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Bruce Deerson
Landmark Center
4601 Six Forks, Suite 500
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-786-4004
Fax: 1-888-300-7784
brucedeerson@gcmediation.com |
Jim Puhala
1061 Lindendale Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15243-1964
Phone: 412-841-7984
Fax: 412-561-3917
jimpuhala@gcmediation.com |
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Perhaps you’re involved in a dispute:
Maybe you’ve tried, unsuccessfully, to resolve a disagreement with your
partner, customer, supplier, employee, landlord, tenant, distributor,
licensee, or some other person with whom you have a business
relationship. So you’ve now turned the matter over to your lawyer and
you’re discussing options. |

An obvious option, litigation, means you’re looking at months (or years) of document discovery, depositions,
disruptions, expert witnesses, meetings, legal briefs, and, above all, legal fees and expenses. You may be turning over substantial amounts of private (and possibly uncomfortable) information about your company. During this
period, you’ll also be getting questions from your banker, auditor, investor, spouse, and others about the potential impact of the case on your business. You’re concerned about the publicity of a trial. And, you’re concerned
about litigation’s tendency to severely damage relationships.. You’re facing emotional stress and the loss of focus on important issues as you deal with the litigation process. |
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You feel as though you’re right, but will a judge or a jury of strangers see it the same way you do? |
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A dispute in litigation can often take on a life of its own, and spin out of control.
Because you should be in control, General Counsel Mediation, LLC provides a unique forum for parties to resolve their disputes in a cost effective, confidential creative problem-solving atmosphere.
At General Counsel Mediation, we are each former Vice Presidents & General Counsel of NYSE companies who have substantial experience in dealing with and
resolving disputes involving business, commercial, construction and community issues. As mediators, we understand the financial and business environment that surrounds a dispute. We formed General Counsel Mediation in order
to facilitate the development and evaluation of settlement options. Our goal is to help parties to business disputes put their disputes behind them and get back to business.
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We believe mediation is a more effective option. Mediation is a non-binding, facilitated negotiation. The facilitator is a neutral third party, who helps the parties to move beyond
posturing and seek resolutions that deal effectively with each party’s concerns. There is a growing trend toward use of mediation, particularly by parties who have been disappointed with litigation, both as a process and in its
likelihood of achieving a satisfactory result. Mediation has proven successful in resolving all types of disputes and lawsuits. |
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You should be in control. |
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