Terms of Service

1.Acceptance of These Terms; Eligibility

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and [Firm legal name], doing business as FairCounsel™ (“Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They govern your access to and use of the website at faircounsel.pro and its subdomains, the Client Portal, the online intake and payment flows, messaging and upload tools, and any related content, emails, and communications (together, the “Site”).

By accessing or using the Site, you accept these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site. Where the Site asks you to check a box or click a button indicating acceptance, doing so has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature.

Eligibility. You may use the Site only if you (a) are at least eighteen (18) years old; (b) are located in the United States; (c) have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract; and (d) are seeking information or services relating to a matter in a Georgia court or governed by Georgia law. The Services are for individuals. For Debt Defender and Second Look, you must be a party to the matter in your own name, not a company, partnership, or other entity, which generally may appear in a Georgia court of record only through a licensed attorney. If you use the Site on behalf of another person, you represent that you are authorized to bind that person to these Terms.

Relationship to other agreements. These Terms govern use of the Site. Legal services are provided only under a separate written Agreement that you accept during intake: a Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement for Second Look™, for the Defender plan, and for the ValiDebt™ attorney service, or a Legal Services Agreement for Defender Pro. The ValiDebt™ self-service letter is not a legal service and is provided under its own Limited Scope Service Agreement. The Debt Defender and ValiDebt™ agreements can be read in full, as blank forms, before you start, at /agreements. If these Terms conflict with an Agreement you have accepted, the Agreement controls as to that engagement. Our Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

2.Definitions

Capitalized terms have the meanings below wherever they appear in these Terms.

• “Acceptance” means the point at which Firm, after confirming that no conflict of interest prevents the engagement, notifies you that it is proceeding with your matter. Payment of a fee does not by itself constitute Acceptance.
• “Agreement” means the agreement you accept electronically during intake: the Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement (for Second Look™ reviews and for the Defender plan) or the Legal Services Agreement (for Defender Pro), together with any later signed writing that changes its scope.
• “Client” means a person who has accepted an Agreement for Second Look™ or Defender Pro and whose matter Firm has Accepted.
• “Customer” means a person who has accepted the Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement for the Defender plan and whose matter Firm has Accepted. A Customer is self-represented in court (see Section 4). Except where these Terms say otherwise, a provision about a Client or an Agreement also applies to a Customer and the Customer’s Agreement, to the extent the Agreement provides. [ATTORNEY: confirm how Defender Customers are to be described under the Rules. The Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement calls the Defender buyer “Client,” and these Terms use “Customer” as the product name for that plan only.]
• “Client Portal” means the password-free, signed-in area of the Site where Clients, Customers, and Prospective Clients can view status, read and confirm released papers, exchange messages, and upload or download documents.
• “Debt Defender™” means Firm’s flat-fee help with a Georgia lawsuit seeking to collect a credit card, personal loan, auto-loan deficiency, hospital or medical bill, car title loan, payday loan, or similar consumer debt, offered as two plans: Defender and Defender Pro.
• “Defender” means the Debt Defender plan in which Firm prepares and an attorney reviews the papers for a self-represented Customer, who signs, serves, and files them and appears in court. “Defender Pro” means the plan in which a Georgia attorney represents the Client: Firm’s name is on the pleadings, and Firm signs, files, and serves them, deals with the other side, and appears in court.
• “Flat Fee” means the fixed attorney fee for a Service as stated on the Site and in your Agreement, exclusive of Third-Party Costs.
• “Portal Assistant” means the automated assistant in the Client Portal’s message thread that answers questions from the information in your case record.
• “Prospective Client” means a person who has consulted with Firm about the possibility of forming an attorney-client relationship, including by submitting an intake form or by considering the Defender plan, but whose matter Firm has not yet Accepted.
• “Second Look™” means Firm’s flat-fee, limited-scope pre-appeal review of a Georgia trial-court order or judgment, offered in the tiers described on the Site.
• “Services” means Second Look™, Debt Defender™, and any other legal service Firm offers through the Site from time to time.
• “Third-Party Costs” means costs paid to others, such as court filing fees, service-of-process fees, court reporter and transcript fees, record or document retrieval fees, and postage.
• “User Content” means all information, documents, messages, images, and other material that you submit, upload, or transmit through the Site.
• “You” or “User” means any person who accesses or uses the Site, whether or not a Client.

3.The Services and What They Are Not

What we offer. Through the Site, Firm offers flat-fee legal services for Georgia matters: Second Look™, a limited-scope pre-appeal review of a trial-court order or judgment, and Debt Defender™, help with a consumer debt-collection lawsuit in a Georgia trial court, in two plans. With Defender Pro, a Georgia attorney represents you. With Defender, you represent yourself and Firm prepares and an attorney reviews your papers (Section 4). Each Service is described on the Site and defined precisely in the applicable Agreement.

