ADR Services

Los Angeles County Attorneys

Alternative Dispute Resolution | ADR | Arbitration | Mediation

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods such as mediation and arbitration allow individuals and businesses to present their side of a conflict in a relaxed setting and find solutions to business conflicts outside the courtroom. Typically alternative dispute resolution is a voluntary process, however, some business contracts, brokerage and investment agreements require parties to seek ADR services before heading for the courtroom.

Choosing a form of alternative dispute resolution affords clients numerous benefits such as:

• Cost effective means for dispute settlement
• Arriving at a solution in private
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Protection from media exposure
• Resolving a conflict faster than in court
• Preserving family or business relationships

At the Van Nuys law firm of Zide & O’Biecunas, attorney Leo O’Biecunas blends skills as a litigator as well as a mediator and arbitrator. He has mediated a wide variety of matters, ranging from personal injury, contract and debt collection to family law matters. Among the many arbitration and mediation participants he has assisted are large insurance companies, small family-owned businesses and individuals.

Mr. O’Biecunas’s experience includes serving on the ADR panel for the Los Angeles and Ventura County Superior Courts and as served as a member of the San Fernando Valley Bar Settlement Team. With more than 100 hours of Continuing Legal Education mediation training through the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the LA County Bar, Mr. O’Biecunas employs extensive skills to effectively resolve disputes.

Our firm’s experience has demonstrated that encouraging creditors and debtors, business partners and associates as well as families and individuals to sit down with an arbitrator or mediator yields positive results more often than not. However, in the face of an uncompromising party, our clients can rely on our skills as trial lawyers to protect their best interests and meet their objectives in a court of law. Zide & O’Biecunas represent clients in all California State and Federal Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
 
When you are mired in contentious business, family or individual controversy, we invite you to call the Van Nuys law firm of Zide & O’Biecunas at (818) 998-0180 to learn how ADR services can help you arrive at a mutually beneficial solution for your legal problem.