Are you searching for proven breach of contract resolution strategies here in San Diego, and throughout the State of California?  Corporate disputes and business litigation in these times is far too expensive and time consuming to provide a return on investment in most cases.  T

Key Takeaways About Proven Breach of Contract Resolution Strategies for San Diego and All of California:

• How can an experienced trial attorney help you to avoid the time and expense of a trial?  Look for an experienced breach of contract dispute resolution attorney at the Watkins Firm.  The risk of going to trial and losing drives opposing parties to settle the matter in a reasonable, responsible manner.
• Breach of contract cases in California are all about the damages.  Mastery of available damages and a thorough chronology of events are the keys to resolve any breach of contract dispute.
• The party who is the victim of any breach of contract has a legal responsibility to mitigate the damages in a timely, prudent, and reasonable manner.

A Trial Attorney to Avoid the Time and Expense of a Trial?

How can an experienced Watkins Firm trial attorney help to avoid the time and expense of a trial?  Ironically, it is the very fact that a Watkins Firm attorney can and will take a case to trial and win that ultimately avoids a trial in most cases.

The breach of contract dispute attorneys at the Watkins Firm draw upon our decades of successful trial experience and success to strengthen our client’s position, and encourage opposing parties to join us in a constructive, productive conversation focused upon finding common ground and ultimately negotiating a resolution that meets our client’s objectives for effective contract dispute resolution in San Diego.

The Watkins Firm works to develop a thorough, well-documented chronology of events and a mastery of available damages.  We use these tools to gain the attention of opposing parties and their counsel and drive the matter to an efficient, cost-effective resolution.  Watkins Firm has almost 40 years of experience and a proven track record of success in these cases.  We are able to resolve the vast majority of our breach of contract cases through effective, leveraged negotiation.  Leveraged negotiation is the fastest and least expensive route to effective breach of contract resolution here in San Diego and throughout the State of California.

Breach of Contract Cases are All About the Damages

The remedy in a civil business or contract dispute is damages.  Generally speaking, damages represent the financial cost to put the victim of a breach of contract into the position they would have achieved through the “benefit of the bargain” of the breached agreement.

What costs have been borne by the victim of the breach and what losses have they incurred as a result of the breach?  Was the resulting solution more expensive than the contracted price under the agreement?

It is interesting to note that the victim in a breach of contract case has the obligation to take reasonable, prudent and timely action to mitigate the damages associated with the contract breach.  The failure to do so can be an effective defense for the other party in the case.

Pro-Tip: “First of all, when you are in a lawsuit over a breach of contract or anything, you are investing money to get money. So if you don’t know how much you’re fighting for, how can you know how much you should spend?  This is why it is important to develop a thorough, well-documented chronology of events and a mastery of potential damages in the case.

Secondly, if you organize and document the damages, if you can prove what the damage to you is, if you obtain and collect all the evidence about the damages, even before you worry about why you were damaged or what the law was breached, you can understand the case, the way a litigator understand understands it. You can help your lawyer and in the long run, you’ll be more successful in your case, by thinking about how you were damaged, and then working it way back to who breached what and who broke what law.

So, if you’re the party that’s caused the breach, you’ll want to minimize the risk of the damages downstream, however, its even more complicated and deeper than that. You don’t have to decide that you are the person that breached. But if you’re being accused of breaching a contract, the first thing you and your lawyer should talk about or think about is how much are the potential damages the other party is alleging that I caused and how can I, with very little expense, limit those damages?” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

A Unique Approach to Effective Breach of Contract Resolution

Our unique approach to litigation and effective breach of contract resolution is focused upon driving the process to the fastest and most cost-effective solution while achieving the goals our clients have established.  There are cases where fundamental and principled disputes are not able to be resolved with negotiation alone.  In these cases we turn to mediation in order to resolve the matter entirely, or to reach agreement on some of the central issues thereby reducing the issues that must ultimately be decided in arbitration or litigation in a court of law.

Opposing counsel knows that the attorneys at the Watkins Firm have the legal skill, knowledge, resources and commitment to see a case all the way through trial if necessary.  They know we work from a position of strength, and that posturing a bad position and threatening taking a case to trial will not intimidate us or deter our commitment to achieve the best possible result for our clients.

It is our extensive successful trial experience which provides the strength to avoid protracted litigation and achieve proven breach of contract resolution strategies here in San Diego, and throughout the State of California

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.