Arbitration can save you court time and money. Put simply, Arbitration is private judging. Arbitration is more formal and restrictive than mediation, but gives you flexibility you will not get from the court.
In arbitration, one or three arbitrators hear the case. (When there is a panel of arbitrators, at least one member is an arbitration attorney, but other members may be non-attorney arbitrators).
In one sense, it’s like going to court: each side may submit legal briefs, may take discovery, and usually will present live testimony.
The biggest difference is that the parties have much more of a say in the arbitration process: they can agree to forego certain expensive aspects of litigation, and they have much more control over when the dispute will be decided. Because you are in essence hiring a “private judge” who works for the parties, not the government, you get to set many of the rules for the arbitration.
The bottom line is, in arbitration you can control more of the process and timing, but it can still be expensive and a third party is making the final decision. It is a middle ground between mediation and litigation in court.
California attorney Kasra Torabi has experience in binding and non-binding arbitration in a wide variety of disputes such as business litigation, contracts, international transactions, commercial real estate, and debt arbitration cases.
With Mr. Torabi as your arbitrator, you get his undivided attention in a solid block of time. Our view is that, if you take the trouble and expense to hire us as your arbitrator, you are entitled to hearings and opinions when you need them.
"Today was the first time we used ADR's services. This was a case we actually had little hope would settle at mediation as the parties were over $50,000.00 apart. However, thanks to Kasra's skills..."
"Today was the first time we used ADR's services. This was a case we actually had little hope would settle at mediation as the parties were over $50,000.00 apart. However, thanks to Kasra's skills..."
"Today was the first time we used ADR's services. This was a case we actually had little hope would settle at mediation as the parties were over $50,000.00 apart. However, thanks to Kasra's skills..."
"Today was the first time we used ADR's services. This was a case we actually had little hope would settle at mediation as the parties were over $50,000.00 apart. However, thanks to Kasra's skills..."
