A range of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) approaches for complex legal disputes.
Delaware ADR’s team of Professional Neutrals deliver effective, efficient, and lasting results.
Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals bring deep legal insight and an understanding of complex litigation developed through more than 70 years of collective experience on the Delaware bench and in private practice. Our team draws upon that wellspring of experience to assist parties to resolve even the thorniest of disputes. Our services include mediations, neutral trial assessments, subject matter expert services, and arbitrations, including expedited arbitration proceedings under the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act and summary statutory proceedings tailored to Delaware’s unique legal landscape.
Carefully crafted solutions for complex disputes.
Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals employ their extensive legal and judicial experience to help parties navigate complex disputes outside the courtroom. Our team approach incorporates efficient, attentive case management for complex mediation and arbitration proceedings. Our Professional Neutrals and Counsel have experience handling disputes across a variety of subject matters, including complex commercial contracts, M&A, corporate, business divorces, insurance coverage, environmental, construction, large-scale toxic and mass tort, catastrophic personal injury, trusts/estates, and intellectual property.
Services
Mediations
Mediation can advance parties’ business goals and expand options for creative resolutions beyond the limited range of outcomes typically available in contested litigation. Co-mediation is available for matters that involve particularly complex issues.
Arbitrations
Arbitration services, including expedited arbitration pleadings, are available for rulings on the merits of legal disputes. Our team works with parties to manage and tailor processes to the needs of each case. Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals offer well-reasoned, evidence-based decisions consistent with principles and legal precedent.
Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act (DRAA) Proceedings
Delaware ADR’s arbitration offerings include proceedings under the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act. DRAA proceedings provide sophisticated commercial parties with a streamlined and confidential arbitration process for business disputes. Delaware ADR’s focus on case management is ideally suited to DRAA matters, which we support without any added administrative fees.
Summary Statutory Proceedings
Neutral Trial Assessments
For summary proceedings under statutes such as the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), Delaware ADR provides specialized arbitration proceedings as a private alternative to court battles. Our experienced Professional Neutrals decide corporate disputes such as contested books and records demands, advancement claims, proxy contests, and DGCL Section 225 actions on an expedited, summary basis, while affording parties greater confidentiality and control over the process than public litigation.
Delaware ADR introduces a structured process to evaluate litigation risk, clarify disputes, and create meaningful opportunities for resolution. Neutral trial assessment offers parties the opportunity to present a streamlined, non-binding mock trial to one of Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals. Parties receive a prompt, reasoned decision on the merits, along with ex parte sessions for each party to obtain tailored feedback on its positions and presentation.
Neutral Subject Matter Experts
Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals serve in non-advocacy roles as subject matter experts for disputes requiring opinions on Delaware law and other legal topics.
Court-Appointed Neutrals
Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals serve as judicial adjuncts in various roles as court-appointed neutrals, including in Delaware’s Court of Chancery and the Complex Commercial Litigation Division (CCLD) of Delaware’s Superior Court.