Our Mission

Lax & Stevens is, above all, a service business. While we know that disputes are an inevitable aspect of the construction industry, our goal is to make them less of a disruption and expense for our clients.

We collaborate with clients to establish goals, agree on strategy, project future costs, determine a schedule and monitor the progress of the case. Our intent with these details is to, as much as possible, avoid unpleasant surprises for our clients.

How We Work With Clients

Throughout the litigation process, attention to detail, efficiency and timeliness characterize our relationship with our clients:

	Attention To Detail includes getting things right the first time.
	Efficiency means having a plan at the outset, avoiding unnecessarily expensive and non-productive discovery battles, and using the right people for the task. From law clerks to senior partner, matters are assigned to the person who can accomplish the task most efficiently.
	Timeliness is as important in litigation as it is in construction. From the beginning of a project, contractors have a schedule and a budget, and they monitor their performance against those markers. Lax & Stevens applies the same principles to litigation. At the outset of any significant matter, we prepare a schedule and a budget, with input from our client. This practice helps us to keep the case under control, both time-wise and budget-wise. When things change, the plan or the budget may have to be adjusted—as they are, at times, on a construction project. However, we involve our client in any changes that become necessary.

Building Long-Term Relationships

We are proud to note that Paul Lax has represented some of our clients for more than 20 years. These clients rely on our firm for a variety of services, including contract review, employment-related matters, claims for additional compensation and owner claims of breach of contract.