Are you searching for attorneys with decades of experience with efficient business owner dispute resolution in San Diego and Southern California? Are you involved in a dispute with a fellow partner, member, owner, shareholder or investor in your company? What is the most efficient strategy to accomplish and protect your goals in a timely, effective manner?
Efficient Business Owner Dispute Resolution Requires Experience
Efficient business owner dispute resolution in San Diego requires extensive legal skill and experience. The Watkins Firm has served the San Diego business community for more than four decades and will provide sound advice and counsel for our clients to help resolve the dispute in a timely and cost-efficient manner. The Watkins Firm is able to resolve the vast majority of partnership disputes and issues between fellow members in an LLC or shareholders in a corporation through effective leveraged negotiations. This is the fastest and least expensive strategy to resolve a business dispute between fellow owners in an area business.
Business Mediation and Arbitration
When negotiations are unable to resolve every issue or aspect of a dispute a lawsuit may be filed and the next step is usually business mediation or a settlement conference. Your Watkins Firm attorney is prepared to represent you in any legal venue in order to accomplish your goals for the dispute at hand.
The Judge in the case will require a settlement conference fairly early on in the case. Business mediation is another option and is much like a settlement conference. Both situations are private and confidential and keep your business and financial information out of the public eye. The goal of a settlement conference or mediation is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each party and the applicable law(s) in order to develop potential solutions to resolve the dispute and complete a settlement agreement.
Arbitration is a much more structured legal environment. Many contracts specify arbitration as an alternative to trial in a Court of Law. These binding arbitration cases require extensive legal experience and trial skill. You only have one shot at arbitration and there is no appeal of the award of the arbitrator in the vast majority of cases.
The arbitrator establishes a streamlined process to marshal the evidence and collect witness testimony. The arbitrator is an expert in these types of disputes as well as appliable law(s) and within a few weeks renders a judgment or award. The decision of the arbitrator is final. This is why it is so important to work with the experienced, proven business dispute resolution attorneys at the Watkins Firm.
Resolve Your Dispute and Protect Your Interests
There are many reasons for partnership, member and/or shareholder disputes. Usually things have simply built up over time, or expectations have not been met. We work to get to the core of the dispute while negotiating in a productive manner to surface critical issues and develop and implement a solution which accomplishes your objectives. It may be necessary to reconsider the business relationship between the parties, redistribute income or voting rights or to bring in outside expertise to help the company to grow and take the next step in its own evolution. Changes are often required to the corporate documents or operating agreement to facilitate a resolution and move the parties forward.
Efficient business owner dispute resolution in San Diego and Southern California begins with our own extensive (40+ years) experience as business owners. We’ve represented thousands of partners, members, investors and shareholders in disputes and lawsuits over the years. We have proven strategies that have resulted in a long, successful track record.
If you are looking for a law firm with extensive experience and a proven track record of efficient business owner dispute resolution in San Diego and Southern California we invite you to review our recent Podcast Episode 14 – Shareholders’ Rights and 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.
