What are the best strategies for resolving a dispute within a San Diego LLC in a timely and cost-effective manner?  The Watkins Firm attorneys take a unique approach to resolving disputes and lawsuits between members of an LLC.  This strategy is designed to get to the core issues in the dispute and resolve them quickly and cost-effectively.  Watkins Firm attorneys have more than four decades of experience and legal skill resolving business disputes.  You should be pleased to learn the Watkins Firm is able to resolve the vast majority of cases involving disputes between business owners through effective negotiation.  This is the fastest, and least expensive path to resolve these types of business disputes.

Many disputes are based upon differing perspectives on the amount of work contributed in relation to the distribution of profits or salaries taken by the players.  Other sources of dispute may involve genuine disagreement about the course of the LLC or concerns regarding commingling of funds and assets or theft by one of the co-owners.  We understand the nature of these critical business and often personal relationships.  We work to preserve the underlying relationship whenever possible while working professionally and constructively to find common ground to resolve the matter while accomplishing our client’s objectives.

When negotiation is not successful resolving a dispute within a San Diego LLC we represent clients in business mediation and, when necessary, arbitration.  Mediation is a confidential environment where the parties work with a neutral mediator to resolve part or all of the dispute.  The mediator will have extensive experience and skills to help each party to understand the other’s position while suggesting alternative options to resolve the dispute.  As your counsel, we are able to influence the outcome in mediation and provide sound advice throughout the process based upon decades of experience in San Diego membership disputes.

When necessary, the Watkins Firm is prepared to take your case to arbitration or trial.

Pro-Tip: “We can talk intelligently with our clients about how to put some numbers or a value on the situation at hand.  You also want to think about the nature of the relationship(s) and how that will impact things going forward. And so that we’re not thinking too narrowly in a small box, we’re thinking outside the box and we know what we’re talking about. And what’s good for us as a business decision and as a legal decision.

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.

If you’re going to stay in business with each other, then you’re going to want additional clauses and assurances that this thing won’t happen again, you’re going to want to give some kind of compensation or power, change the structure, do something to improve the situation. Those things we can handle because we have a transaction team here too.  So when we acquire business, we’re already putting those kinds of clauses in. In the end, you might be in a business dispute with a partner because you didn’t have those types of clauses in your agreement to begin with. And perhaps the resolution of your lawsuit will also include having proper paperwork and corporate documents to go forward.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

If you are searching for a proven strategy for resolving a dispute within a San Diego LLC or throughout the State of California we invite you to review our podcast Episode 11 Business Dispute Resolution as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.