Wolfson Bolton Kochis provides strategic alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, including mediation, facilitation, and arbitration, for businesses seeking efficient and cost-effective resolution of commercial disputes in a confidential setting.
Our ADR practice is led by Scott A. Wolfson, whose extensive experience in high-stakes commercial litigation and restructuring informs a practical, business-oriented approach to conflict resolution. Scott is a certified, business-minded mediator appointed by numerous courts throughout Michigan and a member of the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) National Commercial Panel. His background enables him to quickly assess risk, identify leverage points, and guide parties toward workable resolutions.
Litigation can be disruptive, expensive, and time-consuming. We offer a more strategic, out-of-court path to help preserve relationships and achieve outcomes aligned with the parties’ objectives. Whether pre-litigation or during active proceedings, we help parties move toward resolution with efficiency, confidentiality, and control.
Clients choose us for ADR because we combine deep dispute resolution experience with a business-oriented mindset.
Commercial disputes are rarely just legal issues – they impact relationships, operations, and financial stability. We understand these pressures and guide parties toward solutions that minimize disruption while protecting mutual long-term interests.
Our work in commercial litigation and corporate restructuring and bankruptcy gives us a clear understanding of the risks, costs, and uncertainties of formal proceedings. We use that perspective to help parties realistically evaluate outcomes and identify opportunities for resolution.
We bring a disciplined, neutral framework to negotiations, helping parties identify underlying interests, narrow key issues, and reach practical agreements that resolve disputes and support ongoing business objectives.
Mediation provides a confidential, structured process for resolving disputes through guided, non-binding negotiation. We help parties clarify objectives, assess risk, evaluate settlement options, and develop practical terms that avoid prolonged and costly litigation.
We regularly mediate disputes involving:
Each mediation is tailored to the dispute, the stakeholders involved, and the business considerations driving decision-making.
For disputes requiring final, binding decisions, arbitration offers a confidential and efficient alternative to traditional litigation. We serve as arbitrators in AAA and privately administered proceedings, particularly in matters requiring industry-specific knowledge.
Our arbitration experience includes:
We manage proceedings efficiently, streamline discovery where appropriate, and ensure a fair, well-structured adjudicative process.
We provide ADR services, including mediation and arbitration to businesses throughout Michigan and nationwide across a range of industries, including:
Our industry experience, combined with our background in commercial litigation and restructuring, allows us to tailor mediation and arbitration processes to the operational realities, financial pressures, and decision-making dynamics unique to each business.
Mediation is non-binding and focuses on negotiated resolution. Arbitration is binding and results in a final decision issued by an arbitrator.
Mediation is often appropriate when parties want to preserve relationships, maintain flexibility, or explore business-driven solutions. Arbitration is typically used when a binding decision is required, particularly in complex commercial disputes where parties seek a more efficient alternative to court litigation.
ADR proceedings are generally private and, in many cases, confidential. This allows parties to address disputes without public exposure and with greater control over sensitive business information.
Yes. Engaging in ADR early – before a formal complaint has been filed – can often prevent escalation, reduce costs, and lead to faster resolution. Our attorneys have successfully resolved disputes and eliminated the need for a lawsuit.
Many mediations resolve in a single session, although complex matters may require additional sessions or follow-up negotiations.
Not always. However, it often leads to full resolution or significantly narrows the issues in dispute, reducing the scope, cost, and duration of any remaining litigation. Even where a dispute is not immediately resolved, ADR frequently advances negotiations and creates a foundation for later settlement.
Scott A. Wolfson is available for appointment as a mediator or arbitrator in commercial disputes. Counsel and parties regularly engage him to facilitate resolution through mediation or to serve as a neutral decision-maker in arbitration.
Contact Scott A. Wolfson regarding his availability to serve as a mediator or arbitrator.
PRACTICE LEAD – ADR / Facilitation
Scott is a certified mediator with an excellent track record of helping parties resolve their disputes without the necessity of a trial. He combines his extensive experience with his practical communication style to effectively mediate business disputes.
Contact our Alternative Dispute Resolution and Facilitation team in Troy, MI.