Experienced Dispute Mediation Services for Business
MEDIATOR SERVICES
Litigation may not be the most effective way for your business to settle a dispute. In addition to our courtroom experience, Spotts Fain is recognized for providing professional alternative dispute resolution, under the direction of attorney Dana McDaniel. Our mediator services are designed to help parties resolve conflicts at the earliest realistic opportunity and, when settlement is not possible, to streamline litigation and reduce litigation costs.
If you have a commercial dispute that is beginning to rise to the level of possible litigation, contact us to schedule a consultation with Dana D. McDaniel.
Contact our offices in Richmond, Virginia, to discuss your dispute resolution needs.
Our mediator services include:
Case Mediation Services: Mr. McDaniel is available to mediate business disputes, particularly those that involve:
- Intellectual property and vendor/client disputes involving technology issues:
- Patent law
- Trademark and copyright infringement
- Trade secret misappropriation
He brings to the mediation process substantial experience in intellectual property (IP) and technology transactions and litigation and a personal commitment to work with the parties and their counsel as long as it takes for them to identify sensible, workable terms on which to resolve the dispute.
Early Neutral Evaluation and Resolution: In appropriate cases, Mr. McDaniel is available to provide all disputing parties a neutral evaluation of the parties' position in the dispute, with a focus on resolving the dispute before suit is filed or early in the litigation process. In this capacity, he can facilitate frank and open settlement discussions without compromising litigation counsel’s role as zealous advocate. The objective of early neutral evaluation is to help clients resolve disputes before investing significant amounts in litigation.
Discovery and Litigation Conflict Resolution: Discovery is, by far, the most expensive component of most commercial lawsuits. The procedures for resolving discovery disputes in court are cumbersome and largely ineffective. The result is that discovery is often includes a significant amount of irrelevant documents and information and lacks relevant and discoverable materials. Mr. McDaniel is available to mediate or arbitrate discovery and other routine conflicts that arise in complex litigation, thereby, providing the parties an accessible, low-cost and low-risk mechanism for resolving discovery conflicts and avoiding costly discovery motions.
Issues for summary judgment and trial: Mr. McDaniel also serves as a neutral mediator to help parties negotiate other potentially contentious issues such as negotiating fact stipulations and narrowing issues for summary judgment and trial. By serving in this capacity as the case progresses, Mr. McDaniel will be better situated to mediate a settlement of the case at the earliest opportunity.
Contact us to learn more about our mediator services.
