Terms Of Use

Welcome to the Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A. (Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A.) website, www.atslawyers.com. The following describes how we handle information we may learn about you from your visit and provides the rules that govern the use of our site.

These Terms and Conditions of Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A. regarding your use of our site and any activities or transactions you may conduct through our site contain our Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to modify, alter, or otherwise update these Terms and Conditions at any time.

We may, of course, change, move or delete portions of our site, or add to our site from time to time. Our site is not directed to children.

ALL MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE (“MATERIALS”) ARE PROVIDED SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. THE MATERIALS ARE NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES. YOUR VIEWING OR USE OF THE MATERIALS SHALL IN NO WAY CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ALVAREZ, THOMPSON & SMOAK, P.A., OR ANY OF ITS PARTNERS OR ASSOCIATES.

ALTHOUGH WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE CONTENT ON OUR SITE REFLECTING THE LATEST LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO OUR PRACTICE AREAS, WE DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, EFFECTIVENESS, OR SUITABILITY OF ANY CASE, LEGISLATION, OR OTHER LEGAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS. CHANGES IN LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAWS OCCUR FREQUENTLY AND INTERPRETATIONS OF LAW CAN GREATLY VARY. THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND THAT ALL LEGAL QUESTIONS BE ANSWERED DIRECTLY BY A LICENSED ATTORNEY PRACTICING IN THE APPLICABLE AREA OF LAW.

Information you may provide in visiting our site that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, email address, or mailing address, in addition to information that does not identify you, and may include, for example, statistical information concerning the pages on our site that users most frequent, are governed by our Privacy Policy.

The information we receive depends upon what you do when you visit our site, but we do not share this with unrelated third parties. This means anyone who is not directly involved in the maintenance or running of our site, or not involved in fulfilling requests you make at our site. We use the information you provide to us when you visit our site strictly for the purposes for which you have provided it.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE INTERNET AND DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES, WE CANNOT, HOWEVER, PROVIDE ASSURANCES AS TO THE SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION, AND ALVAREZ, THOMPSON & SMOAK, P.A. EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY SUCH OBLIGATIONS.

Exception To Our Privacy Policy

There is an exception to our Privacy Policy in that it may be necessary for Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A. to release or use information that we in good faith believe is appropriate in connection with legal proceedings, or in response to a subpoena, warrant, court order, levy, attachment, order of a court-appointed receiver, or other comparable legal process, including subpoenas from private parties in a civil action.

If you would like us to remove your name from any database(s) we may maintain, please contact us in writing via certified mail to this effect, but understand, that it may be impossible to remove this information completely, due to backups and records of deletions.

We may collect and store: the name of the domain name and host from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com); the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use, and your operating system; the date and time you access our site, and other activity on our site; and the Internet address of the site from which you linked to our site.

If we collect this information, we use it for system administration, to measure the number of visitors to our site, to improve site performance, and to help us make our site more useful. Unless otherwise noted, all text, images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips, and other materials that are part of our site (collectively, the “Contents”) are copyrighted works, trademarks, trade dress, or other intellectual properties owned, controlled, or licensed by Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A. or used under principles of “fair use.”

The Contents of our site and the site as a whole are intended solely for your personal use. You may download or copy the Contents and other downloadable materials displayed on our site for such uses, provided that you do not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the materials. By allowing you to download these contents, we expressly do not transfer to you any right, title, or interest in the materials therein.

Links To Other Web Sites

Our site contains helpful links to other sites (“Third Party Sites”). We do not necessarily endorse, sanction, or verify any of these Third Party Sites or anything posted on these sites, and we provide these links merely for the convenience of our users. Once you access a Third Party Site through a link on our site, you are subject to the privacy policy and terms and conditions of use of the Third Party Site. We have no control and bear no responsibility for any action or policy associated with any Third Party Site. Concerns regarding a Third Party Site should be directed to the Third Party Site.

User Comments

All comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted, or offered to us through our site or otherwise disclosed, submitted, or offered in connection with your use of our site (collectively, “Comments”) shall be and remain the property of Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A. You agree that we may use or disclose Comments in any manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A.shall be free to use, without restriction and without compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, know-how, suggestions, or techniques contained in any Comments you send to us for any purpose whatsoever.

Additionally, we have no obligation to respond to any Comments, and we reserve the right, but undertake no duty, to review, edit, move, or delete any material posted by users on our site, in our sole discretion and without notice.

Content Of User-Posted Information; Other Use Of Site

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any advertising “spam,” unlawful, or other material we deem inappropriate for our site. Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A. disclaims all responsibility or liability arising from the content of any user postings. You agree to refrain from undertaking any activity that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionate burden on our site. We reserve the sole and absolute discretion to deny, revoke, or otherwise restrict the access privileges of any user who at any time fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions.

While we use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on our site, we make no warranties or representations as to its accuracy and assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content on our site.

OUR SITE AND ALL CONTENTS OF OUR SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE BY YOUR USE OF OUR SITE THAT YOUR USE OF OUR SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS OF ANY EQUIPMENT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR SITE, AND THAT ALVAREZ, THOMPSON & SMOAK, P.A. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OUR SITE.

Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A. harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs, and expenses, including attorney’s fees, arising from or related to your failure to comply with this Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use.

Limitation of Liability

NEITHER ALVAREZ, THOMPSON & SMOAK, P.A. NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING OUR SITE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SITE.