F.S. Farrell, LLC offers mediation services for parties who need to resolve conflicts within reasonable amounts of time and assist with litigation when settlement is not possible.

• Mediation Services: Mr. Farrell is available to mediate business disputes, particularly those that involve intellectual property and / or technology issues, including patent, trademark and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, disputes about software development and other information technology issues and vendor / client disputes involving products and services. He will bring to the mediation process substantial experience in intellectual property  and technology transactions and litigation and a personal commitment to work with the parties and their counsel as long as it takes for them to identify sensible, workable terms on which to resolve the dispute.

• Arbitration Services:  Mr. Farrell is also available to arbitrate business disputes, particularly those that involve intellectual property and / or technology issues, including patent, trademark and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, disputes about software development and other information technology issues and vendor / client disputes involving products and services. He brings substantial experience in litigation, intellectual property and technology transactions and a personal commitment to arbitrate a dispute expeditiously and economically, but with absolute fairness and impartiality. 

• Discovery and Litigation Conflict Resolution: The most expensive component of most commercial lawsuits is discovery. As any experienced litigator knows, motions and other procedures for resolving discovery and other disputes that arise in litigation in court are contentious, cumbersome and for the most part ineffective.  Motions to compel and other procedures also often introduce a degree of hostility in the litigation procedure that is at best unproductive.
  
  Mr. Farrell is available to mediate or arbitrate discovery and other routine conflicts that arise in complex litigation and provide the parties an accessible, low-cost and low-risk vehicle for resolving discovery conflicts and avoiding costly discovery motions. Additionally, Mr. Farrell can serve as a neutral to help parties negotiate various issues such as: fact stipulations and narrowing issues for summary judgment and trial. By serving in this capacity as the case progresses, Mr. Farrell will be better situated to mediate a settlement of the case at the earliest opportunity.

• Early Neutral Case Evaluation: Where practicable, Mr. Farrell is available to provide parties and their counsel a neutral evaluation of each party's position in the dispute and help them resolve the dispute prior to filing suit or early in the litigation process. In this capacity, he can facilitate open settlement discussions without compromising litigation counsel's role as zealous advocate. This kind of early neutral evaluation can help clients resolve disputes before investing significant amounts in litigation.