Our firm offers expert business mediation services to help companies resolve disputes efficiently and preserve valuable business relationships. Mediation provides a confidential, cost-effective alternative to litigation, allowing businesses to negotiate and settle conflicts without the financial and operational burdens of a lengthy court process. Whether you are facing a contract dispute, partnership disagreement, or issues with vendors or clients, our experienced mediators can guide the parties toward a mutually beneficial resolution.
Founding Partner William C. Bollard has successfully mediated many cases, from two-party local disputes to international disputes involving multiple participants worldwide. Mr. Bollard is fluent in Spanish and routinely engages in cross-border disputes. As a dedicated mediator, he is fully committed to the process, as every matter is as unique as its participants. Mr. Bollard is a member of the California Association of Realtors Panel of Mediators. He regularly mediates disputes over real estate transactions, including rescission claims, disclosure cases, and disputes over earnest money disposition. Mr. Bollard also mediates business litigation involving employment issues, partnership and corporate disputes, trade secrets, and intellectual property rights claims. Having been trained and certified at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mr. Bollard brings over 35 years of litigation experience to the disputes he mediates. Mr. Bollard is also a former panel member of the American Arbitration Association. We have adapted our services to include virtual or Zoom mediation with recent world-changing developments. Even with advanced technology, our settlement rate of cases remains high.
We are willing to provide a brief review of the technical process during a “practice session” with any participants. Successful mediations now occur whether the parties use a smartphone or a computer with a microphone, speaker, and camera. Separate breakout rooms can be established to provide multiple confidential settings to accommodate sensitive negotiations or counsel to confer during the process. Additionally, our offices offer multiple conference rooms for small to large groups if an in-person mediation is desired.
We endeavor to share separate, brief discussions with counsel and self-represented parties before mediation to review the process, general dispute, unique factors, party concerns, and identification of key participants and documentation. As a neutral third party, our role is to assist the parties in reviewing their needs, issues, and requests, seeking common ground and, ultimately, resolution. Because the process is entirely voluntary, the parties (with their counsel) are the decision makers; we pave the way forward so they may arrive at a resolution. In the unlikely event a matter is not resolved, we remain committed to the process, following up at the parties’ request with continued assistance.
