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Comprehensive Adjudication – Legal Dispute Resolution for Consumers

Consumers often complain that the only people who benefit from public court litigation are the lawyers.  That complaint is somewhat exaggerated, but it certainly is true that our extremely inefficient justice system makes the cost of litigating a legitimate legal dispute much too high. Far too often, people must walk away from seeking a proper outcome because the cost of seeking it outweighs the benefit of any possible court victory.  When that happens, the party that deserves to win must make substantial compromises just to settle the case and stop the ongoing legal expenses. Even contingent fee arrangements do not completely solve the problem.  After making the compromises that are necessary to settle the case, clients frequently still must pay a third or more of their lowered recovery to the lawyers.

Now there finally is a better alternative.  Comprehensive Adjudication provides a more expertly analyzed, enforceable decision that resolves the dispute in less than half the time and at less than half the cost of public court litigation.  The total cost can be capped from the very beginning and paid in equal monthly installments.

The parties to the dispute jointly interview recommended legal experts and jointly select one of them to thoroughly investigate each of their claims and defenses as their neutral Adjudicator. After carefully reviewing the subpoenaed evidence and cross-examining all the relevant witnesses, the Adjudicator swiftly provides the parties with an enforceable, written decision that resolves their dispute. The parties save at least 50% of the legal fees by splitting the cost of hiring a single, neutral Adjudicator to do the time-consuming investigative work instead of each party paying their separate lawyers to perform that same investigation. It is that simple. At your request, a Comprehensive Adjudication provider will contact your  legal adversary and determine their interest in a more efficient and cost-effective alternative dispute resolution system.It is that simple.

Comprehensive Adjudication Is A More Efficient and Affordable Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumers

Comprehensive Adjudication is best suited as a substitute for complex litigation matters like employment disputes, divorces, will disputes, personal injury cases, malpractice claims, very large insurance claims and other legal disputes that are particularly challenging because of the significant amount of evidence that needs to be examined or the complexity of the underlying facts.  Comprehensive Adjudication is not appropriate for deciding nonlegal disputes such as the neighbor’s barking dog, a spouse’s refusal to take out the garbage or disappointment over the size of a raise at work.

If you are now facing an actual legal dispute and you would like to explore the possibility of resolving it through Comprehensive Adjudication instead of an extended court battle, click here to submit an inquiry. You will receive a prompt response from CASES Dispute Resolution providing you with an opportunity to discuss your Comprehensive Adjudication options. At your request, CASES will:

• Contact your legal adversary to determine whether an agreement to use Comprehensive Adjudication can be reached. 
• Suggest highly-credentialed candidates who could be selected as the neutral Adjudicator that will thoroughly investigate and decide the dispute. 
• Arrange for joint interviews and selection of an Adjudicator candidate. 
• Host regular joint status conferences between the Adjudicator and all parties to the dispute. 
• Monitor the Adjudication proceedings. 

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