Terms of Service
Last Updated: May 16, 2024. By visiting this site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms of Service, you must not use these sites. This agreement contains disclaimers of warranties and liability, and does not establish an attorney/client relationship in any form, whatsoever. Welcome to www.lonestarlegal.com (the "Site") operated by KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. (the "firm"). This site, and any related features, promotions, or content provided by the firm or its affiliates shall be referred to collectively as the "Services". The firm’s site provides you access to information related to Services provided by the firm. The firm is based in Texas, and provides services throughout the United States.
Minors
The Services are directed for use by adults (whether acting on behalf of a child or on their own authority) only, and are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. Regardless of your age, this site is for informational purposes only, and is not intended to form an attorney-client relationship.
Your Use of the Services
We grant you a limited, non-transferable, fully revocable, non-sublicensable license to use this website solely for your personal, non-commercial use described more fully below, and subject to the restrictions provided in this Agreement.
Firm Content
The Services may contain information, software, text, files, images, video, sounds, applications, and other materials or content belonging to us , the firm’s licensors, partners, and affiliates, and other third parties (collectively, "Firm Content"). All Firm Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other laws, and as between you and the firm, we own and retain all rights in the Firm Content. Except as expressly permitted by the firm, you may not copy, download, stream capture, reproduce, duplicate, archive, upload, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, or otherwise use any Firm Content.
No Formation of an Attorney-Client Relationship
The information on this website is intended for general informational purposes only. Nothing presented on this site should be construed as legal advice for any individual case or situation, as each situation is different. This information is not intended to create, and receipt of viewing does not create a guarantee or warranty of anticipated results in any specific case. This information is not intended to create, and receipt of viewing does not create an attorney-client relationship. Attorney-client relationship is formed only once the Contingency Fee Agreement and Power of Attorney is executed by both the client and Kelly Law Firm, P.C.
Governing Law
The laws of the State of Texas will govern this Agreement and any claim or dispute relating thereto or to your use of the Services , without regard to its conflicts or choice of law rules.
PRIVACY POLICY
GENERAL
At KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C., we respect your need for online privacy and protect any Personal Information that you may share with us, in an appropriate manner. Our practice with respect to the use of your Personal Information is as set forth below in this Privacy Policy Statement. As a condition to using our on-line content (including email), you consent to the terms of the Privacy Policy Statement as it may be updated from time to time. This Privacy Policy Statement applies exclusively to www.lonestarlegal.com. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third-party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. complies with the U.S. – Swiss Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data from Switzerland. Kelly Law Firm, P.C. has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement.
E.U. – U.S. PRIVACY SHIELD
KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. Tiffany Law is committed to subjecting all personal data received from European Union (EU) member countries, in reliance on the Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework’s applicable Principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield List. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives, under the Privacy Shield Framework, and may subsequently transfer to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. complies with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal data from the EU, including the onward transfer liability provisions. With respect to personal data received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. Under certain conditions, more fully described on the Privacy Shield website [https://www.privacyshield.gov], you may invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION
KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. does not knowingly collect Personal Information from users who are under 13 years of age.
INFORMATION RECORDING AND USE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
During the Registration Process for creating a user account, we request for your name and email address. You will also be asked to choose a unique username and a password, which will be used solely for the purpose of providing access to your user account. Upon registration, you will have the option of choosing a security question and an answer to the security question, which if given, will be used solely for the purpose of resetting your password. Your name and email address will be used to inform you regarding case status updates, new case thoughts, scheduling, and changes in this Privacy Policy Statement. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. will have access to third-party personal information provided by you as part of our prosecution of your case, such as contacts in your NEOS account. This information may include third-party names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses and will be used for prosecuting the case for which you hired KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. and solely as part and parcel of that representation. We do not share this third-party personal information with anyone for promotional purposes, nor do we utilize it for any purposes not expressly consented to by you. When you elect to refer friends to our website, we may request their email address and name to facilitate the request and deliver a contact email. Your friend may contact us at info@lonestarlegal.com. to request that we remove this information from our database. We also post user testimonials on our website. These testimonials may include names and other Personal Information and we acquire permission from our users prior to posting these on our website. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. is not responsible for the Personal Information users elect to post within their testimonials.
