Privacy Policy and Text Message Terms

Effective date: September 16, 2026

This policy describes the information our office receives through this website, what we do with it, who else can see it, and how to exercise the rights California gives you. It covers this website and the calls, texts, and emails that start from it. It does not describe the attorney-client confidentiality that applies once you retain the office; that protection is a matter of California law and the rules of professional conduct, and it reaches further than any website policy.

Phone calls and text messages

When you provide a mobile number and agree to be contacted, our office may call or text you regarding your inquiry, to remind you of appointments, and to update you on your matter. Message frequency varies, and your carrier’s message and data rates may apply. You can end text messages at any time by replying STOP, and you can reply HELP for assistance. You do not have to agree to text messages in order to hire our office, and you may withdraw consent whenever you like. Mobile carriers are not responsible for messages that arrive late or not at all. Records of your consent, including the date and time it was given, are kept by our office and are never passed to third parties or affiliates for their marketing.

What this website collects

Details you type in

Contact and case-review forms collect the fields you complete: your name, your phone number and email address, the practice area you choose, and your description of the situation. If you tick a box consenting to calls or texts, that consent is logged with its date and time. Calls and text messages to the office are noted in our contact log so we can follow up.

Details your browser sends

Our hosting provider’s server logs capture the IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, time of visit, and referring site for each visitor, as nearly every website’s hosting does. We may also use an analytics tool to see which pages are read; the reports we receive are aggregated and do not identify you by name.

Cookies

This site may set cookies, small files your browser stores, to remember basic preferences and to count traffic. Your browser settings let you refuse or delete them, and a few features may stop working if you do. Because no accepted standard exists for browser Do Not Track signals, the site does not respond to them.

How the office uses what it collects

The information is used to reply to you by phone, text, or email; to run the conflict-of-interest check that California attorneys must complete before agreeing to represent anyone; to maintain a record of who contacted the office and why; to keep the website working and improve it; and to defend the site against abuse and meet legal obligations. Your description of a legal matter is never used for advertising. Marketing messages go out only with your consent, which you may withdraw at any time.

Who else sees it

Service providers that help run the site and the office may process your information: the hosting company, email and form-processing tools, scheduling software, the text-messaging platform, and analytics providers. Each may use it only to perform services for us. The office may also disclose information if a law or court order requires it, to protect someone’s safety or legal rights, or if the practice is sold or reorganized. Personal information is not sold, and it is not handed to third parties for their own marketing.

How long it is kept and how it is protected

Inquiry records are kept as long as needed to respond, to run conflict checks, and to maintain a record the professional rules require the office to keep even for people it never represents. Client files follow the retention terms of the engagement agreement and California rules. Server logs and analytics data are retained for a limited time, then deleted or reduced to aggregate figures.

The site uses an encrypted connection, and the office limits access to its systems. No internet transmission is fully secure, so please hold sensitive documents until we have spoken and agreed on a secure way to send them.

Your rights as a California resident

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, together with the amendments made by the California Privacy Rights Act (Civ. Code §1798.100 and following), California residents may ask what personal information a business holds and how it is used, request deletion, request correction of inaccurate information, opt out of any sale or sharing, and be free from discrimination for making those requests. The office may not meet the revenue and data-volume thresholds at which those statutes apply, and it honors the requests regardless.

To make a request, write through the contact page, say which right you are exercising, and provide enough detail for us to confirm your identity; an authorized agent may submit the request for you. We reply within the statutory time. Where information is held as part of a legal representation, professional confidentiality and record-keeping duties may limit deletion, and we will tell you if that is the case.

Minors, outside links, and changes

The site is not directed to children, and the office does not knowingly gather personal information from children under 16. If a minor has submitted information, tell us and it will be deleted. Links to outside sites, such as the State Bar of California’s attorney directory or review platforms, lead to services with their own privacy practices that we do not control. This policy may be revised; the effective date at the top shows the most recent version, material changes will be posted here, and using the site after a change means you accept the revised policy.

Questions about this policy

Privacy questions and rights requests go through the contact page. Please leave sensitive details out of that first message. The Disclaimer and Terms of Use also apply to your use of this site.