Cost-Effective Alternatives to Litigation Through ADR
The alternative dispute resolution (ADR) attorneys at Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick LLP in San Francisco offer clients of the firm two important alternatives to litigation: mediation and arbitration. Because of our experience with ADR, including past membership in the American Arbitration Association, service as pro tempore judges, and certification by accredited mediation organizations, our lawyers are also available to serve as third-party neutrals in disputes between parties we don't represent.
Mediation Can Help You Find a Route Toward a Favorable Compromise
Mediation doesn't declare winners or losers. Instead, it helps adversaries find a way to resolve a dispute through negotiation. As mediators, we work with parties as neutrals in a voluntary, confidential and cooperative atmosphere. We impose no solutions, but help the parties to understand the other participant's points of view. We work with the parties sometimes in joint sessions and sometimes in private sessions, or caucuses.
As the parties in mediation find the issues narrowing and their own core objectives coming into focus, they can very often craft their own mutually satisfactory resolution, often in ways that no trial judge could ever award.
We Can Serve as Advocates or Neutrals in Arbitration
If the parties prefer, members of our alternative dispute resolution group also serve as arbitrators to render binding awards in most areas subject to adjudication. We can also represent our own clients as advocates in arbitration.
Unlike mediation, arbitration results in a decision binding upon the parties, but can offer a faster and less expensive alternative to public litigation. Moreover, binding arbitration is typically not subject to appeal, so the parties stand to benefit further from the finality of the process.
While divorce and family law disputes are generally handled in mediation rather than arbitration, either alternative dispute resolution approach can produce excellent results in any of the following:
- Banking and commercial transactions disputes
- Business disputes
- Construction defect litigation
- Employment disputes
- Insurance claims
- Partnership disputes
- Contract disputes
- Real estate disputes
- Probate disputes involving wills, trusts or estate administration
- Personal injury or professional liability claims
Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick LLP - San Francisco
To learn more about our experience with alternative dispute resolution, contact one of our ADR lawyers at LPS in San Francisco.
