Palecek & Palecek, PLLC

Palecek & Palecek, PLLC is a Scottsdale-based construction law firm with over 60 years of combined experience serving Arizona's construction industry. The firm represents owners, developers, contractors, and suppliers in contract matters, mechanics liens, bond claims, and construction litigation, with co-managing members bringing 34 and 30 years of specialized construction law expertise respectively.

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Palecek & Palecek, PLLC is a family-owned construction law firm based in Scottsdale with more than 60 years of combined legal experience serving Arizona. The firm concentrates on the full range of legal needs of construction industry participants—from private owners and developers to general contractors, specialty trade contractors, and suppliers—in both the commercial and residential sectors.

Co-managing member Karen A. Palecek brings more than 34 years of experience in construction law and litigation. Her practice spans contract review and negotiation, mechanics liens, bond claims, arbitration, mediation, payment and performance disputes, claim evaluation, bench and jury trials, and judgment collection and appeals. Co-managing member James J. Palecek has practiced law for 30 years, including nearly three decades in Arizona since 1997. He represents construction, real estate, and corporate clients in business transactions and litigation, drawing on experience with suppliers, subcontractors, general contractors, developers, consultants, and owners across the commercial, residential, public, and private sectors.

The firm's legal services cover the key areas of construction practice: preliminary notice preparation and filing, mechanics liens, bond claims, and stop notices. Beyond pure construction matters, Palecek & Palecek advises on real estate and commercial lease review and drafting, shareholder disputes, entity creation and formation, stock purchase agreements, and corporate dissolution. The firm handles standard contract documents including ConsensusDocs, AGC contracts, and AIA documents, as well as confidentiality agreements and other corporate instruments.

Litigation capabilities include state and federal trial work ranging from minor breach-of-contract matters to complex construction disputes, as well as AAA construction industry arbitrations and mediations. The firm also handles filing and defending Registrar of Contractors' complaints and appears in related administrative hearings.

Senior paralegal Sara G. Mills has worked in the legal field for over 16 years and joined Palecek & Palecek in 2006. She manages case files, conducts legal research, drafts pleadings and documents, prepares trials and depositions, handles entity formation and corporate amendments, and is proficient in eDiscovery and trial management software. Paralegal Rachel N. Foltz, with her paralegal certification and experience since 2015, specializes in preliminary notice research and drafting, demand letters, stop notices, bond claims, and mechanics liens, and assists with litigation in Superior Court, Federal Court, AAA arbitration, and administrative proceedings.

The firm is located at 6263 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 144, Scottsdale, AZ 85250, and can be reached at (602) 522-2454 or info@paleceklaw.com.

Overview compiled from the firm's website