Alternative Dispute Resolution

The growing use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements means that an ever-increasing percentage of business disputes must be resolved by creative use of alternative dispute resolution arbitration rather than in a courtroom. In addition, some disputes that would or could be determined judicially are better suited for out-of-court resolution, whether by arbitration or through a third-party mediation process.

Orrick’s litigation attorneys know the major settlement, arbitration, and mediation forums as well as we know the federal and state court systems. Even more importantly, we know when to fight to keep a case in court, when to fight to get it into an arbitration forum, and when a case is suited for a truly non-adversarial resolution process such as mediation.