According to Austin-based business lawyer<\/a> Jack Zinda, of the law firm Heselmeyer Zinda, PLLC, two of the most productive tools for resolving legal disputes are mediation and arbitration.<\/p>\n Mediation is typically negotiation facilitated by a mutual and unbiased third party. Arbitration is a binding resolution process that resembles the results achieved in a courtroom at trial \u2013 but with far fewer technicalities and legal niceties entailed. \u201cThese are my tools for resolving legal disputes,\u201d explains attorney Jack Zinda of the law firm Heselmeyer Zinda, PLLC, \u201cWithout them, resolving many legal disputes would be much more time consuming and expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n Mediation is very different from arbitration, however. \u201cSometimes the parties are unwilling or unable to resolve a dispute,\u201d Zinda says, \u201cand that\u2019s when mediation can make a real difference.\u201d It\u2019s most often short-term, structured, and task-oriented. \u201cIt\u2019s a hands-on process,\u201d according to Zinda. The contentious parties work with a third party, someone as unbiased (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to Austin-based business lawyer Jack Zinda, of the law firm Heselmeyer Zinda, PLLC, two of the most productive tools for resolving legal disputes are mediation and arbitration. Mediation is typically negotiation facilitated by a mutual and unbiased third party.…<\/span><\/p>\n