Disclaimer

The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding your individual situation. We invite you to contact us and welcome your calls, letters and electronic mail. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send any confidential information to us until such time as an attorney-client relationship has been established.

Privacy Policy

I recognize the importance of privacy and the sensitivity of personal information. As a lawyer I have a professional obligation to keep confidential all information I receive within a lawyer-client relationship. I am committed to protecting any personal information I hold. This Privacy Policy describes how I manage your personal information and safeguard its privacy.

Your Privacy Rights

I am responsible for the personal information I collect and hold. To ensure this accountability, I have developed this policy.

What personal information do I collect?

Personal information collected is what is needed for our office to represent you. This does not include business contact information, including your name, title or position, business address, telephone or fax number. Any e-mail address you provide is treated as personal information.

How do I collect your personal information?

I collect information only by lawful means and not in an intrusive way. Our office will collect your personal information directly from you at the start of retaining our services and in the course of our representation. Sometimes we may obtain your personal information from other private or public sources at your request.

Use of Your Information

I use your personal information to provide legal advice and services to you, to administer my account for you (such as time and billing databases) and to include you in any direct marketing activities I undertake. If you tell me that you no longer wish to receive information about my services you will be removed from my database within 2 weeks.

I do not disclose your personal information to any third party marketers or mailing lists.

Disclosure of your Personal Information

Under certain circumstances, I will disclose your personal information:

• when I am required or authorized by law to do so, for example if a court issues subpoena;
• when you have consented to the disclosure;
• when the legal services I am providing to you require me to give your information
  to third parties your consent will be implied, unless you tell me otherwise;
• where it is necessary to establish or collect fees;
• if I engage a third party to provide administrative services to me (like archival file storage) and the third party is bound by this privacy policy;
• if I retain other law firms on your behalf;
• if the information is already publicly known.

Updating Your Information

Since I use your personal information to provide legal services to you, it is important that the information be accurate and timely. If during the course of my services any of your personal information changes, please inform my office so that necessary changes can be made.

Access to Your Personal Information

You may ask for access to any personal information I hold about you. This information is available to you on request.

Correcting Errors

If I hold information about you and you establish that it is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, I will take reasonable steps to correct it.

Communicating with Me

You should be aware that e-mail is not a fully secure medium, and you should be aware of this when contacting me to send personal or confidential information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy my change without notice.

Web Site

My website contains links to other sites which are not governed by this privacy policy.
On my website, like many other websites, I may monitor traffic patterns, site usage and related site information in order to better serve you online. I may provide statistical information to other parties, but these statistics do not include personal information that could be used to identify you.