Law Office of Rick Morin, PC
Law Office of Rick Morin, PC (“the Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates www.rickmorin.com. This policy explains what personal information we collect, how we collect it, how we use it, and the limited circumstances in which we disclose it. It also explains our text messaging program and your choices.
Read this policy before you submit any information to us through this website or by text message.
We collect the following categories of personal information.
Identifiers. Your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, and mobile number.
Case and matter information. Facts you choose to tell us about your legal situation, including the names of other parties, dates, locations, and the nature of your claim or defense. You control how much you share. We ask that you not send sensitive or confidential details until we have opened a file and confirmed representation in writing.
Communications. The content of emails, contact form submissions, voicemail messages, and text messages you send us, along with the date and time of those communications.
We collect information directly from you when you fill out a contact form, request a consultation, call or text us, email us, upload documents, or sign an engagement agreement. In some matters we also receive information about you from courts, opposing counsel, insurers, medical providers, or other parties, as the representation requires.
We use your information to:
We do not share your personal information for marketing or promotional purposes, and we do not sell, rent, lease, or trade it. We disclose information only where the representation requires it, including filings with courts, communications with opposing counsel, and work with experts or co-counsel retained on your matter, and only as permitted by the attorney-client privilege and Business and Professions Code section 6068(e).
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent are never shared with any third party.
If you consent to receive SMS from Law Office of Rick Morin, PC, you agree to receive appointment reminders, case status updates, document requests, and customer care SMS from us. Reply STOP to opt-out; Reply HELP for support; Message & data rates may apply; Messaging frequency may vary.
You opt in by giving us your mobile number and checking the consent box on our web contact form, by writing your mobile number and signing the consent line on our intake or engagement paperwork, or by texting us first. Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of any purchase or of legal representation. We do not send marketing or promotional text messages.
Reply STOP to any message from us. We will send one confirmation message and then stop sending texts to that number. You may also call us at 949-996-3094 to opt out. Opting out of text messages does not opt you out of telephone calls, email, or mail regarding your matter.
Reply HELP to any message from us, or contact us at 949-996-3094.
Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies and depends on the activity in your matter. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Delivery is not guaranteed, so never rely on a text message for a filing deadline, a hearing date, or any other time-sensitive matter without confirming with our office.
Text messages travel through carrier networks and stay on your device. They are not a secure channel. Do not send confidential or privileged information by text. Call us or use the secure channel we provide.
We use access controls and encryption in transit to protect your information. No system is perfectly secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information you transmit to us over the internet or by text, and you send it at your own risk.
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the CPRA, may give you the right to:
Information covered by the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or our duty of confidentiality falls outside these rights, and our professional obligations may require us to keep records we would otherwise delete.
To make a request, contact us at 949-996-3094. We will verify your identity before we act on the request. You may use an authorized agent, and we will ask that agent for written proof of authority.
This site is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Our site may link to courts, agencies, or other outside resources. We do not control those sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. Read their policies before you give them information.
Sending us information through this website, by email, or by text does not create an attorney-client relationship. That relationship begins only when we sign a written engagement agreement with you. Until then, treat anything you send us as unprotected.