Site content is not legal advice. The general content of the Site, including page text, pricing, FAQs, resources, court information, deadline explanations, estimates generated during intake (such as an “Appeal Roadmap”), and any automated screening result, is provided for general informational purposes only. It is not legal advice, does not account for the facts of your situation, and may not reflect the most current law. Do not act or refrain from acting on the basis of Site content without obtaining advice from a licensed attorney about your specific matter.

No attorney-client relationship until engaged. Browsing the Site, submitting an inquiry, beginning or completing an intake form, uploading documents, sending a message, receiving an automated estimate, or paying a fee does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship with Firm exists only when (a) you have accepted the applicable Agreement, (b) Firm has completed a conflict-of-interest check, and (c) Firm has notified you that it is proceeding (Acceptance). Firm may decline any matter for any lawful reason before Acceptance.

Deadlines remain your responsibility. Legal deadlines, including the deadline to file a notice of appeal (generally 30 days after entry of the judgment or order under O.C.G.A. § 5-6-38) and the deadline to answer a lawsuit (generally 30 days after service), are strict and are often jurisdictional. Using the Site, submitting an intake, or paying a fee does not toll, extend, calendar, or protect any deadline. Until Firm has Accepted your matter and the applicable Agreement expressly covers the deadline in question, you are solely responsible for identifying and protecting every deadline that applies to you. The one exception is a step you expressly authorize Firm to take, such as the narrow, separate authorization to file a protective notice of appeal that Second Look™ offers when a deadline is close; that authorization covers only that filing. If a deadline is close, call us at (321) 294-9540 rather than relying on the Site. On the Defender plan, every deadline is yours throughout the matter. Firm sends reminders and alerts, but they do not make Firm responsible for meeting a deadline.

Georgia only. Firm’s attorneys are licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia. Firm provides legal services only for matters pending in Georgia courts or governed by Georgia law, and does not offer to represent anyone in any other jurisdiction or to advise on the law of any other state. Nothing on the Site is an offer to practice law in any jurisdiction where doing so would be unauthorized.

Limited scope. Each Service is a limited-scope engagement under Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2(c). The work Firm will and will not perform is defined in your Agreement, and Firm has no obligation to perform work outside that scope absent a new signed writing.

Availability. Firm may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Site or any Service at any time, subject to its obligations to existing Clients and Customers under their Agreements and the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. The Site may show a plan, and its price, before that plan is open for enrollment; Firm will not accept a matter on a plan until it is open, and may decline any matter before Acceptance.

4.The Defender Plan: Self-Represented Customers

What Defender is. Defender is a limited-scope plan under Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2(c). Firm prepares your papers (the Answer, defenses, and objections and, where the court allows it, discovery and related papers), a Georgia-licensed attorney reviews each paper, and Firm releases it to you. You are self-represented: the papers go out in your name, you sign, serve, and file them, and you attend court yourself. Defender is for an individual who is a party to the lawsuit in their own name.

Our name is not on your papers, and no attorney appears for you. Firm’s name and its attorneys’ names do not appear on your papers, and Firm does not enter an appearance, sign anything as counsel, or speak or write for you to the court or to the other side. Each paper carries a short notice, without naming Firm, that it was prepared with the assistance of a Georgia attorney under a limited-scope engagement, that the attorney has not appeared, and that the other side’s counsel may communicate directly with you. If a court rule, order, or judge asks whether a lawyer or AI helped prepare your papers, you must answer truthfully. [ATTORNEY: confirm whether this notice stays on every paper or follows Exhibit C of the Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement (disclosure only when required or requested).]

Read, confirm, sign, file. When an attorney has approved a paper, Firm releases it in the Client Portal and emails you. Before the clean copy and your filing kit are available, you read the paper and confirm in the Client Portal that you have read it in full, that every fact in it is true, and that you understand the limits of the plan. Firm records the date, time, and IP address of that confirmation. If anything is wrong, use “Report a mistake”: it withdraws the release and your confirmation, sends the paper to an attorney for correction, and you confirm the corrected copy before you file. You then print, sign, serve, and file the paper and record in the Client Portal the date you filed it. Court filing, e-filing, and service fees are yours to pay.

Automation only. Defender runs on Firm’s standard automation: emails and notices, task reminders and deadline alerts, document uploads, the “Report a mistake” form, and the Portal Assistant. There is no attorney messaging, telephone call, or meeting under Defender, and you should not expect a personal reply to a message. You deal with the plaintiff’s lawyer and the court yourself on everything outside the papers, including calls and letters from the plaintiff’s office, scheduling, settlement offers, and questions from the judge. Read anything you are offered carefully before you agree to it.

