Are you searching for attorneys with extensive experience to help you to resolve a California partnership dispute efficiently and in a timely manner?  A partnership dispute often threatens not only the profitable operations of the underlying business, it creates seemingly unresolvable issues between important business partners.  These relationships often extend beyond the business arena to affect important family and social ties.  The experienced partnership dispute resolution attorneys take a unique approach to these disputes which is designed to preserve and repair important business relationships while resolving underlying issues in a time and cost-efficient manner.

The good news is the primary strategy to resolve a California partnership dispute is effective and leveraged negotiation.  This is the fastest and least expensive alternative to resolve any business dispute.  We work to create a constructive working environment while getting to the core of issues in dispute.  Our extensive experience in partnership disputes provides insight into these challenges while offering our clients insightful options based upon proven successful strategies.

Mediation is another potential alternative to resolve a San Diego partnership dispute efficiently and quickly.  Mediation is a private, confidential venue which keeps your personal and professional interests from the public eye.  Our attorneys work with our clients to help select an experienced mediator.  This is the key to a successful mediation.  The mediator works with each party to understand their issues, concerns and goals.  Mediation is designed to create a productive atmosphere of mutual collaboration to develop potential alternatives and ultimately resolve part or all of the dispute.

Our attorneys are proven trial lawyers and we are prepared to represent our clients in arbitration or before a San Diego Court.  The reality is most partnership disputes are resolved much earlier in the process, and it is important to work with Watkins Firm attorneys to keep the dispute from expanding into a more complex legal matter.

Pro-Tip: “We want to get the facts down and we want the evidence they have in chronological order, because that’s the best way to communicate to a third party, to anyone is in chronological order. That’s how we think. Then I want to help our clients analyze the damages. Whether you are feeling like they owe you something, they’re not complying with the agreement or vice versa. So I want to want something more from you than just to analyze the damages, we need to analyze what it’s going to cost to fight. And also look at the future business. Whether we can salvage this relationship, all of those important things should come into play. Sometimes we’ll even advise our clients how we would think about it and then let them go talk to their partner or whoever they’re dealing with on their own armed with our knowledge and our negotiation technique.

Knowing the facts, the law of the damages key, because that gives your lawyer the ability to predict what would happen if you went to trial tomorrow and you won, what would you win? That’s it, that’s the number. Because in civil court, we’re only looking about dollar amount, and getting there and understanding human nature. Preparation for my clients has to do with damages, the law and the facts, getting all the facts down so that we have things to say and then informing my client. We cannot just go in there and say, here’s the right number. Here’s what I’ll settle for. I’m done talking that doesn’t work. It should. Okay. We believe we’re, we’re all intelligent people. And if we all are intelligent people, we should be able to look at the facts. If we agree on the facts, apply law and come up with the exact same number. Like it’s an accounting problem, but it doesn’t work that way. People are not wired that way.

The outcome is we either have a real simple resolution and they go their own ways or we have a complex resolution or they agree on some kind of compensation and they agree on what to do going forward. Because they’re usually tied together almost like a marriage. And so you just can’t say it’s over because you didn’t pay me that $5,000 you owed me because there’s all these other entitlements and agreements and considerations you have to think about when moving forward.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

If you are interested in proven strategies to resolve a California partnership dispute quickly and in a cost-effective manner we invite you to review our podcast Episode 18 – Private Attorneys General Act or PAGA as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.