SAN DIEGO BUSINESS LITIGATION TRIAL ATTORNEYS
If you are in business today, you sadly
need to have a trial lawyer lawyer in your database. In today’s fast-paced world, not only do misunderstandings happen, but they also may cause people to hurt you while believing that you are the one at fault. When reasoning and negotiation do not seem to get through to these people, you are left with only one option: hiring a trial lawyer. We litigate cases in both state in federal courts anywhere in California (and sometimes out of state).
Read a few testimonials from satisfied clients.
Defense-Cool Heads Prevail
If you have been served with a lawsuit, then you have limited time from when you were served to file a response. Time is of the essence, so call us as soon as possible; we offer free consultations.
The good news is that it’s not as bad as it seems. Our lead trial attorney, Stefano Riznyk, a high-level negotiator was able to do the following:
- In the past 2.5 months as of this writing, his clients received 5 demand letters or lawsuits,; of all 5, he got 100% to go away with very little money spent on legal fees.
- One client was taken to court by two x-employees. The lawyers were from different parts of California for each of the employees. Both asked for just under $400,000; both were negotiated to $5,000 each with 6 months to pay.
- Another client lost a case with another law firm and came to us. We negotiated a multi-million-dollar jury judgment to a quarter of a million dollars.
- Another client had clear liability, and a $600,000 lawsuit was negotiated to just $80,000, without the costs of a trial.
- Another client was named in a million-dollar lawsuit and we created a brief outlining that our client, one of many parties named, was not liable. He was dismissed from the case shortly thereafter. Total legal bill: $1975.These are just some of multiple examples of what we accomplish. Don’t panic, but do act.
Offense-Preparing Your Case For Litigation
If, on the other hand, you are in the offensive position, you are not under the same time pressure. If you have tried all the alternatives, such as mediation, arbitration and negotiation, then sometimes litigation is all that you have left; perhaps after a while they will return and negotiate, as is often the case. Keep these in mind:
1. Organize your paperwork and your witnesses. Firms spend a lot of money having trial lawyers and their paralegals organize boxes of paperwork that could easily be conducted by their own staff. The other advantage you enjoy by having your staff organize the paperwork is that they know the foundation of both your company and most likely the situation at hand. A paralegal who is new to the case has to figure everything out and then put it together for the first time. This alone will save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars.
2. Stay away from the opposing party. Time after time, we have had clients who have wanted to save on litigation costs keep communicating with the opposing party. What they don’t realize is that there is an art to negotiating a settlement. For example, if you show the opposing party that they did something wrong, the opposing party will, more often than not, try to justify the behavior, not apologize. This is part of the concept of cognitive dissonance. As a result of presenting more and more proof, what can often happen is that the other side now is thoroughly convinced that you are to blame, and they dig their heels in further, meaning more litigation costs for you. As the auto mechanics state: You are welcome to help us fix your car, but at double our rate. 
3. Don’t wait too long before filing. Many of our clients have lost the opportunity because the statute of limitations ran out while they were busy running their firm and doing other things. Witnesses disappear. Memories fade.
4. Think of everything that you want to file in the original lawsuit. If you are going to be in a fight, hit hard with the intention of winning. If it is a solid lawsuit, your rival’s attorney may convince that person to settle with you and could be your biggest ally. On the other hand, if you have a cheaply created lawsuit, all you will do is amuse the other side’s lawyer and have your rival advised to fight you.
5. Make yourself available to your lawyers. Motions such as ex parte motions, have short fuses; every second counts. If your lawyers cannot reach you, they must file their responses on the information they have at hand. However, only you or your firm was involved in this commercial or business dispute, so you may know one small fact that makes all the difference in the world to your case. You would be surprised at how hard some clients make it for use to help them.
6. If you have everything organized and under control, the last step is, in our opinion, if the most important: Develop a strategy. A good trial lawyer will guide his or her client in a direction based on the current facts; a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis; and past experience. Once you have developed an attack strategy, then it’s no different than war – use surprise, timing and swiftness as your allies of choice, and be relentless! You would not run your firm without a business plan; you cannot spend the money litigation costs and go in there winging it. Know what you plan to do: be the conductor of the orchestra, not part of the audience.
We have been conducting cases in the commercial and business litigation arena for 36 years. We are very strategic, and that is why our clients don’t spend a lot of money with us. On the other hand, they will drive from Los Angeles and fly from San Francisco to hire us, even though they are surrounded by lawyers in those cities. We would like that kind of a trust relationship with your firm as well. Provide us with the opportunity to inspire you with confidence. Call for a consultation and request our lead trial attorney at 619-793-4827 or send us an email.
We are the law firm that gets the job done. Period. If you are serious about results, call us.