What To Do If Your Company is Sued

What To Do If Your Company is Sued - Or About to Be - Dispute Resolution

Are you searching for information about what to do if your company is sued in San Diego or anywhere in Southern California?  Have you heard from a business contact or even a potential witness of a potential dispute?  Have you already been served papers in a business lawsuit?  What action should you take?  How do you reduce your financial exposure and resolve the dispute as quickly and efficiently as possible?

What is the First Step to Take if Your Learn of a Dispute or Lawsuit?

What is the first step to take if you learn of a potential dispute or lawsuit?  You need a quick triage – insight – evaluation of what you’ve learned, and immediate steps you can take to reduce or even mitigate your legal and financial exposure altogether.  We invite you to contact the experienced business litigation and dispute resolution attorneys at the Watkins Firm or call right now to speak directly with one of our experienced business dispute attorneys for a free consultation at 858-535-1511.  We have served the San Diego business community for decades, and will work to determine the strengths of your position, your risks and develop strategies to accomplish your goals and resolve the dispute quickly and favorably.

We can tell you “if that mole is cancerous!” Our Founder Dan Watkins discusses this important question on one of our most recent podcasts, Episode 31 – ABCs of What to Do if Your Company is Sued. It may help you to know that most legal actions and business lawsuits are resolved by the Watkins Firm through effective, leveraged negotiation. This is the fastest and least expensive path to resolving any business dispute or lawsuit.

Watkins Firm Sound Business Insights - Episode 31 - ABCs of What To Do if You Are Sued

Our proven attorneys can actually get ahead of a coming dispute or lawsuit.  We can immediately check to see if anything has been filed.  In many cases we can find out the details of a dispute before our clients are served.  This allows us to thoroughly investigate the matter, establish the all important chronology of events and witnesses in order to develop very specific strategies and take immediate actions to reduce exposures or eliminate matters altogether.

What to Do If Your Company Is Sued for Breach of Contract or an Employee-Related Dispute

The Watkins Firm provides sound counsel on what to do if your company is sued for a potential breach of contract. There are specific actions that must be taken in a timely manner to reduce your financial exposure and contribute to the prompt resolution of the matter.  If the dispute is centered upon another issue, our seasoned experienced dispute resolution attorneys will work to gain leverage, and make every effort to open productive cooperative negotiations in an effort to foster goodwill and begin working toward a solution.

When the issue at hand is an employee-related dispute our experienced employer defense attorneys help to gather important information and documentation and take immediate action to reduce potential financial and legal liabilities or eliminate them altogether.

We are able to represent business clients through every step of a dispute:  negotiation, mediation, arbitration and if necessary trial in a Court of Law.  Our clients value our unique approach to litigation, and the productive actions we take to resolve disputes quickly and in a cost-effective manner.  If you are searching on what to do if your company is sued in San Diego or Southern California take a deep breath.  Next, we invite you to review our podcast Episode 31 – ABCs of What to Do If You Are Sued as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.

We will discuss the potential issues of the case, the process and actions which can be taken to mitigate the risks and damages or remediate them altogether.  We will help you to quantify your risks and exposure, while taking immediate steps to begin to reduce or eliminate these liabilities.

Together, we will develop and implement a strategy that will guide the process smoothly and efficiently while creating every opportunity for a negotiated settlement.  You’ll feel better.  You will be in a much stronger position.  You’ll know what to do (and what not to do).