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SENATUS Introduces Dispute Resolution Toolbox For Businesses SENATUS Celebrates Highly Anticipated Launch With Unveiling Of New Website Potomac, MD. Today, SENATUS, a dispute resolution firm serving the needs of DMV businesses, is pleased to announce it is now accepting clients who are ready to begin resolving commercial and workplace disputes with a renewed sense of practicality and efficiency. Offering two distinct wings of customizable services featuring traditional forms of alternative dispute resolution such as mediation and arbitration, in addition to innovative offerings such as the Business Prenup and HR + Office Admin Partnerships, SENATUS offers clients the ability to save time, save money, preserve confidentiality, maintain important relationships, and utilize creative processes to exercise greater control with regard to how their commercial and workplace disputes are resolved. SENATUS further offers agility, local presence, and flexibility, unlike other larger firms already in this market. SENATUS boasts a core team of mediators and strategic advisors that collectively offers well over 120 years of dispute resolution and litigation experience. Those individuals, Larry Freedman (strategic advisor), Larry Ray (neutral & instructor), Douglas Bregman (neutral) and Lucas Vande Sande (neutral & instructor) are dedicated to providing a customizable, holistic and cost-effective approach designed as an attractive alternative to the rigors of litigation. Speaking to his confidence at the possibilities SENATUS can create, George Washington Law School Professor and SENATUS neutral Larry Ray commented, “To quote Maslow: If your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The goal of SENATUS is to help businesses create a dispute resolution toolbox. Emphasis first is on dispute prevention and second on effective and efficient resolution when disputes do occur.” SENATUS CEO and co-founder Lucas Vande Sande reflected, “It’s time for businesses, particularly small and midsize businesses, to reevaluate how they confront conflict. In a society increasingly focused on efficiency, autonomy, and eliminating needless spending, forward thinking entrepreneurs and business owners will appreciate and benefit from the menu of creative services SENATUS provides.” Compelling statistics illustrate the need for SENATUS and the problems it will solve. Consider: 1. Despite efforts to streamline the litigation process and control its costs, businesses still spend upwards of $300 billion annually litigating disputes, and that number is escalating. 2. Organizations adopting conflict resolution processes, like mediation, report a 50-80% reduction in litigation costs. 3. Fortune 500 Senior Executives spend 20% of their time in litigation activities. 4. The average U.S. employee spends 2.8 hours per week engaged in workplace conflict, which translates into $359 billon in paid hours annually, or 385 million working days lost. 5. FINRA reports that 86% of the mediation cases it closed through August 2019 were settled . 6. The Department of Justice quantified the benefits of ADR in its cases for the year 2017. $15,521,274 of litigation or discovery expenses were saved as a result of using ADR. 13,886 days of attorney/staff time was saved as a result of ADR. 1,967 months of litigation were avoided via use of ADR. 7. A 1999 SCAO study showed a voluntary compliance rate of 90% for mediated agreements vs. 53% for non-mediated judgments. For more information please contact Lucas Vande Sande at Lucas@senatusADR.com. ABOUT SENATUS: SENATUS is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) firm specializing in mediation and offering a variety of customizable dispute resolution and advisory services provided by a dynamic panel of neutrals. To learn more about the ways SENATUS can help businesses confront conflict practically, efficiently and economically, visit the SENATUS website at www.senatusADR.com.
SENATUS Introduces Dispute Resolution Toolbox For Businesses
SENATUS Celebrates Highly Anticipated Launch With Unveiling Of New Website
Potomac, MD. Today, SENATUS, a dispute resolution firm serving the needs of DMV businesses, is pleased to announce it is now accepting clients who are ready to begin resolving commercial and workplace disputes with a renewed sense of practicality and efficiency. Offering two distinct wings of customizable services featuring traditional forms of alternative dispute resolution such as mediation and arbitration, in addition to innovative offerings such as the Business Prenup and HR + Office Admin Partnerships, SENATUS offers clients the ability to save time, save money, preserve confidentiality, maintain important relationships, and utilize creative processes to exercise greater control with regard to how their commercial and workplace disputes are resolved. SENATUS further offers agility, local presence, and flexibility, unlike other larger firms already in this market.
SENATUS boasts a core team of mediators and strategic advisors that collectively offers well over 120 years of dispute resolution and litigation experience. Those individuals, Larry Freedman (strategic advisor), Larry Ray (neutral & instructor), Douglas Bregman (neutral) and Lucas Vande Sande (neutral & instructor) are dedicated to providing a customizable, holistic and cost-effective approach designed as an attractive alternative to the rigors of litigation.
Speaking to his confidence at the possibilities SENATUS can create, George Washington Law School Professor and SENATUS neutral Larry Ray commented, “To quote Maslow: If your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The goal of SENATUS is to help businesses create a dispute resolution toolbox. Emphasis first is on dispute prevention and second on effective and efficient resolution when disputes do occur.” SENATUS CEO and co-founder Lucas Vande Sande reflected, “It’s time for businesses, particularly small and midsize businesses, to reevaluate how they confront conflict. In a society increasingly focused on efficiency, autonomy, and eliminating needless spending, forward thinking entrepreneurs and business owners will appreciate and benefit from the menu of creative services SENATUS provides.”
Compelling statistics illustrate the need for SENATUS and the problems it will solve. Consider:
1. Despite efforts to streamline the litigation process and control its costs, businesses still spend upwards of $300 billion annually litigating disputes, and that number is escalating.
2. Organizations adopting conflict resolution processes, like mediation, report a 50-80% reduction in litigation costs.
3. Fortune 500 Senior Executives spend 20% of their time in litigation activities.
4. The average U.S. employee spends 2.8 hours per week engaged in workplace conflict, which translates into $359 billon in paid hours annually, or 385 million working days lost.
5. FINRA reports that 86% of the mediation cases it closed through August 2019 were settled .
6. The Department of Justice quantified the benefits of ADR in its cases for the year 2017. $15,521,274 of litigation or discovery expenses were saved as a result of using ADR. 13,886 days of attorney/staff time was saved as a result of ADR. 1,967 months of litigation were avoided via use of ADR.
7. A 1999 SCAO study showed a voluntary compliance rate of 90% for mediated agreements vs. 53% for non-mediated judgments.
For more information please contact Lucas Vande Sande at Lucas@senatusADR.com.
ABOUT SENATUS: SENATUS is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) firm specializing in mediation and offering a variety of customizable dispute resolution and advisory services provided by a dynamic panel of neutrals. To learn more about the ways SENATUS can help businesses confront conflict practically, efficiently and economically, visit the SENATUS website at www.senatusADR.com.