USAGE DETAILS
Your usage details such as time, frequency, duration and pattern of use, features used, and the amount of storage used will be recorded by us in order to enhance your experience with KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. and to help us provide you the best possible service.
CONTENTS OF YOUR USER ACCOUNT
We store and maintain electronic and other files, documents, to-do lists, emails, and other data stored in your user account at our Texas-based office on a case management software system (currently NEOS). In order to prevent loss of data due to errors or system failures, we may also keep backup copies of data including the contents of your user account. Hence your files and data may remain on our servers even after deletion or termination of your user account. We may retain and use your Personal Information and data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our rights. We assure you that the contents of your user account will not be disclosed to anyone and will not be accessible even to employees of KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. except in circumstances specifically mentioned in this Privacy Policy Statement and Terms of Services. We also do not scan the contents of your user account for serving targeted advertisements.
PAYMENT INFORMATION
In case of services requiring payment, we request credit card or other payment account information, which will be used solely for processing payments. Your financial information will not be stored by us except for the name and address of the cardholder, the expiration date, and the last four digits of the Credit Card number. Subject to your prior consent and where necessary for processing future payments, your financial information will be stored in encrypted form on secure servers of our reputed Payment Gateway Service Provider who is beholden to treating your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement.
VISITOR DETAILS
We use the Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, referring URL, files accessed, errors generated, time zone, operating system, and other visitor details collected in our log files to analyze the trends, administer the website, track visitor movements, and to improve our website.
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We use temporary and permanent cookies to enhance your experience with Kelly Law Firm, P.C. Temporary cookies will be removed from your computer each time you close your browser. By selecting the ‘keep me signed in’ option in Kelly Law Firm, P.C., a permanent cookie will be stored in your computer and you will not be required to sign in by providing complete login information each time you return to our website. If you have turned cookies off, you may not be able to use registered areas of the website. We tie cookie information to your email address when you elect to remain logged in so as to maintain and recall your preferences within the website. Technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts are used by Kelly Law Firm, P.C. and our partners [such as experts and other vendors], affiliates, or service providers [such as analytics service providers]. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site, and gathering demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis. We use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity use LSOs such as HTML 5 to collect and store information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 LSOs.
BEHAVIORAL TARGETING / RE-TARGETING
If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based advertisements, you may opt-out by clicking here (or if located in the European Union click here). However, you will continue to receive generic advertisements on other websites that display advertisements.
LINKS FROM OUR SITE
Some pages of our website may contain external links. You are advised to verify the privacy practices of such other websites. We are not responsible for the manner of use or misuse of information made available by you at such other websites. We encourage you not to provide Personal Information, without assuring yourselves of the Privacy Policy Statement of other websites.
WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
Once you are a client, we may need to share your Personal Information and your data with the court, opposing counsel, insurance adjusters, service providers, experts, vendors, and business partners solely for the purpose of providing expert legal services to you. The purposes for which we may disclose your Personal Information or data to our service providers may include but are not limited to, data storage, database management, web analytics, and payment processing. These service providers are authorized to use your Personal Information or data only as necessary to provide these services to us. In such cases, KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. will also ensure that opposing counsel, insurance adjusters, service providers, experts, vendors, and business partners comply with this Privacy Policy Statement and adopt appropriate confidentiality and security measures. We will obtain your prior specific consent before we share your Personal Information or data to any person outside our firm or those listed above for any purpose that is not directly connected with representing you. We will share your Personal Information with third parties only in the manner described in this Privacy Policy Statement. We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any Personal Information regarding visitors and users with our business partners and advertisers. Please be aware that laws in various jurisdictions in which we practice may obligate us to disclose user information and the contents of your user account to the local law enforcement authorities under a legal process or an enforceable government request. In addition, we may also disclose Personal Information and contents of your user account to law enforcement authorities if such disclosure is determined to be lawfully required by KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. or, in our sole and absolute discretion, for protecting the safety of our users, employees, or the general public. If KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its business or assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your Personal Information.
HOW SECURE IS YOUR INFORMATION
We adopt industry-appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your Personal Information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored in your user account. Access to your name and email address is restricted to our employees who need to know such information in connection with providing KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. to you and are bound by confidentiality obligations.
