ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

MOST (90%) CASES ARE SETTLED BY MEDIATION OR ARBITRATION.

MEDIATION is a voluntary confidential settlement discussion which results in a signed agreement to which all parties must agree.

ARBITRATION is a process entered into voluntarily but binding in its conclusion or resolution.  It too is confidential.  It is the action taken by the parties and the arbitrator to, by contract, agree to replace the court procedures with the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.  Arbitration proceeds when it is agreed by all parties o the law suit.  It involves one or three arbitrators and almost always includes the presentation of written materials. There is also a presentation of evidence and testimony as per the agreement of the parties and/or the ruling of the arbitrator(s).

Arbitration is private and confidential.  Court trials are public and on the record.  Arbitrations can be much shorter and less expensive than trails.  They are also much less stressful.

Again and importantly, arbitrations and mediations are confidential as per a case that Tim Dunn took to the Utah Supreme Court in 2008, called "Reese vs Tingey".  Thus no arbitrator / mediator can point to specific cases they have handled (such as Dunn & Dunn's Gallery of trial exhibits).  We can say that Tim Dunn has resolved many cases as an arbitrator or mediator, including one long day when Mr. Dunn convinced 32 claimants to amicably divide up $1,250,000.00 (the maximum available) for eight wrongful death claims and two serious personal injury claims. 

Tim Dunn knows what Utah Jurors and Utah Judges do by virtue of his 180 civil trials

If you hire Tim Dunn to mediate or arbitrate your case, expect that he will read all materials sent to him, and he will not give up easily.