Litigation + Investigations
Neutral Services
Fluet’s Neutral Services provide parties with efficient, confidential alternatives to protracted court litigation. Our litigators bring a unique perspective to deciding complex disputes, with many having served as judicial clerks to federal and state judges prior to entering private practice. This experience—assisting the judiciary in crafting opinions and conducting trials—provides our neutrals with the temperament, analytical rigor, and procedural knowledge essential to fair and effective private dispute resolution.
Our attorneys have been entrusted to referee complex, high-value business disputes using consensual, customized hearing procedures that deliver the efficiency parties need without sacrificing thoroughness or fairness. Whether serving as mediators facilitating negotiated settlements or as referees issuing binding decisions, we provide written decisions often faster than courts while maintaining the same confidentiality protections as arbitration. This combination of judicial training, litigation experience, and business acumen positions Fluet as a trusted neutral choice for parties seeking resolution outside traditional court systems.
The team’s Neutral Service capabilities include:
- Serving as referees and arbitrators in complex business disputes, conducting customized hearings, and issuing binding written decisions.
- Facilitating mediations to help parties reach mutually acceptable settlements in government contracts, commercial, and business disputes.
- Acting as special masters in court-appointed or party-selected roles to resolve discrete issues, manage discovery disputes, and oversee complex remedial processes.
- Providing early neutral evaluations with impartial assessments of case strengths and weaknesses to help parties make informed decisions about settlement or litigation strategy.
- Designing dispute resolution procedures, working with parties to create customized ADR processes tailored to the specific needs and complexities of their disputes.
- Conducting confidential dispute resolution with the same confidentiality protections as arbitration, keeping sensitive business matters private.
- Delivering expedited decisions, issuing written opinions in weeks rather than the months or years that can occur in court litigation.
