Litigation

Litigation is always the last resort and even in litigation it is always best to have both a pleading stance and a settlement stance. Therefore, all of the skills of negotiation are put into place even during trial preparation.

Since 95% of cases settle, it has been the philosophy of our firm (see section on Litigation Services) to engage in all efforts necessary to bring a case to settlement, long before the matter is ready for trial.

Early settlement saves enormous amounts of money, effort and emotional strain on families. If the negotiations are only seriously undertaken when the parties are on the steps of the Courthouse, the opportunity arrive at an economically interesting settlement become slimmer.