Online Terms of Use

https://queensdefenders.org/terms-of-use

Effective Date: January 1, 2020

Overview

Thank you for visiting. This Website is owned and operated by Queens Defenders (also known as Queens Law Associates), a New York 501(c)(3) not-for-profit law firm. All references to “we,” “us,” and “our” mean Queens Defenders. All references to this “Website” mean the website located at https://queensdefenders.org/.

By accessing this Website, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these Terms of Use, you are prohibited from continuing to access or use this Website.

This Website Does Not Constitute Legal Advice

The information provided at this Website is general in nature and does not constitute legal advice or any other type of professional advice. Queens Defenders attempts to provide accurate and helpful information on this website but makes no promises or guarantees that the information contained in or linked to this Website is fully accurate, complete or current.

Our Website may contain links to other sites or applications that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site or application. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content or terms of use of any third-party sites or applications. Accordingly, we strongly advise you to review the terms of use of every site and application you visit.

Moreover, please do not rely upon any information included in, or linked to by, this Website without seeking legal advice from a lawyer directly.

Queens Defenders (and any attorney affiliated with Queens Defenders) expressly disclaims any liability concerning actions taken, or not taken, based on the contents in, or linked to by, this Website.

Attorney Advertising/No Guarantees

This website is attorney advertising. Any examples of client cases or results in this Website do not guarantee any particular result in any other matter.

Visits to this Website Do Not Create an Attorney-Client Relationship and your Posts on this Website are not Confidential

Please understand that your visit to or use of this Website does not create an attorney-client relationship between yourself and Queens Defenders or any attorney affiliated with Queens Defenders.

If you would like to become a client of Queens Defenders, please contact us directly and learn how to formally engage our services.

If you are a prospective client or client of Queens Defenders, please do not share information or questions through this Website that you wish to remain confidential/protected by the attorney-client privilege. If you post comments on this Website, those comments are viewable by the public, including by law enforcement.

Privacy Policy

Incorporated into and a part of this Website’s Terms of Use is this Website’s Privacy Policy, which is accessible at https://queensdefenders.org/privacy-policy. Unless otherwise defined in these Terms of Use or in the Privacy Policy, the terms used in these Terms of Use have the same meanings as in our Website’s Privacy Policy.

Intellectual Property

The materials contained in this Website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. Accordingly, you have our permission to temporarily download one copy of the materials this Website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not: (i) use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial); (ii) attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on this Website; (iii) remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or (iii) transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server. Additionally, by accessing this Website, you agree not to harvest or scrape any of this Websites data. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by us at any time. Upon any such termination, you agree to immediately destroy any materials of ours that are in your possession without our express authorization, whether in electronic or printed format.

Termination

We may terminate or suspend access to our Website immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach these Terms of Use.

All provisions of these Terms of Use, which by their nature should survive such termination shall survive termination, including without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

Changes to these Terms of Use

From time to time, we may update these Terms of Use to reflect changes in our service, the law, or otherwise. The latest version of these Terms of Use is posted on this page. Accordingly, it’s important to check the Effective Date posted at the top of these Terms of Use each time you visit our Website to ensure that you are familiar with our latest terms. Unless otherwise noted, changes to these Terms of Use are effective when they are posted.

To the extent required by applicable law, if we make a material change to these Terms of Use, we will provide notice to you by posting notice on our Website and/or by email sent to you at the email address you have most recently provided to us and/or by other means we deem appropriate.

Applicable Law

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to any use of this Website will be filed only in the state courts located in Queens County, New York, or the United Stated District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any provision of these Terms of use is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL QUEENS DEFENDERS HAVE ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE BREACH OF THESE TERMS OF USE, HOWEVER OCCASIONED.

Questions/Contacting Us

If you need to contact us, or have any questions, concerning these Terms of Use, you may reach us as follows:

By email:

info@queensdefenders.org

By regular mail:

Queens Defenders
118-12 Queens Boulevard, Suite 212
Forest Hills, NY 11375

Thank you for taking the time to read these Terms of Use.

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