Hawthorne & Associates
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Alternative Dispute Resolution

 

Extensive Legal and Business Experience

 
 

Hon. Robert D. Hawthorne (ret.)

As the founder of Hawthorne & Associates, former Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Robert D. Hawthorne provides dispute resolution services drawing from 51 years of legal and business experience, including 19 years as an appellate court judge and 32 years as a practicing attorney. He has litigated as an attorney or served as a judge in over 5000 cases.  Bob also relies on his background in developing and operating successful businesses in addition to his law practice,

including a real estate brokerage firm, title insurance agency, real estate investments, farm and ranch operation, and local radio station. He also served in the United States Army Reserves for six years. Having retired from the Colorado Court of Appeals, Judge Hawthorne now applies his broad and extensive legal and business experience to resolving disputes by serving as an arbitrator, mediator, special master, and statutory private judge.

 
 

ADR Services

 
 
Arbitration A cost-effective method of having a fair and impartial third party decide a dispute without going to court, typically leading to a binding decision. Arbitration is similar to having your dispute decided by a judge, but you avoid going to court, and you decide who will be the arbitrator.
Mediation Mediation resembles a negotiation, but with the assistance of a third party trained to help the disputing parties solve their conflict by reaching a mutual agreement. A trained mediator enables you to reach an agreed-upon solution rather than a judge, or someone else, deciding your dispute.
Other Methods If your dispute requires a process other than arbitration or mediation, alternative dispute resolution tools are available including multi-door courthouse concepts: Private Judge, Special Master, Receiver, Settlement Conference, Mini-Trial, Early Neutral Evaluation, Fact-finding, hybrids of these, and more.
 
 
 
 

Benefits of ADR Services

 

  • Avoid the cost, time and formality of court

  • No court and no juries

  • Reach solution you think is fair and just

  • Confidential—no public disclosure

  • Procedural control

  • Flexible rules of law and evidence

  • More predictable than court

  • One proceeding without costly appeals

  • Use of arbitrator/mediator expertise

  • Preserve important relationships

  • Parties share fees and costs

  • Schedule at your convenience

 
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“We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.”
— Edmund Burke