Settlement Counsel
Most disputes, whether litigated or not, get settled. A settlement counsel can help you settle your dispute early in the process, before you’re overcome with legal fees, distraction and stress.
A settlement counsel is an attorney who will represent you in a dispute but whose only job is to help you get it settled. If you and he are unable to settle the case, his involvement ends and you move on to court or whatever other process is available for resolution of the dispute. He is your advocate and representative but his only responsibility is to help you get your dispute behind you on terms that are acceptable to you and the other party. He acts, in effect, as a non-neutral mediator attempting to bring you and the other party to a deal but always with your interests in mind.
Bob Berliner brings the same problem-solving and deal-making skills that make him a successful mediator to the role of settlement counsel. He brings to that role the legal and business acumen developed over the years as a private practitioner of law, general counsel to a major group of companies, real estate developer and investor, and private business owner. In the role of settlement counsel, he helped a family-owned Chicago business settle a dispute with a professional services firm involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees. Let him help you settle your dispute.
