Expert Settlement Counsel Services for Successful Resolutions
The business of business is not litigation. Moreover, the temperament and training necessary to resolve a dispute are not the same as those necessary to litigate and win a case. Perspective recognizes this distinction and utilizes our communication, negotiation, and dispute resolution skills to assess, manage, and settle the inevitable conflicts and disagreements that arise during business, both before and during litigation.
Our Perspective on Settlement Counsel
The focus of settlement counsel is fundamentally different from that of a litigator. A litigator investigates what happened, molds the facts and the laws into a persuasive argument, and then passionately advances that argument.
Settlement counsel, on the other hand, is focused on the financial, business, and personal goals that the client wants to achieve in a dispute and how to settle the dispute in a way consistent with those goals.
Put differently, while a litigator and settlement counsel both focus on achieving the best possible result for the client, they do so using the tools that they know best and employing processes that are fundamentally different.
Thus, when you hire Perspective ADR, from start to finish, he will focus solely on candidly assessing and advising on settlement at all stages of the dispute. In this regard, Perspective ADR has an advantage when it comes to settlement. With twenty-plus years of experience litigating behind us, we understands the litigation mindset, the pros and cons of litigation, what type of settlement is likely at each stage of litigation, and how to guide the case to a successful resolution.
This background, coupled with his diplomacy, empathy, pragmatism, and ability to listen and communicate, means that we combine the necessary experience with the demeanor needed for settlement.
Our Approach
Perspective ADR can provide settlement counsel at any stage of a dispute: when it first arises, after internal attempts at resolution have failed, before litigation, and during litigation.
Once hired, Perspective ADR will:
Initially assess the dispute, including exploring the client’s financial, legal, business, and personal goals.
Work directly with the client on creating a settlement plan for each phase of the dispute.
Coordinate directly with the client’s in-house and outside litigation counsel to ensure that settlement efforts are coordinated with litigation efforts so that neither undermines the other.
Engage directly with the other side and their lawyers in all settlement discussions.
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“I moved from litigation to settlement counsel because it affords me the opportunity to help people find common ground and resolve their disputes outside the adversarial nature of litigation. Given my temperament and my belief in the power of resolution over conflict, transitioning to settlement counsel has been a natural fit.”
— Aaron Wais, Founder of Perspective ADR