We employ and help implement various tools and mechanisms, including:

Mandatory pre-dispute resolution agreements and tailored contract language

Risk allocation provisions including insurance and indemnification clauses

Timely “meet-and-confer provisions” and real-time mediation

Dispute resolution boards, advisors, and ombudspersons

Post-dispute mediation

Various mediation-arbitration and summary jury trial hybrids

Because disputes are not “boilerplate,” you shouldn’t rely upon template or formulaic processes to resolve them. Leveraging our experience, knowledge, and creativity, we will help you select and implement the most appropriate dispute resolution techniques, including state of the art contractual dispute resolution provisions, which will start you along the path to becoming a “dispute wise” organization.

Interviews with hundreds of top executives across a number of companies and industries show that “dispute-wise” means:

Embracing a portfolio approach to disputes, measuring “winning” by how well they manage over time the total economic and non-economic impact of the disputes encountered

Having a willingness to take a more global view of the full spectrum of disputes

Addressing each dispute in relation to others in the portfolio with an overall goal of minimizing risk, cost, time spent, and resources expended, while preserving important relationships

To learn more about cost effective dispute resolution techniques, and other aspects of ADR, we offer a library of articles and whitepapers on our Resources page.

Whether you’re dealing with a current or anticipated dispute, or need to analyze your company’s conflict management and dispute resolution protocols, please contact us today.