(Last revised on April 27, 2020)

• Welcome to Attorney Michael O’Connor’s website (the "Website").  Mr. O’Connor is licensed to practice law in Texas and Pennsylvania only, but in some limited respects depending on the type of case or when permitted by law, operate nationwide in the United States) as a sole proprietorship with a network of attorneys (or representatives) by affiliation or “of-counsel” (the “Firm). 

• To use the Website, you must be at least 18 years of age, a United States resident or visitor located in the United States of America or a US Territory.

• By accessing or using the Website, you agree that you have read and understand all of the disclaimers and terms of use contained herein (the "Agreement") and agree to be bound by it. You must accept the terms of the Agreement in order to use the Web site. If you do not understand or have questions about the Agreement, immediately stop all use of the Website and contact moconnor@michaeloconnorlaw.com. 

• Each page of the Website is attorney advertising and not intended as legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship.

• Any information contained in the Website concerning current or potential legal issues is given as general information not specific to any matter and not intended to be relied on or as a substitute for legal advice from qualified attorney on your particular situation. 

• Your use of the Website does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and the Firm. Also, the mere act of contacting the Firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you wish to become a client of the Firm, you must contact an appropriate member of the Firm, we agree to represent you, and you sign the Firm’s Retention Agreement.

• Caution, unless you have an attorney-client relationship with the Firm, we are not obliged to keep confidential information you may send us and we could be compelled to divulge or provide that information to third-parties.  For the sake of keeping your information confidential, you must hold off on sending it to us until after you sign the Firm’s Retention Agreement and we specifically ask for the information. 

• The content on the Website is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non infringement. 

• The Firm assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Website. You use of the Website is at your own risk. Under no circumstances and under no legal theory shall the Firm, its suppliers or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Website's contents be liable to you or any other person for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any character arising from your access to, or use of, the Website.

• If you use any links on the Website to third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. Those websites are not under the control of the Firm, and the Firm is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained on a linked site.  The Firm provides these links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply recommendation, approval or endorsement by the Firm of the site. You should review the Cookie and Privacy policies of these sites before you use them.

• Attorney Michael O’Connor is licensed to practice law in Texas and Pennsylvania only and not certified in any particular field of specialization, and not endorsed by any government agency. He is admitted to practice before Texas and Pennsylvania state courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and federal agencies including the Veterans’ Administration. 

• This Agreement and your use of the Website shall be governed by the laws of Texas, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

• The Firm’s services for Social Security Disability claims and Veterans’ Benefit claims may be practiced nationwide, but the rest of the Firm’s practice may be restricted services may be restricted certain states depending on the laws of that state and the scope of the work. The Firm will make that determination on a case by case or matter by matter basis.

• The Firm is subject to the jurisdiction in which the firm's office is located, which is Texas.  In addition, the Firm's lawyer and any affiliated attorney or representative or of-counsel, are subject to the rules of the regulatory body with whom they are admitted.

• The Firm is committed to high quality advice and client care. If you are in any way dissatisfied with our services, or about your bill, or have any suggestions as to how our service to you could be improved, please contact the owner at moconnor@michaeloconnorlaw.com.  

• If any provision of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed, and all other provisions shall remain in force.

• In the event we are handling your Social Security Disability claim, we may assign your case to another attorney, representative or representation-organization to assist us to prepare your case or at any hearing or trial.  Whether we associate another individual or organization to help with your case will not increase the fee that you pay.

• Attorney Michael O’Connor uses standard data protection practices, including "firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers, to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. However, you hereby agree that "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.

• Although the Firm uses measures that are appropriate to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, and all our employees and any third parties that process your personal information on our behalf are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your information, we cannot and do not provide any assurance that these measures will be sufficient to protect the information you choose to transmit to the Website.

• We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet. In order to measure and track the effectiveness of such ads, these companies and our website may utilize Cookie technology to collect data.

• Like most websites, we use cookies on the Website, including but not limited to Analytics Preference Cookie, Mobile Preference, ASP.Net Session, and Google Analytics. We may also capture some electronic network activity information regarding users’ operating systems, browser software, IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, and the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstreams to, including date and time.

• Your information may be accessed by third-party service providers who will process that information solely for our benefit. 

• The majority of the personal information collected by the Firm is provided by you voluntarily, and the remaining information is collected for the Firm’s legitimate business purposes, for example to monitor and improve the quality our marketing, the website and our services, as well as to protect and defend our rights, property or safety or that of our clients and other users.

• The entity hosting the Website is located in the United States, however the Firm utilizes a third-party online marketing firm in India. The Firm may disclose and/or transfer your personal information (i) to its trusted third-party service providers (for example, companies that provide systems, web hosting, and other IT services; internal and external advisors and auditors); (ii) if required by applicable law; (iii) in connection with a reorganization or combination of our firm with another firm, (iv) if it believes that such disclosure is necessary to enforce or apply its terms of use and other agreements or otherwise protect and defend the Firm’s rights, property or safety or that of our clients and other users of the Website, or (v) in order to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or other legal obligation, or a regulatory or government inquiry.

• Whenever the Firm shares personal information about users with our trusted third-party service providers, it will put in place appropriate contracts containing standard data protection clauses to protect that information and the rights of users.

• The Firm does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18.  If the Firm receives personal information that is discovered to be provided by a person under the age of 18, then the information will be deleted.

• You understand that all claims have a statute of limitation that governs the time frame to file your claim or appeal. You must file your claim or appeal by the deadline to prevent your claim or appeal from being time-barred. Unless we agree      to represent you, and you sign the Firm’s Retention Agreement, the Firm makes no representation of what the deadline is nor will the Firm file any such claim or appeal on your behalf.

• Reproduction, copying or redistribution of materials on the Website for commercial purposes is prohibited without the express written permission of the Firm. To obtain permission to copy portions of this site, please send an email to moconnor@michaeloconnorlaw.com.