Over 60+ Years of Experience
Our History
A Family Owned and Operated Business Proudly Serving Arizona Together for 60+ years
History of Family Construction Law Roots
With a family history rooted in law and construction, Palecek & Palecek, PLLC has been committed to serving the legal needs of the Arizona construction community for a combined 60+ years.

Costanzo Construction founded and operated by Aldorico Costanzo.
Aldorico Costanzo, the grandfather of Jim and Karen Palecek, founded and operated a small family business known as Costanzo Construction in Wooster, Ohio after emigrating from Italy when he was about 14, around 1910.
This picture is one of Costanzo Construction’s blank purchase orders from the 1940’s.

Thomas Palecek, Sr
Thomas Palecek, Sr, the father of Karen and Jim, co-founded his law firm in 1969, and that law firm is still providing legal services in Ohio.

Palecek Law Founded
Karen Palecek founded the Palecek law firm in 1996, after having practiced construction law and commercial litigation with the law firm of Shull, Rolle, Watland & Kalyna in the 1980s and 1990s

Palecek and Palecek, PLLC
Karen’s brother, Jim, joined her a year later in 1997. He had been practicing in Ohio with the law firm co-founded by his father Thomas Palecek, Sr.
Experience Exemplified
With 60+ combined years of practicing construction law and with a family history rooted in the construction and legal fields, Palecek & Palecek PLLC provides experienced legal counsel to the Arizona construction law community grounded in their family lineage.