Our Mediation Approach
Pacific Resolution offers mediation of commercial, real estate, and partnership disputes by Jacob C. Gonzales, a business trial lawyer with more than two decades of experience and 18 cases tried to verdict or judgment. He has participated in more than 100 mediations as lead counsel and served as Judge Pro Tem for the Orange County Superior Court.
That background shapes how he mediates: candid, informed assessment of how a case is likely to play out at trial or in arbitration, delivered to each side in confidence, so parties can make clear-eyed decisions about settlement.
What to Expect
01
Pre-Mediation Call
Confidential call with each side’s counsel to understand the issues, the obstacles, and the people.
02
Mediation Briefs
Briefs due 10 days before the session, reviewed in full. Confidential submissions welcome.
03
Mediation Session
04
Signed Terms
Objective is to reduce settlement to a signed writing before the parties leave.
Joint and private sessions, with candid case assessment and active negotiation.
Areas of
Focus
Commercial
Real Estate
Partnerships
Contract, business tort, guaranty, and commercial lease disputes between companies, owners, and lenders.
Purchase and sale disputes, broker and agency claims, tenant-in-common and co-ownership conflicts, easements, and boundary disputes.
Partner, member, and shareholder disputes, including buyouts, fiduciary duty claims, dissolution, and closely held company governance.