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Resolving commercial and construction disputes is expensive. According to one source, 98% of commercial disputes are resolved prior to trial or arbitration. However, most are not resolved until the parties have spent an enormous amount of time, energy, and money on discovery and motions. Even worse, the parties are usually unable to continue a working relationship after this warfare. Fortunately, there are alternatives — and they’re designed just to avoid these high costs and damaged relationships. Meet your alternatives: Guided Choice Mediation and Civil Collaborative Law. Two very different processes with the same goal: early, cost-effective dispute resolution. Civil Collaborative Law Collaborative Law requires each party to engage counsel trained in the process who commit to withdraw from the representation it cannot be resolved through the collaborative process.  The collaborative lawyers to work together to overcome the obstacles to resolution, such as the need for information sharing without formal discovery.  The