If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes," Alternative Dispute Resolution could be the answer you're looking for.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

ADR, including arbitration, mediation, and neutral evaluation, is an increasingly popular alternative to litigation. Why? Because it is typically quicker, cheaper, and less stressful than going to trial. It puts everyone in a room focused only on resolving the dispute and vests everyone with that goal.

ADR gives the disputing parties greater control over the process and the outcome. Under the guidance of a skilled arbitrator or mediator, alternative dispute resolution can save significant time and money.

With over 30 years' experience in trial law and arbitration, Flynn Law Firm helps disputing parties evaluate the most effective path to settlement and provides a variety of services to facilitate prompt resolution.

ADR offers disputing parties:

• Tremendous savings in time and money.
• Control over process and outcome.
• Flexibility to negotiate.
• Confidentiality.
• Timely case resolution.

All forms of ADR bring closure to a dispute giving you more control over the outcome and the path to that outcome than you would have in court.

Mediation

A mediator's goal is to help disputing parties to arrive at an agreement. A mediator is a skilled neutral, someone not vested in the outcome of the case, but vested in seeing the matter resolved by way of settlement. A mediator's methodology ranges from the facilitative to the evaluative of judgmental end of the spectrum. A skilled mediator does not impose the mediator's views, particularly at the outset; a skilled mediator facilitates the parties' examination of their own cases, their own exposures, risks and likely guides the parties towards a consensus, letting the parties achieve settlement, reserving more evaluative comments for the end of a stymied mediation.

Arbitration

Arbitration is at the other end of the spectrum from mediation. Once the parties agree to arbitrate a matter, they have left the decision making in the hands of a third party, an arbitrator in a multi-arbitrator panel, or three arbitrators. An arbitrator acts as a Judge and jury making findings of fact and rulings of law.

Neutral Evaluation

A neutral evaluation like mediation is non-binding, but in a sense is a bit like arbitration if both parties agree to do it. Both parties submit materials to the arbitrator, and can actually submit testimony by deposition affidavit or in person, and the neutral is then asked to evaluate the realistically likely outcomes. The parties and the evaluator can structure the process to their liking. The parties can request a suggested settlement figure, a range of numbers from least likely to most likely found, no commentary on liability or damage or some commentary on liability and damages, as parties choose.

Contact the FLYNN LAW FIRM to find out how we can help you resolve your dispute through our prompt, professional and effective ADR Services.

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