LEGAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

Legal Solutions, LLC provides mediation services to businesses in B2B and consumer disputes.

As any businessperson knows, even the best-drawn contract or tightest agreement can develop "problems" over time. That licensing agreement for super-widgets? In the round-file. That sales representation agreement? Useless ... they won't even pick up the phone anymore. Essentially, "stuff happens." But this does not mean that litigation is the solution. Often it is a simple misunderstanding, a lost phone message, dropped call that can cause what seems to be an intractable problem that only the lawyers can solve. The truth is that participation in a neutral forum led by an experienced mediator can untie the knots and still the raging storm, leading to a renewed and stronger commercial relationship.

In today's world of escalating costs and lower revenues litigation is often just too expensive for what might only be marginal gains, if anything at all. A more efficient solution is work out the problems between the parties: get the responsible people in the same room together -- those with the authority to make decisions -- and hash it out. Come to a mutually acceptable resolution and draw up that understanding in writing there and then, as opposed to the months and sometimes years between the dispute arising and resolution offered by arbitration or litigation. Ever looked at the costs of a simple deposition?

Businesspeople also know that collections and other consumer disputes are often intractible. The client hides: fails to answer phone messages, pretends non-receipt of letters, threatens bankruptcy and any one of a hundred tricks to avoid the issue. Though dozens of mediations for small claims and larger commercial matters we have seen that all it often takes is a little understanding on each side to come up with a workable payment agreement or a small discount to reflect a perceived defect in services provide. 

We often say that a successful mediation might not result in the parties inviting each other out to dinner, or, both parties may feel like they need to take a shower -- but they can move on, closing the books on a dispute, a relief to everyone involved.

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B 2 B or consumer disputes can cause a business person more than a headache. When you then get the lawyers involved, the headache starts to hurt elsewhere: the bottom line.

Mediation provides businesses a cost-effective way to resolve debt, employment and contract disputes in a time efficient process.

Before you call your litigator to start the litigation train, you may wish to consider mediation.