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LEGAL
INFORMATION, DISCLAIMER AND WEBSITE ACCESS AGREEMENT
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READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY.
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site.
LEGAL
SPECIALIZATION
The lawyers resident in all offices, unless otherwise
indicated, are Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
PROCEDURES
TO HIRE SCHMIDT & HOFFER LLP FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION
The materials on this website are made available
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do not constitute legal advice. The transmission and receipt of
information contained on the website do not form or constitute an
attorney-client relationship. Persons receiving the information
on this Web-site should not act upon the information without seeking
professional legal counsel.
The materials on this website may not reflect the
most current legal developments, verdicts or settlements, and should
not be considered an indication of future results.
While we would like to hear from you, we cannot
represent you until we know that doing so will not create a conflict
of interest. Accordingly, please do not send us any information
about any matter that may involve you until you receive a written
statement from us that we represent you (an "engagement letter").
The best way for you to initiate a possible representation
is to call Stewart Hoffer at 713.651.0773 or C. Thomas Schmidt at
713.651.0772. They will first take you through our conflict of interest
procedure and see that you are put in touch with the lawyer best
suited to handle your matter. When you receive an engagement letter
from the firm, and you have complied with the obligations of that
document for representation, you will be our client, and we may
exchange information freely.
If these materials are inconsistent with the rules
governing attorney communications in a particular jurisdiction,
and the materials result in a client contact in such jurisdiction,
Schmidt & Hoffer LLP may be prohibited from assuming representation
of the client contact.
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materials.
RESTRICTIONS
ON USE
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posted, or transmitted in any way, without the prior written consent
of Schmidt & Hoffer LLP EXCEPT: you may download one copy of
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property rights. The material in this site is provided for lawful
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& Hoffer LLP, who owns full and complete title to the material
in this site.
Each individual document published by Schmidt &
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RESTRICTION
OF LIABILITY
Schmidt & Hoffer LLP will not be liable for
any damages or injury caused by, including but not limited to, any
failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay
in operation of transmission, computer virus, or line failure. Schmidt
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of the possibility of such damages, or both. The above limitation
or exclusion may not apply to you to the extent that applicable
law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental
or consequential damages. Schmidt & Hoffer LLP’s total
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contract, tort [including without limitation, negligence], or otherwise)
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Schmidt & Hoffer LLP assumes no liability for
the use or interpretation of information contained herein. This
publication is provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
The pages within this World Wide Web site are provided
by the firm of Schmidt & Hoffer LLP as a service to the public.
As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of
each case, nothing provided herein should be used as a substitute
for advice of competent counsel. The materials on this World Wide
Web site do not constitute legal advice, do not necessarily reflect
the opinions of Schmidt & Hoffer LLP or any of its attorneys
or clients, and are not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or up-to-date.
This World Wide Web site is not intended to create,
and does not create, an attorney-client relationship between you
and Schmidt & Hoffer LLP, and you should not act or rely on
any information in this World Wide Web site.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Every matter is different.
Schmidt & Hoffer is a registered limited liability
partnership with its principal office in Houston, Texas, United
States of America.
SUBMISSIONS
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information communicated to Schmidt & Hoffer LLP through this
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will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, will
not be liable for any ideas for its business (including without
limitation, product, or advertising ideas) and will not incur any
liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future
Schmidt & Hoffer LLP operations. Without limitation, Schmidt
& Hoffer LLP will have exclusive ownership of all present and
future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature
everywhere. Schmidt & Hoffer LLP will be entitled to use the
Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever without
compensation to you or other persons sending a Submission. By access
to this site you acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever
material you submit, and you, not Schmidt & Hoffer LLP, have
full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability,
appropriateness, originality and copyright. Schmidt & Hoffer
LLP does not warrant or make any representation regarding the use
of the materials contained in this site in terms of correctness,
accuracy, reliability or otherwise. The material in this site may
include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors and Schmidt
& Hoffer LLP may make changes or improvements at any time.
JURISDICTION
Except as described otherwise, all materials in
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information. Schmidt & Hoffer LLP controls and operates this
site from its headquarters in Houston, Texas, United States of America
and makes no representation that these materials are appropriate
or available for use in other locations. If you use this site from
other locations you are responsible for compliance with applicable
local laws.
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THE
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ERRORS. SCHMIDT & HOFFER LLP MAY MAKE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS
AT ANY TIME. THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SCHMIDT
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TO YOU, TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
LINKING
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the site is not allowed without the permission of Schmidt &
Hoffer LLP. If you wish to obtain permission to hyperlink, please
contact: Schmidt & Hoffer LLP, 1111 Bagby, Suite 2200, Houston
Texas 770002, Attention: C. Thomas Schmidt.
MISCELLANEOUS
These Terms and Conditions will be governed and
be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas, United
States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of
law. If any part of these Terms and Conditions is unlawful, void,
or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not
affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Possible evidence of use of this site for illegal purposes will
be provided to law enforcement authorities. This is the entire agreement
between the parties relating to the use of this site. Schmidt &
Hoffer LLP can revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by
updating this posting. This site may be linked to other sites which
are not maintained by Schmidt & Hoffer LLP. Schmidt & Hoffer
LLP is not responsible for the content of those sites. The inclusion
of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by Schmidt
& Hoffer LLP of the sites. All other trademarks are the property
of the respective trademark owners.
PRIVACY
Schmidt & Hoffer LLP is very sensitive to the
privacy concerns of the visitors to its site on the Internet. As
a general policy, no personal information is automatically collected
from visitors to the site. However, certain non-personal information
of visitors is recorded by the standard operation of Schmidt &
Hoffer LLP’s Internet servers. This information is primarily
used to provide an enhanced online experience for the visitor. Information
tracked includes the type of operating system in use and the type
of browser being used by the visitor. Other uses of this information
include internal review of the number of visitors to the site but
only in an aggregate and non-personally-identifiable form. E-mail
addresses and other personally identifiable data about visitors
to this site are known only when voluntarily submitted. Personally
identifiable information that may be collected in connection with
visitors is retained by Schmidt & Hoffer LLP and is not sold
or otherwise transferred outside the firm. To the extent that any
of the sites accessible through Schmidt & Hoffer LLP's Web Site
have different practices, these practices will be explained at that
site.
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& Hoffer LLP, 2003. All rights reserved.
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Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
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