Whether you are an owner, a general contractor, subcontractor or construction supplier, avoiding and successfully addressing construction-related Arizona legal issues is crucial to your company's survival and to freeing you to devote your energy and attention to running a profitable company.

You can count on the proven expertise of Lang Baker & Klain's construction lawyers in a wide variety of areas, ranging from construction litigation and licensing issues to dust control compliance and green building opportunities.

A Broad Range of Construction Legal Services

If resolving your legal issue involves litigation, you can count on the proven legal skill, courtroom-tested experience, and industry knowledge of Lang Baker & Klain's construction lawyers.

But our construction law services extend far beyond litigation. We can assist you with Arizona Registrar of Contractor licensing and complaints, lien enforcement, bond claims, dust control violations, green building opportunities, and protecting your interest against debtors that file bankruptcy.

• Licensing and Complaints. You can rely on our years of experience with a broad range of Arizona Registrar of Contractors matters, including licensing, license denials, and complaints. Also, we can represent you in appealing a suspended or revoked license, help you resolve the issues that led to the discipline, and restore your license to good standing.

• Collections. We can help you protect your payment rights, through our extensive experience and online resources pertaining to mechanics and materialmen's liens, bond claims, stop notices and the Arizona Prompt Payment Act.

• Solar Construction. As with all types of construction and installation, the Arizona Registrar of Contractors requires that solar contractors are properly licensed. In general, a contractor must qualify as a solar contractor to install, alter or repair a solar device, and must hold the license that is appropriate to the type of solar device being installed.

• Dust Control. If you receive a Notice of Violation, we can arrange for independent testing to challenge the inspector’s findings. An effective challenge can mitigate the fine, and in some cases cause the Notice of Violation to be dismissed. We can protect you from being steamrolled by the County and make sure your rights are protected. If the case goes to a hearing, we present testimony and other evidence that we believe will get the best possible result.

• Green Building. Lang Baker & Klain’s construction lawyers help Arizona contractors and subcontractors profit from green building opportunities. Our green building services include drafting of green construction contracts, assistance in obtaining LEED certification and complying with LEED prerequisites, representation in LEED certification challenges, and complying with other green building standards.

• Bankruptcy. Lang Baker & Klain represents construction project owners, general contractors, subcontractors and construction suppliers in collections matters and in cases in which their debtors file for bankruptcy protection. We also are experienced in representing secured and unsecured commercial lenders.