What are the steps to efficiently resolve business litigation in San Diego and Southern California? Resolving a business to business dispute or a business dispute between partners, members or shareholders can be a simple, effective, leveraged negotiation or a complex business litigation matter. At the Watkins Firm, our approach to litigation is simple: resolve our client’s business to business disputes in the shortest possible time frame and a cost-effective manner while accomplishing their goals and objectives.
What are the Four Primary Tools to Efficiently Resolve Business Litigation in San Diego and Southern California?
There are four primary tools to efficiently resolve business litigation in San Diego and Southern California are:
- Effective, leveraged negotiation
- Business mediation
- Arbitration
- Trial in a Court of Law
The Watkins Firm has more than 40 years of experience with business litigation in Southern California. You may be surprised to learn that we are able to resolve the vast majority of our cases through a strong demand letter and effective, leveraged negotiation. This is the fastest and least expensive option to resolve any business-related dispute.
Our attorneys work to comprehensively document the timeline or “chronology” of all facts, communications and damages associated with the dispute at hand. This mastery of the chronology and damages creates a position of strength to reach out to the opposing party and open negotiations to accomplish an appropriate resolution which accomplishes our client’s goals and objectives.
Business Mediation and Arbitration
If there are principled areas of disagreement and the parties are unable to negotiate a resolution a lawsuit is usually the next step in the process. Once a lawsuit has been filed, The Court will require the parties to attend a “Settlement Conference” as part of the pre-trial process. This is sometimes successful, but most cases continue to mediation and/or arbitration.
Business mediation and arbitration are separate and different legal venues which are specifically designed to efficiently resolve business litigation in San Diego and Southern California.
Business mediation can be an effective tool to help find common ground and resolve the dispute at hand much earlier in the process. Mediation is confidential, a private legal venue which keeps your business and financial information out of the public record. Many business disputes are resolved during mediation or in the months following the “completion” of mediation.
Many contracts specify arbitration as the venue for resolving business to business disputes. The Watkins Firm has more than four decades of experience in business arbitration cases. The primary advantage of arbitration is a definite resolution of the matter in a relatively short period of time. Most business arbitration cases are “binding” in that the award or determination of the arbitrator is final and cannot be appealed except in the very rare instance of collusion or fraud. You only get one shot at the case in arbitration and this is the reason you need the proven, successful experience of the Watkins Firm on your side.
Trial in a Court of Law is usually the last resort, as it will consume the greatest amount of time and resources. In some cases this is the only way to accomplish our client’s goals and set things right.
There is presently a substantial back-log of cases that has pushed the time frame for getting a case before the Court from a matter of months to more than a year. Our experienced trial attorneys prepare every case for trial, however, we are able to resolve the majority matters long before they must be taken before the Court.
Proven, Successful Business Dispute Resolution Attorneys with 40+ Years of Experience
The Watkins Firm is uniquely positioned to guide our business clients through each step and to manage the process to create the best outcome possible for their case. We are proven, successful business dispute resolution attorneys with 40+ years of experience. If you are involved in a business to business dispute and are looking for a proven legal partner to efficiently resolve business litigation in San Diego and Southern California we invite you to review Episode 11 and Episode 12 – Resolving Business Disputes parts 1 and 2, the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.
