If you are involved in a business dispute or a lawsuit you need experienced San Diego business litigation attorneys to resolve the issue efficiently and cost-effectively.  What should you look for in a business dispute attorney?  The short answers are experience, a proven track record of success, and the ability to represent you from negotiation, through mediation, arbitration and ultimately in a court of law here in San Diego.

The Watkins Firm is one of the most established business litigation firms in San Diego.  We have more than four decades of experience serving the San Diego business community, and extensive and successful track record of success at trial.  We take a unique approach to business litigation, focusing on resolving the dispute in the shortest possible time frame and with the least amount of expense.  There are four steps to resolving business litigation in San Diego:

• Negotiation
• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Litigation / Trial

Our attorneys will represent you at each step in the process, focused on resolving the dispute and accomplishing the goals and objectives you’ve established.  The fastest and most cost-effective resolution to business disputes is accomplished through effective, leveraged negotiation.

How do you know if you have the right experienced business litigation attorneys?  They should understand your goals and objectives and develop a plan to accomplish them quickly and in a cost-effective manner.

The attorneys at the Watkins Firm work quickly to create a comprehensive, well-documented chronology of everything that has happened, assess damages and the facts of the case in order to gain the leverage necessary to establish a productive and constructive negotiation.  We are able to resolve the vast majority of our business disputes through effective, leveraged negotiation.  This is the fastest and most cost-efficient way to resolve any dispute while accomplishing our client’s goals and objectives.

We represent you at settlement conferences and in business mediation when there are issues that cannot be resolved through negotiation.  These legal venues provide the privacy, confidentiality and the insight of a neutral judge or mediator to effectively and affordably resolve the dispute while maintaining a high degree of control and influence.

Arbitration is mandated by many business contracts.  Arbitration is a highly structured environment, and expert legal representation is a must.  Any attorney who would represent you in a dispute should have extensive experience in arbitration at at trial.  Arbitration is usually final, and the parties must live with the ruling of the arbiter.  In this venue, the quality of your representation will directly affect the outcome in your case.

If the lawsuit must proceed all the way to Court your attorneys should be well prepared, and provide evidence of a highly successful track record in business litigation trials.  Many business litigation attorneys have never taken a case to a trial verdict, and are not experienced in business arbitration.

Pro-Tip: “How are we going to manage your business dispute? We’re going to listen. We’re going to listen as lawyers and we’re going to be interested and we’re going to care. What you say means more to us than you can imagine because it’s the keys to us solving your litigation problem. You provide us with detailed information, things that are bothering you, upsetting you, all those things matter to us and we’re able to organize them in such a way that every piece of information you give us turns into ammunition we can use to defend you.

The next thing we’re going to do is we’re going to investigate. We’re going to provide more facts to you with investigation by reviewing documents, talking to witnesses, doing a little research. We’re going to find more evidence to support your case. We’re going to make sure that you are ready to go before they even know you’re ready to go.

The next step is to treat you like a business owner. Meaning we’re no better than an auto mechanic. You come to see me, I look at your problem, I check your car out, I give you an estimate, tell you how long it’s going to take and what it’s going to cost. We do the same for your case. We look at your facts, we tell you the law and we tell you what it’s going to cost and we give you a real game plan with options at each step in the process, and then you can decide if you want to hire us.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

Are you in the midst of a business dispute?  You need the right San Diego business litigation attorneys and you deserve exceptional representation.  The experienced team at the Watkins Firm has served the San Diego business community for decades.  If you are involved in a business dispute we invite you to review our podcast Episode 11 – Resolving 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.