Efficient breach of contract resolution in California and here in San Diego doesn’t have to mean expensive and time-consuming litigation. Business contracts can be breached for a multitude of reasons, but a breach of contract (or anticipated breach) is not a reason to race into litigation. How can the Watkins Firm and our 40+ years of experience in resolving breach of contract cases help with your unique case?
Important Takeaways Regarding Efficient Breach of Contract Resolution in California:
- The most important step in a breach of contract case is to take action. It is never a good strategy to just sit back and hope.
- Look for an law firm with extensive experience in breach of contract dispute resolution, and the ability to represent you in negotiations, filing a lawsuit if necessary, settlement conferences, mediation, arbitration, or at trial.
- Your breach of contract dispute resolution attorney should be able to resolve the majority of their contract disputes through effective, leveraged negotiation. Ask for specific examples of outcomes in cases like yours.
What Should You Do When a Contract Issue Arises?
If you are the party who is unable to perform, you are probably be required to give notice under the existing contract. However, a potential breach of contract this doesn’t have to result in a lawsuit. There may simply be issues of time or a complication in the delivery of a needed component or part. There are unexpected market, business and financial issues that can disrupt normal operations and threaten delivery schedules. There may be questions regarding the quality of materials or workmanship. Many breach of contract cases involve payment or draw-related issues. As experienced San Diego business and contract attorneys we have helped to represent thousands of business owners through these types of business disputes.
It is never a good strategy in a potential breach of contract matter to just sit back and hope it works out. The most important step is to take action, seek the advice of an experienced breach of contract attorney at the Watkins Firm for a free consultation at (858) 535-1511. We have 40+ years of experience serving the business, science and tech, real estate and medical / healthcare communities here in San Diego and across California. We can help you to discern where the situation stands, your responsibilities under the contract, and the best steps to protect your rights and interests.
Proven Efficient Strategies to Resolve Your Breach of Contract Case
An efficient breach of contract resolution in California doesn’t have to mean expensive litigation or the loss of an important business relationship. It may surprise you to learn that the Watkins Firm is able to resolve the majority of our breach of contract dispute cases through effective, leveraged negotiation. The Watkins Firm takes a unique approach to breach of contract and other business disputes which is specifically designed to resolve these disputes quickly and in a cost-effective manner.
We work quickly and effectively to develop a thorough, well-documented chronology of events, facts, and a mastery of potential damages. These tools are the key to resolving any business dispute, including a breach of contract. The Watkins Firm will gain the attention of other parties and open a negotiation on your behalf. This provides a productive environment for the parties to work through the complication, or to establish a basis for greatly reducing the damages that might arise as a consequence of the breach. In our decades of service to business owners and companies here in San Diego and across California, we’ve established there is always a way, under, around, over and often through what appears to be an insurmountable breach of contract. When negotiations don’t completely resolve the issue, our attorneys can file a lawsuit or respond to one on your behalf, represent you in settlement conferences, mediation and ultimately arbitration or at trial.
Pro-Tip: “So the idea, if you’re the party that’s caused the breach, would usually be to minimize the risk of the damages downstream, and resolve the matter quickly and efficiently. However, it’s even more complicated and deeper than that. You don’t have to decide that you are the person that breached because most people, their ego won’t let them do that. But if you’re being accused of breaching any contract (or believe you have), the first thing you and your lawyer should talk about or think about is how to quantify potential damages and the actions you can take with very little expense to limit those damages.
For example, in employment situations, they may be suing you for $5,000 and, and wages unpaid, but the lawyer’s gonna want to collect $50,000 in attorney’s fees. So before you even get sued or before you even answer a lawsuit, you can go to your lawyer at the Watkins Firm, and know what the causes are, and what claims have attorney’s fees clauses on them. And you can just simply remedy those before you go into the lawsuit.
Or, someone says you owe $2,000 and you disagree. Well, you could pay them and then fight the case and get your money back. There’s there’s so many situations where looking at the damages can give you a great advantage, even when you’re on the defense side or the plaintiff side, because that’s what you’re fighting about.
People who enter into most contracts we sue over, have some sort of bargaining power, or they don’t have a form of bargaining power, meaning lawsuits cost money. Sometimes people enter contracts and they know they’re probably going to breach, but they figure it’s worth it. I mean, there’s so many other subtle things that we as lawyers think about, just beyond the basic breach, and the consideration of damages. There’s so many more complicated things, because you’re going to battle with somebody over a breach of the contract, and the party who is the victim of the breach needs to find out whether they can collect. Some of these contracts are entered into by tiny corporations with no assets. And so they breach and they don’t care if you Sue them because they’re never boing to be able to pay.
So all those little subtle things about real life, how to sue somebody or how to defend a lawsuit for breach of contract, they come into play because after there’s a judgment, there’s still a collection process before there’s a payment. There’s what’s going to happen, if you are sued, to your reputation? If you sue some somebody for breach of contract, can they sue you back? There are issues of timing. Should you sue now? Or should you wait? What is the defendant doing in their life? What are you doing in your life? How is this all going to affect you? All those things are the kind of details and issues you wouldn’t learn in law school, but you learn after almost 40 years of doing this, and suing someone for breach of contract or defending someone for breach of contract gets much more complicated than just knowing the law.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner
A San Diego Breach of Contract Resolution Doesn’t Have to Mean Expensive Litigation
Efficient breach of contract resolution in California and here in San Diego doesn’t have to mean expensive litigation when you work with the experienced, proven business dispute resolution attorneys at the Watkins Firm. There are many proven, cost-effective and timely strategies to resolve the matter, allowing the parties to move forward. If you are concerned about the status of a contract or agreement to which you are a party we invite you to review our podcast Episode 5 – Breach of Contract as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.
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.
