Your Effective San Diego Business Litigation Attorney at the Watkins Firm

An effective San Diego business litigation attorney resolves disputes quickly and cost-effectively for their clients. The Watkins Firm is able to successfully resolve the majority of our client’s cases here in San Diego and Southern California through effective, leveraged negotiation. This is the fastest and least expensive strategy to resolve any business dispute or lawsuit.

Our local courts require “settlement conferences” and encourage proactive resolution of business litigation cases and disputes. The effective San Diego business litigation attorneys at the Watkins Firm take a unique approach to resolving our client’s challenges. We believe it is good business to resolve disputes as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

Our strategy is based on four steps:

Negotiation
Mediation
Arbitration
Litigation

The first step your effective San Diego business litigation attorney at the Watkins Firm will take is simply to listen to our clients. What has happened and where are things in the process? It is important to take immediate action the moment you learn of a potential dispute. In most cases there is a “hidden clock” which is ticking toward an important deadline. There are steps we can promptly take to mitigate what has happened or remediate the situation altogether.

Our skilled attorneys quickly assess the situation and establish a chronology of events as well as the risk of potential damages. We use this leverage to gain the attention of opposing parties and their counsel, and to drive the situation to a successful resolution or “settlement.” Disputes don’t have to be resolved in Court, and it is rarely in our client’s best interests to do so. However, when a matter of principle is involved or when the stakes justify the risks we represent our clients through to a verdict in court.

Opposing counsel know we are well prepared to take the case all the way to trial. They know our track record of success. This provides additional leverage as we work to establish a productive atmosphere which will lead to a quick resolution that fulfills our client’s goals.

Mediation and Arbitration

When negotiation is unable to resolve all of the issues in the case the next sept is usually mediation. Mediation is required by the Court prior to any trial or arbitration and is an effective alternative for resolving key issues when each party has strong convictions. Mediation is much less expensive than litigation. As your representative, we have much more influence and control over the outcome in mediation than in other legal venues. Our goal from the outset is to resolve the dispute, meet and exceed our client’s objectives and expectations and keep their business moving forward.

Many contracts specify arbitration as an alternative to trial. Arbitration can provide savings in terms of costs and time and ultimately results in a finding by the arbitrator. Many of the superfluous motions associated with trial are removed from the arbitration process allowing the arbiter to get to the meat of the matter and resolve the dispute. The finding of the arbitrator is almost always binding and cannot be appealed.