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USE OF RESOURCES

This site has been prepared and made available by The Overton Law Firm, P.C. for general informational purposes only. Use of this Web site does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and The Overton Law Firm, P.C., nor is it intended to do so. The materials on this site are not legal advice and nothing in this Web site should be used by the reader as a source of legal advice. By its nature and circumstances, each legal problem and any past performance does not guarantee future results. Persons receiving information from this website should not act upon the information without seeking professional legal counsel.

The materials on this Web site may not reflect the most current legal developments, verdicts or settlements, and should not be considered an indication of future results. 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, The Overton Law Firm, P.C. may be prohibited from assuming representation of the client contact. Please consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own particular situation.

Please do not send us or e-mail any information about any legal matter that may involve you unless and until you have entered into an Engagement Letter with the Firm.

NON-CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF INTERNET MAIL

Generally, e-mail is NOT SECURE and may be intercepted by other parties.
If you wish to inquire about becoming a client, please request a personal interview. Please do not send or e-mail us any information about any legal matter. We will not consider any e-mail regarding new client representation as anything other than a request for a personal interview.

PRIVACY POLICY

The Overton Law Firm, P.C. regards your right to a confidential and private relationship with your attorney as a most sacred trust. This relationship is essential to the proper functioning of the legal system and the fiduciary relationship existing between lawyer and client. An open discussion between lawyer and client affords clients the full benefit of the legal system. Lawyers are subject to ethical rules and mandates such as the TX lawyer creed that govern their conduct in this relationship. These ethics rules require the lawyer to preserve confidential information of the client or one who has sought to employ the lawyer.

Finally federal law requires that we inform our clients of the firm’s policy regarding privacy and confidentiality of "nonpublic personal information." Read the Firm's Gramm-Leech-Bililey Privacy Policy

To protect client information, the firm restricts access to information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your information safeguards that to guard your nonpublic personal information. We take our commitment to ethics seriously.

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The copyrights in all text, images, screens and other materials provided on this Web site (collectively, the "Resources") are owned by The Overton Law Firm, P.C. and, in some cases, by third parties. Except as provided below, none of the Resources may be copied, reproduced, distributed, downloaded, displayed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. You may copy, reproduce, distribute, download, display, or transmit the contents of this Web Site for personal, non-commercial use solely within your own organization, provided that, you do not modify the contents or create derivative works, and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Resources. This limited permission to use the Resources terminates automatically if you breach any of these terms or conditions. Upon termination, you must immediately destroy any Resources that exist in printed, electronic, or any other form.

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This web site, excluding linked sites, is controlled by The Overton Law Firm, P.C. from its office within the state of Texas. The Web Site can be accessed from around the world. As each of the States, Provinces, and Countries have laws that may differ from those of the state of Texas, by accessing this web site both you and The Overton Law Firm, P.C. agree that the laws of the state of Texas, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters relating to use of this web site.

You and The Overton Law Firm, P.C. also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Courts of Competent Jurisdiction of Harris County, Texas and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas with respect to such matters. The Overton Law Firm, P.C. makes no representation that materials on this web site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Except as specifically stated on this site, neither The Overton Law Firm, P.C. nor employees or other representatives thereof will be liable for damages arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including, without limitation, compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

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