Overview

It's the dirty little secret of our American civil justice system: Getting real justice in everyday lawsuits costs too much. Legal fees and hidden costs dwarf financial stakes, forcing a choice between frustrating settlement or a long slog through litigation's due process-either path feeling like legalized extortion. This huge and growing gap in our civil justice system occupies a no-man's-land of prevailing injustice between small claims and high stakes disputes, defying all efforts to control it for decades. Until now. Legal insider Robert Christopher cuts to the core of the problem, offering an effective and practical solution that exposes and deters the claims of schemers and opportunists while making justice attainable and affordable for honest adversaries seeking a better path. Just Right articulates and promotes a simple and innovative neutral-driven approach to conflict resolution, instead of one driven by competing lawyer teams. Developed using lessons taught over a broad forty-year career in litigation and business, the method-which the author calls NDR-enables people and organizations to avoid most common legal disputes, and, when necessary, resolve them quickly and cost-effectively with minimal stress and distraction. Whether prescribed by contract or invoked during negotiations, the method delivers principled, fast, and cost-effective outcomes to all parties-win or lose. This book is a must read if you are: - Passionate about building and keeping long term relationships with partners, customers, suppliers, contractors, employees, and others - A business owner, executive, entrepreneur, or corporate general counsel - An attorney committed to your clients' best overall interests and net outcomes - Anyone who wants a fair and practical approach to conflict resolution that delivers real justice while saving everyone time, money, and peace of mind

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... a compelling and innovative new way to resolve conflicts, one that avoids wasted time, scorched-earth tactics, and crushing legal fees. -Philip K. Howard, author of The Death of Common Sense; founder, Common Good A book for everyone who lives and works in the real world of commerce and contracts. -Dominique Black, CEO, Advanced Software Talent, LLC Rob Christopher has got it correct. This book gives real insight into how we should approach any dispute that lawyers handle on behalf of clients. -Guy O. Kornblum, PLC, litigation specialist; author of Negotiating and Settling Tort Cases: Reaching the Settlement Just Right illustrates the importance and need for a common sense approach to settling legal disputes. It provides the key to settling any legal issue or business disagreement through simplicity and a common sense focus on resolution. Rob Christopher lays out Just the Right approach and blueprint for achieving a fair and economical resolution for both parties. -Frank York, CEO, WL Butler Construction Rob Christopher delivers an innovative approach to deter and resolve common legal disputes at affordable costs in money, time, and peace of mind. . . An insightful must read for all who've felt the bite of unnecessary lawsuits and yearned for a better solution. -Sharon Reeves, President - Photoflex, Inc. . . . Engaging and insightful. Just Right is a must read for anyone who seeks to reduce risks for their company. At last-a process that provides business owners a path forward to focus on their business by quickly resolving disputes outside of a broken system. -Jon W. Ball, Executive Vice President, Hensel Phelps (ret.) Rob Christopher has brilliantly and creatively brought clarity, logic, compassion, and a real solution to an immense and common problem in American civil justice. I wish I had known of Rob and the NDR technique earlier in my career. If you want to reduce costs and legal risks in your company, read this book! -Ofir Baharav, CEO, Power Breezer If you're considering litigation or there's a chance you will be faced with a dispute that might spiral to a legal situation, read this book first. Rob Christopher provides an insider view of the insanity of the US legal system and offers practical alternatives to save you time, money, and peace of mind. -Tamara B. Pow, Managing Partner, Strategy Law LLP

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Rob Christopher is a top peer-rated litigation attorney and general counsel for his family's farming business. Over the last decade, he has developed and now champions a new approach to delivering real and cost-effective justice in common limited-stakes legal disputes through the use of a neutral-driven nonadversarial resolution process (NDR). His published articles on the subject have appeared in numerous periodicals ranging from the Association of Corporate Counsel's Docket to the California Lawyers Association's California Litigation, and the Global Electronics Publication U.S. Tech, and he has founded an independent neutral service, Just Resolve, to evangelize adoption and use of the method. Learn more at www.justresolve.com. Rob lives in Morgan Hill, California, with his wife of over forty years. When not trying to disrupt wasteful lawsuits, he enjoys playing tennis, acting and singing in amateur community stage productions, volunteer and board service for his community's charitable foundation, and sharing time and love with his growing family that now boasts four grandchildren.

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