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Terms and Conditions of Use – Effective: 2012

The Terms and Conditions of Use (“Agreement”) are provided by J.A. Williams Law, P.C., a New York law practice established in New York, NY with an online Virtual Law Option for all clients. This firm is operated and managed by attorney Jo-Na A. Williams, a solo practitioner licensed to practice law in New York State ONLY. The Agreement will govern your use of this website, including all content provided on the website and through access to all online services provided by J.A. Williams Law, P.C. The Agreement to provide legal services to you covers the time period from which you accept this Agreement and we have received your payment through our funds transfer service to the time we have provided you with the requested and purchased legal service. You agree that it remains your responsibility to proceed as a pro se litigant by filing all legal documents and complying with New York state and local legal procedures. By providing you with limited legal services, J.A. Williams Law, P.C., has not agreed to attend a hearing or trial on your behalf or provide any legal services extending beyond those services, which you have purchased and we have agreed to provide. After performing the services purchased by you, we have no further obligation to your legal matter.

Limitation of Services
While authorities in some jurisdictions may deem this website and this law practice to be an advertisement for legal services in their jurisdiction, our website is not to be considered as a solicitation for legal services related to any other states’ law. This website and this legal practice offer services related to New York law and U.S. Copyright and Trademark law only.
Given the nature of our legal practice, J.A. Williams Law, P.C., does offer limited physical legal representation in New York State, but will NOT commence litigation on your behalf. J.A. Williams Law, P.C., is to provides legal advice, representation, and counseling on New York legal matters with prompt service provided in a cost-effective manner. If we determine during our communication with you that your specific legal matter may require the commencement of a formal lawsuit, then we will promptly refer you to a full-service New York law firm in your area or to the New York State Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service.

Confidentiality – Security – Retainment of Records
J.A. Williams Law, P.C. provides limited legal services pertaining to New York law and U.S. Copyright and Trademark law only. The attorney responsible for this site is licensed to practice law in the State of New York only.

In compliance with the professional rules and restrictions of the New York State Bar and the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association and for reasons of personal integrity, this practice is bound by stringent professional standards of confidentiality. Any information received by us from our clients is held in strict confidence and is not released to anyone outside of this practice in conjunction with our privacy policy, unless agreed with by you, or as required under applicable law.

An attorney-client relationship with this practice is established only after a specific question has been posed to an attorney at this practice through a prospective client’s personal login page and that question has been confirmed as received through a reply communication from an attorney at this practice. Prospective clients should be aware that our duties of confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege may NOT arise until an attorney has expressly communicated the ability to respond to that prospective client. Once you have provided us with your personal information, we will first run a crosscheck for any possible conflict of interest before accepting representation of your matter. We may decline to provide our services to you if a conflict of interest is discovered.

All our records are securely retained in electronic files, along with secure backups, for the period of years required under New York law.
Articles and Other General Public Information Provided on this Website
Any articles for general knowledge published on this website contain basic information on legal matters and are not meant to provide advice regarding your specific legal matter. We remind you not to rely on this general information without first communicating with legal representation regarding your specific legal issue.

Copyright
J.A. Williams Law P.C. claims copyright protection on all of the content provided in this website. The content from this website may not be reproduced, copied and/or redistributed in any form without the express permission of J.A. Williams Law P.C. Furthermore, the content from this website cannot be modified nor can it be used for commercial purposes. Each document posted at this website shall contain the following copyright notice: © 2011-2012 J.A. Williams Law P.C. All rights reserved.

Client Funds
No fee will be charged or obligation incurred by registering on this website. In most situations, a client’s funds will not be transferred to J.A. Williams Law P.C. until the legal services requested by the client are ready to be accessed and received by the client on their personal login page. Some requested services may require the upfront payment of a retainer fee and a signed retainer agreement before J.A. Williams Law P.C. will begin work. After the client’s payment of the agreed upon price is confirmed through a Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) compliant credit card processor, the client will have complete access to the legal advice, documents, research or other services provided by the attorney. If further communication with the attorney is required, the client may post a separate question regarding the received legal services or request a price quote for additional legal work. J.A. Williams Law P.C. will not pay any fees or court costs associated with your case which may be required as part of a lawsuit.

Technology – Security
Primary communications are done through this website over Secure HTTP, which provides you with the highest industry standard protection available on the web. All payments are processed by Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) complaint credit card processors, and no credit card or payment account numbers are stored on our servers. The maintainer of this site has over 7 years experience developing secure web-based applications, from tax filing to background checking software, and uses secure programming techniques and best practices along with continual code auditing to ensure that this site is secure.
This virtual law office is hosted by a third-party service provider and relies on software as a service (SaaS), one form of cloud computing, to operate and maintain its law office data. The attorney has done her due diligence in researching this practice management method and taken reasonable care to ensure the confidentiality of client data by researching the third-party provider and its service level agreement to make sure that it is in compliance with current industry standards for security. By clicking to accept these terms and conditions for the use of the virtual law office, the client acknowledges and consents to the use of this technology for the delivery of his or her legal services.

