Are you looking for an attorney with proven strategies for resolving a California business dispute efficiently?  The Watkins Firm has provided decades of service to the San Diego business community.  We are small business people ourselves.  We understand the importance of resolving business disputes before they get out of hand and develop into protracted and expensive business litigation.

The Watkins Firm employs a unique approach to dispute resolution which is designed to resolve the matter as quickly as possible and in a cost-efficient manner while accomplishing your goals and objectives for the dispute.  The fastest and least expensive strategy for resolving a dispute between members in an LLC, shareholders or a business to business issue is negotiation.  Our attorneys work to calm hot issues while establishing common ground and a productive atmosphere for negotiation.  Most business disputes are resolved by our attorneys with effective, leveraged negotiation.

When there are issues of genuine principle or matters which involve a stubborn adversary mediation and arbitration may be effective alternatives for resolving a California business dispute efficiently.  Mediation is a confidential environment which is kept out of the public record.  A neutral third party (the mediator) is selected by the parties and works to clarify the issues in dispute and work with the parties and their legal representatives to identify potential options.  The mediator facilitates discussions and further negotiations in an attempt to resolve part or all of the issue(s) at hand.  Arbitration is a much more structured legal environment which is designed to remove many of the legal motions and procedures which extend time and significantly increase cost.  Arbitration usually assures resolution of the matter in a fairly short time frame.  The ruling of the arbitrator is final and cannot usually be appealed unless extraordinary circumstances can be proven.

The final option is to pursue the lawsuit in a San Diego court.

Pro-Tip: “if you’re in business, it’s not really a question of if, but when you’re going to face a dispute and potentially a lawsuit. When you finally get sued, first things first, you’re going to find out about a lawsuit, either by being served or someone’s going to tell you. And that’s very important how you find out. Because when you find out there’s going to be a a time clock ticking away of action items you have to take in order to have that lawsuit go your way, the longer you wait, the worst it gets for you. So you’re going to want to find out, and I’m going to want to know as a lawyer, how did you find out? Did someone who’s suing you tell you? Did somebody who’s a potential witness tell you, did you get some kind of letter from a lawyer? Or did you get served with a process server? All those things have implications. So once you’ve gathered yourself, organized your thoughts and you know the facts and the dates, contact a lawyer at the Watkins Firm right away for a free consultation.

We’ll talk to you and we find out first things first, how you know, when you knew and if you haven’t been served yet. We have everything on computer. We find out if in fact you are being sued, by whom, and even get you a copy of the complaint. So with a copy of the complaint before they know you have it, you have a great advantage. And we provide you with vital information right away before you even have to tell me the story. I’m going to give you information that you need.

You want to hire a lawyer, you want to hire the Watkins firm, because somebody has hired a lawyer to go after you. What that means is they’ve literally hired a professional hitman to go after your money or your rights, who’s good at it. You wouldn’t play chess without knowing the rules. You wouldn’t even play checkers. And that’s what it’s like representing yourself. Going into a game where you don’t know the rules and anything you say can be used against you. You have to have a lawyer, even if it’s just to get an initial consultation about where you’re supposed to go and what you’re supposed to do. You need to get a lawyer on your side.

So 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 investigate and 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 and then you can decide if you want to hire us. Once you hire us and we agree on a game plan or a budget that’s go get them time for us, you’re going to unleash us and we go do what we do and what we love doing, which is destroy the other side’s case. We will do everything we can to work with you.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

If you are searching for attorneys with proven strategies for resolving a California business dispute efficiently 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.