07/20/2023
Litigation, for small businesses and individuals, can feel more like economic warfare than an opportunity to exercise one's legal rights.
Here are 4 things to consider when facing litigation:
1. Consider Your Ultimate Goals
Consider goals across a variety of areas - financial goals, personal/family/business goals, emotional goals, or other goals affecting reputation, relationships, business or personal risk, etc.
2. Reassess the Pressure Points
Based on what you know about your opponent, or any of the parties involved, are there pressure points that should be considered that could help shape a creative approach towards a solution rather than a fight?
3. Evaluate Historical Communication
Take time to consider the pathway that has led you to where you are. Review key events, mistakes, discussions, exchanges (or lack thereof) and the context of how the parties have communicated and what each has contributed up to this point to help you reach a solution.
4. Consider Your Best & Worst Alternatives
Prior to ever going down the road of litigation, ask yourself a few questions. Are your motives mostly related to protecting a financial position? What is the financial, emotional or personal cost of expending your time, energy and resources on this path?
Most disagreement can be resolved short of litigation, through open communication or mediation.
When litigation is necessary you can be sure that the commercial litigation attorneys of Lind, Ottenhoff & Root LLP will represent you effectively, ethically and efficiently.
Contact us today!
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Windsor, CO 80550