Links and Email Addresses
Links posted on this website to other websites are provided only as a convenience to our clients. We assume no responsibility for the content, security or reliability of any websites to which we have posted links.
Spamming, the unsolicited broadcasts of email addresses or links in this website, is prohibited and unauthorized.

Web Tracking – Cookies, Information Collection and Privacy Policy
General Site
To view the articles and public documents on this site you do not need to reveal any personal information. This site will present your browser with the option of accepting JavaScript and cookies in order to lay out the web page correctly and to store customized settings for your next visit. These features may be disabled by your browser, however this will limit the look and functionality of the website. All page requests are logged in order to properly maintain the service and security of this website.

Virtual Law Office
In order to use our virtual law office service, you must register a username and provide personal information. By providing this information, you are admitting to knowledge of our privacy policy and agreement with our terms and conditions. Your information may be provided to a third party secure site in order to provide you with legal services but otherwise will knowingly shared with any other party. This information will be used during your transactions with J.A. Williams Law, P.C. to provide limited legal services in compliance with New York law. The personal information you provide to secure your virtual law office ID will be used to establish an attorney/client relationship with J.A. Williams Law, P.C should you decide to hire J.A. Williams Law, P.C. for any legal matters but otherwise does NOT establish an attorney/client relationship

Registration
In order to retain our services, you must register on our website. There will be no fee charged for registration on this website. By registering you will receive access to a personal information page where you may request our services in a secure manner. By registering on our website, you are representing that you are at least 18 years of age and able to enter into a binding contact with J.A. Williams Law, P.C. Furthermore, by registering you are representing that the information you provide to us is correct, accurate and up-to-date.

Reviewing and Updating Your Personal Content
J.A. Williams Law, P.C. requests that you keep your personal contact information current. After you have registered on our website, you may enter your personal information page at any time to review and update your personal information.

Contact Information
We prefer that you provide your information to us using the technology provided for you on your personal client login page. However, if this is not possible and we require further information in order to review your legal matter, our mailing address is 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

Social Media Policy
Clients of the law office may find profiles for the attorney and her law office posted in different social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, among others. For the protection of the attorney’s clients, the attorney prefers to communicate primarily through the secure client portal on the virtual law office or any other matter expressly agreed to by attorney and client. The purpose of this policy is to avoid the unintentional communication of confidential client information through an unsecure and public online forum. If the client prefers to communicate through any other platform outside of the Virtual Law Office they will be provided with an agreement that expressly states they are aware that the information they are submitting is being transported via unsecure means.

Limitation of Liability – No Warranties
J.A. Williams Law, P.C. assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this website. We will not be responsible under any legal theory for damages, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special, arising as a result of your use of this website. As stated above, this website pertains to the practice of New York State law and U.S. Copyright and Trademark law only.
The general information provided on this website is provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied. J.A. Williams Law, P.C. reserves the right to change, modify, add, and delete the content on this website.

Jurisdiction
The terms of this agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. The state and federal courts located in New York, New York will have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising from or relating to this agreement, J.A. Williams Law, P.C.’s website or any services provided by J.A. Williams Law, P.C.. Each person who registers on this website consents irrevocably to personal jurisdiction in such courts with the respect to any matters and waives any defense of forum non conveniens. Furthermore, each person who registers on this website is deemed to have knowingly and voluntarily waived any right to a trial by jury in any case or controversy related to this agreement, J.A. Williams Law, P.C. or any services provided by J.A. Williams Law, P.C..
Assignment
The rights and obligations created for you under this agreement may not be assigned to any other party.
Force Majeure
J.A. Williams Law, P.C. will not be deemed to be in breach of this agreement for any delay or failure in performance caused by reasons out of its reasonable control, including acts of God or a public enemy; natural calamities; failure of a third party to perform; changes in the laws or regulations; actions of any civil, military or regulatory authority; power outage or other disruptions of communication methods or any other cause which would be out of the reasonable control of J.A. Williams Law, P.C..
Severance
In the event that one or more of the provisions of this agreement shall be found unenforceable, illegal or invalid, it shall not affect any other provisions of this agreement, and this agreement shall be construed as if the provision found to be unenforceable, illegal or invalid had never been contained in the agreement, or the unenforceable, illegal or invalid provision shall be construed, amended and/or reformed to be made enforceable, legal and valid.
IRS Circular 230 Disclosure
In compliance with the requirements of the IRS pertaining to the publication of Circular 230, we inform you that any advice contained on this website or in any communication originating from this website or this law practice which is related to U.S. federal tax advice is not intended or created to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of 1) either avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or promoting, marketing or 2) recommending to another party any transaction or matter that is contained on this website or in any communication originating from this law practice.
Complete Understanding
This agreement supersedes any prior or contemporaneous communications, representations or agreements between J.A. Williams Law, P.C. and the client and constitutes the complete and final agreement between the parties relating to this agreement, J.A. Williams Law, P.C. website or any services provided by J.A. Williams Law, P.C.