Terms of Use - Kohnen & Patton Law LLP

Thank you for visiting our web site. By visiting or using the web sites of Kohnen & Patton LLP (“K&P”, “we” or “us”) at www.kplaw.com, www.kplaw.com, and associated web pages (along with the information and materials located thereon, collectively, the “Site”), you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms”). We may revise these Terms at any time without notice to you by posting revised Terms on this Page. Your continued use of this Site shall constitute your acceptance of the revised Terms. Please review our Privacy Statement (the “Privacy Statement”), which also governs your use of this Site and is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

No Legal Advice
The materials on this Site have been prepared by K&P to provide information about the services we offer to our clients and to provide information of general interest about a variety of legal subjects. This information is not intended as legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. You should not act or rely on any information in this Site without seeking the advice of an attorney, as the advice appropriate for you will be dependent upon the particular facts and circumstances of your situation.

No Attorney-Client Relationship
Neither the use of this Site nor the transmission or receipt of any information will create an attorney-client relationship. The only way to become our client is by specific and explicit agreement with an individual attorney at K&P. If you would like to retain our services, please contact one of our attorneys directly. We will determine whether the matter is one for which we are willing to accept professional responsibility and whether representing you would raise a conflict of interest with our other clients. We reserve the right to accept or decline any representation. You should therefore not provide us with any confidential information until after we have had an opportunity to determine whether we are willing and able to represent you. If you are not currently a client of K&P, any email that you send to us will not be privileged and may be disclosed as necessary.

No Endorsement of Third Party Sites
We may provide links to other sites that we believe may be useful or informative. These links to third party sites or information are not intended as, and should not be interpreted by you as constituting or implying our endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of the third party sites or the information, products or services found there. Any such links are provided solely as an aid to help you identify and locate other Internet resources that may be of interest and are not intended to state or imply that K&P is legally authorized to use any trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the links. Such third party sites are not under the control of K&P and we are not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained within such linked site. If you choose to access a third party website linked on this Site you do so entirely at your own risk. Concerns regarding services or resources or links should be directed to the provider of the outside service or resource.

Acceptable Use
You may download, use, and copy the materials found on this Site for your personal, noncommercial use only, provided that all copies that you make of the material must bear any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice located on this Site which pertain to the material being copied. Except as authorized in this paragraph, you are not being granted a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right in the material found or described therein. All such rights are retained by Kohnen & Patton LLP, and/or any third party owner of such rights. If you are under 18, you may use our Site only with involvement of a parent or guardian.

You may not do any of the following in connection with your use of this Site: (a) send spam, chain emails, advertising solicitations, unsolicited commercial email and similar email solicitations to the email addresses provided on this Site (the posting of email addresses is not to be construed as, and does not constitute, consent to use of them by any seller of services, any compiler of mailing lists, or any other non-authorized use without prior permission from K&P); (b) transmit to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory or pornographic material or other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law; (c) attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Site, system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (d) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of this Site or K&P, including, without limitation, submitting a virus to this Site or K&P, overloading, “flooding”, “mail bombing” or “crashing” this Site or K&P’s computer systems; (e) send unsolicited e-mail of promotions and/or advertising of products or services; (f) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail. You agree to indemnify K&P against all claims, demands, actions, expenses, losses, damages and costs (including but not limited to reasonable legal costs and disbursements) arising from any of these prohibited uses.

Linking to Our Site
You may create a hyperlink to the home page of our Site; provided, that you do not use our logos, falsely imply a relationship with us, or provide false information about our products or services. Any third party site which you link to our Site must comply with all applicable laws. You may not create framed links to pages within our Site without our prior written consent. K&P at all times reserves the irrevocable right to rescind consent for any link to this Site and to take any legal action it deems appropriate.

Attorney Licensing
Each of our attorneys is licensed to practice law only in those jurisdictions listed in the attorney’s profile appearing on this Site. This Site is not intended to solicit representation that would constitute the unauthorized practice of law in any jurisdiction.

Lawyer Advertising
The determination of the need for legal services and the choice of a lawyer are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely upon advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

The following language is required to appear at the top of each page of our Site pursuant to the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Kentucky Supreme Court: “THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT.”

To the extent the State Bar Rules in your jurisdiction require us to designate a principal office and/or a single attorney responsible for this Site, K&P designates its office in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA as its principal office and Terry E. Moore as the attorney responsible for this Site.

K&P has endeavored to comply with all known legal and ethical requirements in compiling this Site. K&P does not desire to represent clients based upon their review of any portions of this Site that do not comply with legal or ethical requirements.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
THIS SITE AND THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS LOCATED THEREON ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. K&P, ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS SUPPLIERS DO NOT MAKE ANY, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL, WARRANTIES THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM YOUR USE OR RELIANCE ON THIS SITE (INCLUDING ANY LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS SITE) AND THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS LOCATED THEREON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. K&P, ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER THEORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF K&P, ITS AFFILIATES AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS IS TO STOP USING THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS.

THE LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio and the United States of America, without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. This Site is controlled and operated by K&P from its principal office in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., and is not intended to subject K&P to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country, or territory other than that of Ohio and of the United States of America. Those who choose to access this Site or any information or materials located thereon do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for complying with local laws. In the event of a dispute arising under or relating to your use of this Site or any information or materials located thereon, or these Terms, you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Hamilton County, Ohio, and waive any jurisdiction, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.

General Terms
If any provision of these Terms is found for any reason to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provision. Any heading, caption or section title contained herein is inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof. A party’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. This, together with any of our policies referred to herein, is the entire agreement between you and us relating to your use of this Site and the information and materials located thereon, and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements between you and us regarding the same subject matter (except other written, fully-executed contracts between you and us). Neither the course of conduct between you and us, nor trade practice, shall act to modify any provision of these Terms. The information, materials and graphics available on this Site are subject to change without notice.

Effective Date
These Terms were last updated on June 1, 2008.