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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Ronald D. Risher, the Chief Executive Officer of Lason, Inc. (the
registrant) certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the registrant;
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this quarterly report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
quarterly report;
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|4. |  | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
and have:
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|a. |  | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this quarterly report is being prepared;
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|b. |  | [intentionally omitted]
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|c. |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
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|d. |  | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (registrants fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, registrants
internal controls over financial reporting; and
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|5. |  | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting,
to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions);
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|a. |  | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to affect the registrants ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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|b. |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.
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The foregoing Certification is
subject to and qualified by the disclosures in Part I,
Note 2 and in Part I, Item 2 which provide that while the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements of registrant included in this quarterly report have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles for
interim financial information, they are not in conformity with the instructions
for Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X, as registrant has not presented
comparable information for the nine months ended September 30, 2002. Reference
is made to Part I, Note 2: Basis of Presentation and Part I, Item 2:
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations  Fresh Start Reporting and Factors that Affect Comparability of
Financial Information for a more complete discussion.

November 12, 2003
    
    /s/ Ronald D. RisherRonald D. RisherChief Executive Officer


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