Overview
The Service offered by Andrews Dispute Resolution™ is generally Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and specifically Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), both explained below, and is customized to the client. Please visit the drop-down menu under Service to learn about each of the options I offer. If the prospective client involves one party, then only the Dispute Visualization and/or Dispute Resolution Analysis Service(s) may be offered, because Negotiation and Mediation require two or more parties. Therefore, if the clients involve two or more parties, then the Negotiation or Mediation process may also be offered.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) are processes that parties use to resolve their dispute, and can also be alternatives to having a court, whether by judge or jury, or other third parties, resolve their dispute. Negotiation and Mediation are appealing alternatives to arbitration and litigation due to their more consensual and less adversarial nature that gives parties more control over their process and/or outcome, their tendency to preserve rather than destroy relationships, their ability to be customized to the parties, and their likelihood of costing parties less time, energy and resources. They are also appealing complements to arbitration and litigation, both for the above reasons and because, during Negotiation or Mediation, parties can gauge whether their dispute resolution process is likely to succeed or whether another process is more viable. Both are decision-making and problem-solving processes that enable parties to communicate efficiently and effectively to better understand themselves, each other, and their respective positions, interests, objectives, alternatives, priorities, risks, and potential consequences. This communication and clarity also better prepare the parties should they later decide to use a different process, and agreeing to participate in Negotiation or Mediation alone can be an empowering step towards a peaceful resolution.
Online Dispute Resolution
Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) utilizes technology to facilitate or perform central functions of dispute resolution processes such as Negotiation and Mediation. Such functions include communication, both synchronous and asynchronous, file sharing, decision analytics, dispute visualization, negotiation, and document drafting and signing.
Important Information
My Service does not create an attorney-client or professional relationship. During Dispute Visualization, Dispute Resolution Analysis, Negotiation, and/or Mediation, I provide neither legal, financial, therapeutic or other professional advice nor legal analysis with respect to clients’ legal positions or rights. Clients should neither act nor refrain from acting on the basis of the Service without seeking the appropriate legal or other professional advice on the particular facts and circumstances of their dispute and from an attorney or other professional licensed in their state or country.