys at the Watkins Firm take a unique approach to disputes that is specifically designed to provide the fastest possible resolution in a cost-effective manner.
The Importance of a Trial Attorney When Resolving a Business Dispute
Why is it important to work with an experienced trial attorney with a proven track record of successful verdicts and settlements when working with any business dispute? Litigation resulting in a Court trial is almost always the last alternative when pursuing the resolution of a dispute between two companies.
However, an effective business litigation lawyer must prepare for trial from the outset, in order to maximize the opportunity for an expedient resolution and to provide leverage for negotiations along the way. The threat of facing the proven Watkins Firm trial attorneys in Court raises the risk for opposing parties and their counsel. The resolution of any dispute is often directly related to the level of risk for each party as well as the potential exposure to damages. If they know we’re prepared for a trial they are much more likely to settle along the way.
A Unique Approach to Cost-Effectively Resolve a Business to Business Dispute
The Watkins Firm has helped San Diego businesses to cost-effectively resolve a business to business dispute for decades. We believe in a proven approach that is based upon the goals and objectives of our clients. Your Watkins Firm attorneys are able to resolve the vast majority of the business disputes we manage in a timely efficient manner through leveraged negotiation. Negotiation is the fastest, least expensive strategy for resolving any business dispute.
We take the time to efficiently organize all of the facts, documents, and supporting information to develop a thorough chronology surrounding the dispute, breach of contract or liability, as well as mastery of all available damages, and create a productive yet firm negotiating environment that fosters prompt resolution. It may be necessary to work with a mediator in order to resolve some areas within the dispute. Mediation can be a productive, private and effective legal environment for getting to a settlement of the matter at hand.
Many contracts specify arbitration as an alternative legal venue for resolving all disputes related to an underlying contract. Arbitration is structured to reduce many of the superfluous motions and time consuming tactics of a trial while focusing on the evidence, witness testimony and the facts of the case. It is important to note that the ruling of an arbitrator is final and cannot be appealed except in very rare instances such as collusion.
The experienced arbitration and trial attorneys at the Watkins Firm have extensive successful experience in mediation, arbitration and trial work. We will aggressively pursue and protect your interests at each step in the process while working to resolve the dispute quickly and efficiently.
Pro-Tip: “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. We want you to understand more than an analysis of the damages, we help our clients 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. We 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.
Knowing the facts, the damages, the law of the damages is key, because that gives your lawyer the ability to predict what would happen if you went to trial tomorrow and you won, what would you win? That’s it, that’s the number. In civil court, we’re only focused dollar amounts, getting there and understanding human nature. Preparation for my clients has to do with damages, the law, the facts, and then informing my client.
It’s a dance. The university of Irvine has a law school program that teaches judges how to help people negotiate settlements. They have a long seminar and it talks about perception. And so I’m not a judge, so I didn’t get to go there. But I’ve spoken to many, many judges over the last 35 years and they’ve discussed about how they’re trained. And then they discussed about how many different moves it has to take for both parties to feel that they did as good as they possibly they could have done. And it won’t happen in one offer. I’ve never had it happen. 35 years. Never had someone say ‘I’ll do it for this amount.’ And the other person says, ‘sounds fair to me.’ They wouldn’t be coming to a lawyer.
If mediation isn’t able to resolve every aspect of the dispute, you’re going to go to either arbitration or trial. And as they say, that’s when the hammer comes down, that’s when you tell the other side, I’m not bluffing. If we don’t resolve this, I’m going to take everything. The law gives me in the form of damages or vice versa. I’m not going to give you anything because I’m going to use the law to deny you all your rights; either way. That’s when people put their grievances on paper in legal form and get it into some kind of court or arbitrator’s office, then you have a year and a half to wait or two and a half years to wait while you beat each other up on who’s telling the truth and who’s not telling the truth. We are ready for anything, however, you should know the Watkins is able to protect our client’s goals and objectives and settle the vast majority of our business to business disputes before we ever reach this point.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner
We invite you to review our podcast Episode 11 – Resolving Business to 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. You will learn about our unique approach to lawsuits, and how we work to ensure prompt and cost-effective solutions. Our clients appreciate the depth of this free and substantive conversation, and that we provide a comprehensive plan for the resolution of the dispute with a step-by-step budget. This puts you in control of the process and ensures that you have effective choices along the way and the strongest opportunity to accomplish your goals and objectives.
Meet Daniel Watkins:
Daniel W. Watkins is a true people person who sincerely listens. He cares deeply about what others are going through. Dan enjoys digging into the facts and finding creative solutions to problems. He contributes his insights candidly and constructively.
Dan’s interest in people make him deeply invested in every relationship and his exuberant personality makes him a true litigator. Dan fights for his clients with a fierce and calculated commitment.
Dan has practiced in the areas of business, medical practices and healthcare business, high tech/science, real estate and employment defense law since 1987. He is a trusted litigation strategist and true trial attorney with over 50 jury and bench trials to his credit. Dan has successfully represented both large companies and individuals and achieved substantial victories in well-publicized trials throughout California and the U.S.
He is experienced in business and corporate formation and administration, as well as all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including binding arbitration and mediation.
THE ROAD TO BECOMING A BUSINESS LAWYER AND LITIGATOR
Dan has almost 40 years of experience working with, for and against some of the largest insurance companies in the country. He has successfully tried and litigated cases in the areas of Healthcare Compliance, Commercial Litigation, Unfair Business Practices, Fraud, Breach of Contract, Battery, Premises Liability, Product Defect, Medical Malpractice, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Construction Defect, as well as Unfair Competition, Defamation, and Trade Secrets.
In December 2003, Dan commenced litigation against Health South Surgery Centers-West, Inc and its’ subsidiaries, exposing the company’s extensive mismanagement and misconduct of its’ surgery centers. Dan has also been asked by some of California’s largest municipalities and corporations to conduct legally required investigations into matters involving alleged employment discrimination and harassment.
