Litigation Support, Mediation and Arbitration

”Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”

Or so the saying goes, but justice is also denied when a case is decided by people who know nothing about the subject matter.

Over the course of five decades, Mr. Pico has participated in over a thousand automotive transactions, assisting dealers, lenders, investors, accountants and attorneys in a plethora of circumstances ranging from out of trust situations, mergers and acquisitions, to lawsuits, mediations and arbitrations.

All too often people undertake automotive transactions with mediators and arbitrators that do not know the definition of PMA, never read an SSA, never heard of PV, PP, or QCP and are clueless when someone mentions MSO, beater, or Paragraph 3.

If you find yourself in that situation, you all can save a lot of money having the parties go into the hall and flip a coin to decide the case. The odds are 50/50 that you would get the same result.

Even if you do it right and get opposing lawyers and a judge or jury that are students of the industry, lawsuits can take from two to five years to come to trial, can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and can place untold stress and strain upon you and your business. So why not save yourself time, money and aggravation by getting an unbiased, educated opinion about your case, in a reasonable period of time, and for a reasonable fee?

With nearly forty-years of hands-on experience, Mr. Pico knows the business, which means two things to you: (1) you do not have to pay to educate a judge about the car business; and (2) you get a decision / recommendation that is practical.

Mr. Pico has mediated such matters as dealer / lender disputes, divorces, valuations, partnership disputes. His firm has also supplied litigation support in those areas.

An industry savvy mediator can make a difference in the rest of your life –– and so can a rookie.