Resolving a business contract dispute efficiently requires extensive legal and negotiation skills in order to achieve a prompt and cost-effective resolution.  There are several reasons why contract disputes arise, far too many to list here.  In the vast majority of cases the attorneys at the Watkins Firm apply our more than 40 years of experience and work with our clients to get things back on track while seeking the recovery of associated damages.

The Quality of the Business Contract Predicts the Likelihood of Success or Litigation

Contract disputes are often rooted in the quality of the contract that guides the business transaction.  Many business contracts are downloaded forms that the parties have tried to modify to fit their situation.  Unfortunately, when a dispute arises these agreements do not provide the legal clarity or power necessary to keep the parties in compliance.

The Watkins Firm provides our clients with access to our extensive, proprietary library of proven business contracts.  We pay a substantial amount to keep them up to date based upon changes in actual cases and California law.  We don’t have to create a contract from scratch.  That would take far too long (and cost our clients far too much money).  We take a proven, tested existing contract from our proprietary library and custom tailor it to your unique application(s).  This provides our clients with cost-competitive business contracts that are much stronger and effective.  This substantially increases the likelihood of a successful business transaction every time, while reducing the opportunity or extent of any resulting dispute or litigation.

Resolving a Business Contract Efficiently in California – 40+ Years of Proven Experience

Our clients appreciate our approach to contract disputes, and our desire to find the most direct and cost-effective path to resolving a business contract dispute.  If there are simply principled disagreements between the parties we work to find common ground, and negotiate a solution that moves that parties toward the completion of the agreement.  In cases of a breach of contract, it may be necessary to find other alternatives to fill the void left by the party in breach.  You are able to recover these “damages” as long as you take prompt and prudent action to minimize your losses and the impact the breach has upon your business. This is known in legal terms as “mitigating the damages.”

Your Watkins Firm attorney will work quickly to establish a thorough, well-documented chronology of events and a mastery of the potential financial damages.  These are the keys to gaining the attention of opposing parties (and their counsel) and driving the dispute to a successful conclusion through effective, leveraged negotiation.  The Watkins Firm is able to resolve the vast majority of our California business disputes through effective, leveraged negotiation.  This is the fastest and least expensive path to resolve any dispute while accomplishing our client’s goals and objectives.

Pro-Tip: “Avoiding business disputes and even class actions, merchant to merchant, custom selling to the general public, you have to follow all the different laws and regulations based upon the nature of the transaction and where you are conducting business. We did a consumer class action a long time ago involving the cellular phone companies in the nineties. And it just spiraled out of control. I mean, it was just technicality, lots of law firms involved very difficult and it can happen to any business. And now that I’m on the defense side all the time, I’m always worried for my clients to going to make sure they’re not subjecting themselves to risk. And if they do, I want them to call us right away so we can take action that will save them in, in liability and attorney’s fees and everything.

And just because a client hears the words, “class action,” such as when they might get a letter or notice from a law firm, they need to know there are strategies we can deploy, which will break up a class action or prevent it from ever becoming a class action in the first place. The sooner we act, as soon as they get that the very first notice or anything in a letter, not lawsuit, that’s when we want to take action, have a strategy session, look at the facts and try to head that off at the pass. Don’t let it go forward. And if it does go forward, we want to be ready to stop class certification.  We can help you to understand if there your side’s strengths and weaknesses (if any) and how to put a stop to things before they ever get started.  In many cases, we are able to help our clients remediate or mitigate the damages altogether.  This takes all the wind out of a plaintiff’s attorneys, and puts an immediate end to any lawsuit.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

Two other options for resolving a San Diego contract dispute include business mediation and arbitration.  Each of these legal venues require skilled legal representation in order to achieve the most successful outcome possible.  A neutral party works with each side in the contract dispute to find common ground and facilitate a solution that is either non-binding or binding.  Each step in the process has pros and cons, and your legal team at the Watkins Firm will effectively guide you at each point along the way.  You should never enter into either legal venue without the experienced and proven representation of the Watkins Firm.

If you are searching for the most effective and rapid method of resolving a business contract dispute efficiently we invite you to review our podcast Episode 15 – Contract Law as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today. Your proven Watkins Firm dispute resolution attorney will provide sound counsel, and a strategy combined with firm budgets.  You will be empowered to make informed business decisions, and will take comfort knowing that you are represented by one of the most experienced dispute resolution firms in the region.