Neutral-Driven Resolution

Resolve Disputes. Save Time, Money and Relationships. Get Real Justice.

Skip costly attorney duels and resolve common business disputes over money in weeks — not months or years — for a fraction of what litigation costs.

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Trusted by businesses, professionals, and the lawyers who advise them

Neutral & Fair One vetted arbiter. No adversarial games.

Resolve in Weeks Three to seven weeks, not years.

Save 80% or More vs. typical litigation costs.

The same dispute, two ways

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Do You Qualify for NDR?

NDR is most effective for limited-stakes disputes.

These are common contract or money disputes between people or companies who do business together, where the likely legal costs of litigation would otherwise consume most or all of the financial stakes.

Limited stakes exclude consumer disputes eligible for small claims court, criminal prosecutions, claims needing judicial restraining orders or injunctions, and high-stakes “bet-the-company” disputes.

$10K $500K Financial stakes range

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What is NDR?

A three-step process driven not by teams of competing lawyers, but by a neutral arbiter focused on a prompt, cost-effective and just result.

1. Choose

Both parties agree on, and choose, a vetted neutral arbiter.

2. Investigate

The arbiter investigates the facts, the evidence, and the law.

3. Resolve

A just, binding decision follows a feedback loop assuring fairness.

Why it works

Five things litigation can't give you.

NDR was built to eliminate the major sources of cost, delay, and damage in commercial disputes.

Fair & Predictable
A neutral arbiter applies the law to the facts. Fixed fees, no surprises.
Quick
Most matters resolve in 3–7 weeks, not the years a lawsuit can take.
Stays Private
No public filings. No press. No discovery fishing expeditions.
Low Cost
Eliminates two-thirds of the work a lawsuit demands — and the bill.
Saves Relationships
Built for parties who'd rather keep doing business than win and walk away.

The team

Two people. One mission:
resolve disputes without litigation.

Just Resolve is led by a reformed trial attorney and a certified mediator who together built Neutral-Driven Resolution as a faster, fairer alternative to lawsuits.

Rob Christopher

Founder & CEO

A reformed litigator with 35+ years of commercial, antitrust, and IP trial experience and an AV Preeminent rating, Rob has served as a mediator, arbitrator, and Judge Pro-Tem for the Santa Clara County Superior Court, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He founded Just Resolve to pioneer Neutral-Driven Resolution after watching too many limited-stakes disputes get eaten alive by legal fees.

Sabine Prather

Director, Business Development

A trained and certified mediator with comprehensive expertise in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Sabine has facilitated hundreds of mediations and lends her expertise to the small claims division of the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Cruz, alongside volunteering with the Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz. Her blend of common sense, business acumen, and keen ability to envision the bigger picture has been instrumental in driving the success and growth of multiple small businesses.

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Cover of Just Right: How Neutral-Driven Resolution Can Close the Gap in American Civil Justice, by Robert Christopher

Understand Your Options.
Avoid Unnecessary Conflict.

In Just Right, Rob lays out the playbook behind Neutral-Driven Resolution — drawing on a 40-year litigation career to show how individuals and organizations can resolve common disputes quickly and cost-effectively.

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