KBT&F's goal is to achieve the best, most efficient and cost-effective resolutions for each of the firm's clients.  It has been our experience that in appropriate cases, well-designed ADR (alternative dispute resolution) procedures can produce faster and more economically efficient results than court cases and can better preserve a client's interest in confidentiality. 

Our attorneys are experienced and skilled in representing clients in arbitration settings.  We have arbitrated matters under many different arbitration regimes, including before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, NASD and international tribunals.  We bring to arbitration proceedings the same preparation, oral advocacy, witness examination, expert presentation, and persuasive briefing skills that we apply in court.  Our attorneys have utilized arbitration and other ADR procedures in, among others, contract, products liability, antitrust, real estate, bankruptcy, intellectual property, securities and employment disputes.

We work with clients to tailor an ADR agreement to the specific requirements of a particular dispute.  In addition to arbitration, ADR procedures with which the firm has been involved include mediation, mini-trials, summary jury trials and early neutral evaluation.  KBT&F attorneys also have served as settlement counsel for clients in connection with disputes for which we are not litigation counsel and firm attorneys have also acted as neutrals in ADR procedures.