Mediation & Arbitration
Bob Cullen specializes in mediation and arbitration of business and commercial disputes, real estate transactions, construction contract or performance disputes and construction defects. As a Professor, he has taught negotiation, mediation and arbitration at the University of Santa Clara Law School for fifteen years. He has trained lawyers and law students in the process, skills and techniques that make for effective conflict resolution. He strongly advocates sensible resolution to protect your business and your investments without costly litigation. He helps to create a method and strategy that does not create more conflict, but rather, paves the way to a satisfactory and productive solution. His experience as a law firm partner, general counsel and mediator gives him unique insights into the ways in which to solve complicated, business, real estate, construction and corporate matters. He has also been a Judge Pro Tem for the California Superior Court and the U.S. Federal Courts. He has productively used mediation and arbitration in many cases so as to avoid unnecessary costs. _______________________________________________________________________________
Construction and Real Estate
Bob Cullen has extensive experience in real estate, construction and related insurance law. He specialized throughout his career in business advice and civil litigation handling, as primary attorney, many real estate transaction, litigation and construction conflicts. His experience helps to find effective solutions to a host of complex real estate and development-related issues. He is an effective problem solver in conflicts involving acquisitions, dispositions, construction, land use, zoning and financing of commercial, industrial, residential and retail projects. He brings a strong background in deal making and creativity; he advocates litigation avoidance rather than expensive conflict creation. ______________________________________________
Business and Commercial Mediation
As a business executive or business owner your own business represents great independence and success, it also can result in litigious matters that either distract you from operating your business or put that business’ future in peril. Bob has made a career out of assisting businesses, creating opportunity and avoiding the opportunity costs of litigation. Bob’s experience includes facilitating business mediation sessions for large, multi-party cases, individual commercial disputes, government compliance and administrative law issues. Business mediation provides an efficient and confidential method of resolving all manner of business disputes including those related to contracts, intellectual property, partnership disagreements or dissolution, and employment.
