Alexis M. Lockshin
Practice Areas:
- Litigation (including trial practice, appellate practice, arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution) relating to complex commercial litigation matters
- Construction Law
- Government Contracts
Bar Admissions:
- District of Columbia, 2007
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2007
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2007
- Maryland, 2006
Education:
- J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 2006
- B.A., Criminal Justice, Indiana University, 2003
Professional Memberships:
- ABA Construction Industry Forum
- American Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Montgomery County Bar Association
- Urban Land Institute
Experience.
Alexis Lockshin is an associate in the trial and construction group at Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram. Her practice focuses on construction and real estate-related matters and general commercial litigation, including matters involving local and national construction contractors and subcontractors, design professionals, developers, as well as owners and sureties. Alexis assists clients in preserving, preparing, and reviewing contract claims, including public construction procurement claims, and other administrative remedies available to contractors, and in dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation. She has broad experience in the drafting of briefs, motions and other pleadings at both the trial and appellate levels.
Alexis enjoys working closely with her clients and building continuing client relationships that are productive, professional and collegial. She addresses and resolves the most challenging and complex disputes with a steadfast commitment to meeting and exceeding her clients' business goals for success.
Passion.
Alexis finds considerable fulfillment in the close relationships she develops with her clients. She prides herself on her keen ability to communicate with clients and has found that her compassion and personableness go a long way in her professional and personal endeavors. Alexis is a talented communicator, a trait that her clients benefit from on a daily basis, in terms of being kept up-to-date on their cases and having legalese explained to them clearly. She is a rare lawyer who truly understands the value of responding to a client and keeping them in the loop even if just to say, "I don't have an answer yet, but I'm working on it."
Alexis also understands the value of communicating within the legal profession and she has done so through editing and writing. Alexis recently co-authored, with Judah Lifschitz, District of Columbia Construction Law (HLK Global Communications, 2007), a comprehensive reference book for anyone involved in the construction industry. While at the University of Maryland School of Law, Alexis was an associate editor on the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy and a Peer Advisor, selected to assist incoming first year law students.
Alexis' desire to communicate with others extends beyond the office, too. In her free time, Alexis and her goldendoodle, Wesley, can often be found visiting District of Columbia area hospitals and youth centers. Alexis finds spending time visiting cancer and rehabilitation patients and at-risk children to be extremely rewarding, and she is always amazed at the overwhelming impact Wesley has on the patients and children.
Solutions.
Eager to make her clients successful, Alexis dedicates herself to finding winning solutions for each client. Some examples include:
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- Represented well-known rug merchant in $2 million dispute over a guaranty and promissory note before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
- Represented a well-known financing brokerage company in a contract dispute with mixed-use condominium developer for the financing of more than $65 million procured through renegotiation and restructuring of existing loans.
- Represented a District of Columbia homeowner in a residential property tax matter, where the District of Columbia government improperly sold the client's $1.8 million residence at a tax auction without providing the homeowner with proper notice.
- Represented a client in a dispute with a residential condominium complex regarding water damage to residence, due to the building's failure to properly maintain the building's water pipes and its failure to remedy the resulting problems in a timely manner, thereby causing the client to be displaced from the residence for over a month and a half.
- Reviewed and assessed government construction contract opportunities, procedures and practices in Nigeria with the U.S. Department of State for a client in order for the client to competitively negotiate and bid on construction job opportunities; including an upgrade to the interior of one of three bays in the U.S. Embassy building to provide for offices, workshops, and restrooms and the construction of a new office building on the same property.
- Analyzed federal and state law for use in multimillion-dollar real-estate transactions.
