Quick Arbitration & Mediation Service
LARGE CLAIMS RESOLVED at SMALL CLAIMS COST
QuickTM Arbitration & Mediation Service offers binding arbitration under the same informal and simplified procedures as exist in Small Claims court, but without jurisdictional restrictions. QuickTM arbitration hearings are conducted exactly as trials in Small Claims court, and are presided over by former Poughkeepsie City Court
Judge Ronald J. McGaw
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who has conducted literally thousands of trials over 10 years on the bench (1996 - 2006). There is no need for counsel to learn new or specialized arbitration procedures, or to follow complex and unfamiliar arbitration rules.
QuickTM mediation services are also available. This non-binding, informal process is a proven forum for settling disputes with minimal cost. Parties are only bound by mediation where an agreement is reached.
THE LOW COST OPTION
More and more attorneys are steering their business and individual clients toward arbitration and mediation as less expensive, less time consuming methods for resolving their legal disputes.
The QuickTM rate for all arbitration and mediation services is only $125 per party / per hour.
Hon. Ronald J. McGaw (Retired)
299 Main Street, 2nd Floor Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
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Tel: 845-790-0845
Fax: 845-790-1223
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Ronald J. McGaw was a full-time New York State Judge in the City Court of Poughkeepsie, New York from 1996 - 2006. During that time, he handled thousands of disputes, and presided over thousands of trials - both non-jury and jury trials. Prior to becoming a judge, Ronald J. McGaw practiced Intellectual Property Law (Trademarks and Copyrights) at his Park Avenue office in Manhattan.
QuickTM Arbitration & Mediation Service was started on April 1, 2006 to provide attorneys with a less expensive, less time consuming alternative to traditional litigation in the overburdened New York State Supreme and County Courts.
Ronald J. McGaw, Esq. also practices law, focusing his practice on the following areas of law
- Criminal Defense (Misdemeanors, Felonies, DWI & DUI, Drug offenses)
- Landlord / Tenant Law (Evictions, Leases, Rental Agreements)
- Trademark & Copyright Law (Registration, Litigation, and Unfair Competition)
- Family Law (Custody, Support, Neglect and Abuse)
- Arbitration and Mediation
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CONSIDER THE QUICK OPTION
ATTENTION ALL ATTORNEYS: Arbitration and mediation as a legal strategy means SAVINGS for your clients and PROFITS for you.
Strategic Use of QuickTM Arbitration or Mediation Service
After a dispute arises, one party or the other may perceive that litigation offers some advantage - an advantage they may be reluctant to relinquish. But when used as a point of strategic negotiation, arbitration and mediation provide powerful tools for resolving existing disputes.
Scenario #1
Your client comes to you with a case worth $30,000. What do you do? You can suggest filing in a New York State "City Court" where the costs and legal fees are lower, but where the jurisdictional limit is $15,000 (thereby giving up half the claim before you get started). Or you can suggest filing in New York State "Supreme Court" where the cost and legal fees are much higher and where the process will take much longer, but where the potential award is unlimited. Neither option may be very attractive to your client. With QuickTM, however, you can suggest a third approach, the Quick OptionTM. Offer to cap your opponent's exposure in exchange for submitting the dispute to binding arbitration or non-binding mediation. Both parties proceed more quickly with less expense and less risk. QuickTM fills the gap in the "not small enough / not large enough" case, and you earn a legal fee that might otherwise have gone unearned.
Scenario #2
You have tried to settle the case, but you and your opponent are still $70,000 apart with no hope of further compromise. Your only option is to proceed to trial in New York State Supreme Court, a prospect that assures long delay and large expense to both parties. With QuickTM Arbitration & Mediation Service, however, you can offer to arbitrate within the gap. That is, you can agree that the arbitrator's award will fall somewhere between your settlement number and your opponent's settlement number. Both parties are able to avoid extreme risk, while gaining the benefit of their partially successful negotiation.
Scenario #3
You believe your client's claim is worth $2 million. Your opponent does not deny liability, but asserts the claim is worth only $250,000. With QuickTM Arbitration & Mediation Service, each party may submit a number to the arbitrator with the understanding that the arbitrator will - following a hearing - select one or the other figure, but nothing in between. This "baseball-style" arbitration process creates an incentive for the parties to submit highly reasonable settlement offers, and saves both parties time while avoiding risk.