YOUR CHOICE IN INFORMATION USE
In the event we decide to use your Personal Information for any purpose other than as stated in this Privacy Policy Statement, we will offer you an effective way to opt-out of the use of your Personal Information for those other purposes. From time to time, we may send emails to you regarding your case status, hearings or other calendar events, changes in the law and upcoming events. You may opt-out of receiving newsletters and other secondary messages from KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. by selecting the ‘unsubscribe’ function present in every email we send. However, you will continue to receive essential case and transactional emails.
ACCESSING, UPDATING, AND REMOVING PERSONAL INFORMATION
Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your Personal Information. Users who wish to correct, update or remove any Personal Information including those from a public forum, directory or testimonial on our site may do so either by accessing their user account or by contacting KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. Administrative Services at admin@lonestarlegal.com. Such changes may take up to 48 hours to take effect. We respond to all inquiries within 30 days.
INVESTIGATION OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
We may need to provide access to your Personal Information and the contents of your user account to our employees and service providers for the purpose of investigating any suspected illegal activity or potential violation of the terms and conditions for use of our website. However, KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. will ensure that such access is in compliance with this Privacy Policy Statement and subject to appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
ENFORCEMENT OF PRIVACY POLICY
We make every effort, including periodic reviews to ensure that Personal Information provided by you is used in conformity with this Privacy Policy Statement. If you have any concerns regarding our adherence to this Privacy Policy Statement or the manner in which Personal Information is used for the purpose of providing services by KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C., kindly contact KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. Administrative Services at admin@lonestarlegal.com. We will contact you to address your concerns and we will also co-operate with regulatory authorities in this regard if needed.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
We may modify the Privacy Policy Statement upon notice to you at any time through a service announcement or by sending an email to your primary email address. If we make significant changes in the Privacy Policy Statement that affect your rights, you will be provided with at least 30 days’ advance notice of the changes by email to your primary email address. You may terminate your use of electronic communications by providing KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. notice by email within 30 days of being notified of the availability of the modified Privacy Policy Statement if the Privacy Policy Statement is modified in a manner that substantially affects your rights in connection with the use of electronic communications. Your continued use of electronic communications after the effective date of any change to the Privacy Policy Statement will be deemed to be your agreement to the modified Privacy Policy Statement. You will not receive email notification of minor changes to the Privacy Policy Statement. If you are concerned about how your Personal Information is used, you should check back at https://www.lonestarlegal.com/terms-of-service, periodically.
BLOGS AND FORUMS
We may provide the capacity for users to post information in blogs and forums for sharing information in a public space on the website. This information is publicly available to all users of these forums and visitors to our website. We will require registration to publish information, but given the public nature of both platforms, any Personal Information disclosed within these forums may be used to contact users with unsolicited messages. We encourage users to be cautious in the disclosure of Personal Information in public forums as KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. is not responsible for the Personal Information users elect to disclose. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. also supports third-party widgets such as Facebook and Twitter buttons on the website that allow users to share articles and other information on different platforms. These widgets may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the widgets to function properly. These widgets do not collect or store any Personal Information from users on the website and simply act as a bridge for your convenience in sharing information. Your interactions with these widgets are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy Statement, please contact us at admin@lonestarlegal.com. We shall respond to all inquiries within 30 days of receipt upon ascertaining your identity.
PROCESSOR DISCLOSURE
This certification covers our collection, use, and disclosure of information we collect through our website www.lonestarlegal.com, and through direct contact with KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. The use of information collected through electronic means shall be limited to the purpose of providing legal representation to you. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. acknowledges that you have the right to access your Personal Information. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. has no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data it processes. If you are an individual user of our electronic services, you can directly contact KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data. In other cases, an individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data should direct such an inquiry to his data controller who may be a client of KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. If requested to remove data we will respond within a reasonable timeframe. We will retain Personal Information we process on behalf of our clients for as long as needed to provide legal services to our clients. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. will retain Personal Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. may transfer Personal Information to third-party service providers that help us in providing legal representation. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the provisions in this Privacy Policy Statement regarding notice and choice and the service agreements with you.
KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C.'s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.