Mediator – Jeremy Richards
As a seasoned bankruptcy litigator turned mediator, Jeremy Richards focuses on the intersection of legal merits and economic reality: understanding both the strengths and weaknesses of claims and the feasible paths to recovery is essential to achieving efficient and effective resolution.
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PRACTICE AREAS
Jeremy has navigated disputes across every major industry -entertainment, mass tort, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and intellectual property-where strategic allocation of value can mean the difference between recovery and loss to both disputants.
Areas of Focus
THE APPROACH
In complex business and financial disputes, parties often disagree about more than the facts and the law; they disagree about what’s genuinely or effectively collectible. Those disagreements can take many forms; disputes over: available assets; the claims of other creditors; the cost and complexity of enforcement; the value of assets and businesses; and the disparity in recovery between enforcement now and recovery over time from a going concern.
Drawing on 44 years of experience and thousands of complex matters in which these issues were often material considerations, Jeremy brings analytical rigor to both sides of the equation: helping claimants assess the true economics of their position and helping respondents assert theirs with evidence, not assertions. Both sides benefit from the same thing: clear-eyed analysis of what litigation will cost, what collection genuinely entails, and what each party’s realistic alternatives look like. Jeremy facilitates that analysis without tilting the scales-keeping in mind that enforcement and liquidation may not always lead to the best result for either side to a dispute.
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THE FRAMEWORK
Complex financial disputes get distilled to the essential questions that drive resolution:
At the core of many financial disputes is a fundamental question: is the value of what exists today as a functioning enterprise, an ongoing relationship, or an intact asset base greater than what any party would recover through enforcement and liquidation? When the answer is yes, resolution isn’t about compromise; it’s about preserving and enhancing value that aggressive litigation would otherwise destroy.
This approach isn’t about favoring one side or splitting differences. It’s about applying the same analytical precision to every party’s position, so everyone works from the same reality and, where the economics support it, finding paths that maximize the outcomes for all parties.
Evaluating the foundational strength of each claim to understand leverage and risk before costs escalate.
Separating emotion and posturing from the verifiable data that will ultimately dictate the outcome in court or mediation.
Applying analytical precision to determine what is actually recoverable—identifying available assets and navigating the claims of other creditors.
Assessing whether a hard-fought legal victory will actually translate into tangible, real-world economic recovery.
Grounding every negotiation in economic reality so all parties work from the same factual foundation to find a viable path forward.
Grounding every negotiation in economic reality so all parties work from the same factual foundation to find a viable path forward.
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When financial complexity meets disputed resources, you need a mediator who brings the same analytical rigor to every party’s position, helping all sides navigate toward the resolution that best preserves and maximizes value.
