Resolving a contract dispute in San Diego requires a proven and experienced San Diego breach of contract lawyer.  The Watkins Firm business dispute and litigation team takes a unique approach to resolving a breach of contract dispute in the shortest possible time frame and a cost-effective manner.  The keys to resolving a breach of contract are communications and a thorough understanding of the associated potential damages.  Damages are the financial consequence of the breach itself.  This is all a Court here in San Diego or anywhere in Southern California will be concerned with unless the dispute involves real estate.

Our first step as your experienced San Diego breach of contract lawyer is to quickly and accurately assess the potential for damages.  If we are representing the party who has upheld their end of the “benefit of the bargain” we ensure they have taken appropriate steps to mitigate the damages.  This is required by California law, and a party must take prompt, prudent and substantial action to reduce the impact of the breach upon their business as soon as they become aware of an issue.  When defending a breach of contract there are a lot of legal options.  In most cases our experienced contract and litigation attorneys at the Watkins Firm are able to establish productive negotiations with the goal of developing a “work around.”  The work around modifies the original agreement to provide the time, resources or other elements necessary for both parties to perform and complete the transaction.

In other cases, this may simply not be possible.  International events may eliminate supply channels, or the loss of key personnel may impact the ability to complete the proposed services or deliver contracted goods.  If you are aware of a potential breach of contract it is important to take immediate action.

Pro-Tip: “The Watkins firm is able to resolve 90+% of our breach of contract cases by settlement. They parties agree to settle after they get tired of beating each other.  But more specifically the offers, an offer of settlement negotiations. That’s the first way. And then very, very helpful is mediation settlement conferences, where you go to a third party and you literally sit in different rooms. While one experienced judge goes back and forth and say is, what about this? What about that? What about this? Until you can try to make a meeting of the minds. And that judge will tell you practical things about what you’re doing, how you’re wasting your life and litigation and how you could just resolve this and probably come out more ahead than if you went to court.

And there’s also arbitration. A lot of contracts have an arbitration clause and there’s been a lot of bad press in the media, but they are valuable.  You got your matter decided in a year, year and a half. And it costs half as much money. And finally going to trial. If you’ve got to go to trial, then you should be preparing for, and as I’ve said, a hundred times, you should be preparing for your trial thinking about damages, whether you are the one who who’s alleged to have caused them or not. That’s what you’re there for. So put a lot of your focus on whether someone was damaged and then you know who will probably be more successful.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

We invite you to review our podcast Episode 5 – Breach of Contract as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact an experienced San Diego breach of contract lawyer or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.

We will develop a strategy and begin the work of resolving a breach of contract dispute in San Diego before things spiral out of control.