Claims against the plaintiff or a collector. Firm analyzes your matter for possible violations of consumer-protection laws, such as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and delivers the results in the Client Portal. Under Defender, Firm does not plead, preserve, or pursue any such claim, and your Answer includes none. Some of these claims have short deadlines (the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act gives one year), and a claim arising from the lawsuit may be lost if it is not raised in it. You acknowledge this when you accept the Agreement and again when you confirm a released Answer. Defender Pro brings these claims where the facts support them.

Filing kit and guides. Firm gives you a filing kit and written guides on how to sign, serve, and file your papers. They are general information about filing in a Georgia court, not advice about your particular situation, and court practice varies by county; ask the clerk when in doubt. If you file electronically, you do so through the court’s e-filing service under your own account and that service’s terms.

Moving to Defender Pro. You may move to Defender Pro at any time. Your Defender Flat Fee is credited toward the Defender Pro Flat Fee. Defender Pro requires a Legal Services Agreement and, where Firm will appear, a notice of appearance filed with the court; Firm becomes your counsel of record only then. [ATTORNEY: confirm the credit and the paperwork for the move. The pricing page states the credit; the Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement leaves it as a bracketed item.]

When Defender ends. The Defender engagement ends as your Agreement provides, including when the papers it covers have been released to you. After that, Firm has no continuing duty to advise you about the lawsuit, track later deadlines, or review documents, even if you keep uploading them.

5.Attorney Advertising Notice

This Site is attorney advertising within the meaning of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1 through 7.3 as amended effective March 1, 2026. The attorney responsible for its content is Christopher C. McClurg, Georgia Bar No. 484222, admitted in 2003. Firm’s attorneys, including William R. Carlisle, are licensed in the State of Georgia. Firm’s principal office is located at [principal office street address, city, Georgia ZIP].

Some of Firm’s communications reach people in Georgia who have been sued, such as stickers, social-media advertisements, and QR-code letters. These can lead to a page on the Site that is private to you (an unguessable link that search engines are asked not to index) and that may show details of a lawsuit taken from public court records, such as the court, case number, plaintiff, and dates, so that you can start with them filled in. Opening a link or scanning a code does not create an attorney-client relationship, and Firm may record that it was opened or scanned. [ATTORNEY: confirm the labeling and content of these outreach communications under Rules 7.1 and 7.3.]

Any description of prior results, experience, or credentials on the Site is not a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your matter. Every case depends on its own facts and law. Firm does not claim to be a specialist or to be certified in any field of law unless that statement is expressly made and permitted under Rule 7.4.

6.Use of AI-Assisted Tools

Disclosure. Firm uses technology, including artificial-intelligence (“AI”) tools, to help organize intake information, extract facts from documents, screen matters for fit, summarize records, and prepare first drafts. This is part of how Firm is able to offer Flat Fees. AI tools are used to assist Firm’s attorneys, not to replace them.

Attorney review and approval. A licensed Georgia attorney reviews, edits, and approves every substantive work product, including every memorandum, opinion, pleading, discovery response, and letter, before it is delivered to a Client, released to a Customer, or filed with or sent to a court or opposing party on Firm’s behalf. No AI-generated work product is delivered, released, or filed in Firm’s name without that attorney review and approval. The responsible attorney remains professionally accountable for the work under Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 5.1, and 5.3.

Automated communications. Some communications are produced by software without an attorney reading them first: the instant estimates shown at intake (such as an “Appeal Roadmap”), automated emails, task reminders and deadline alerts, and the Portal Assistant’s answers in the Client Portal’s message thread. The Portal Assistant answers only from the information in your case record (for example, your case number, the court, dates on file, and what Firm still needs from you), can be wrong, and is not legal advice. For a Client, an attorney can read the thread and follow up. For a Customer, no attorney reads or replies to messages in the thread (Section 4).

Limits. AI tools can make mistakes, including misreading documents, miscalculating dates, and producing plausible but incorrect statements. Automated estimates shown to you before attorney review (for example, an estimated appeal deadline, likely court, or fee tier) are preliminary, are based only on the information you entered, and are not legal advice or legal determinations. Firm’s attorneys will confirm the details as part of any engagement.

Processing by vendors. To provide these tools, User Content, including your answers to intake questions and your messages, may be processed by third-party technology providers under confidentiality and data-protection terms that restrict use of that content to providing services to Firm and prohibit its use to train the provider’s models. See the Privacy Policy for current providers. By submitting User Content, you consent to this processing.

7.Accounts, Client Portal, and Sign-In Links

How sign-in works. The Client Portal does not use passwords. To sign in, you enter the email address you used with Firm and we email you a single-use, time-limited sign-in link. The links in emails Firm sends you about your matter also sign you in with one click. Anyone who can open one of those links, or who can read email sent to that address, can access your Client Portal.

Intake links. Before you sign in, the steps of an intake that is under way (the agreement, payment, and document upload) are protected by a link emailed to you and by a cookie in the browser that started the intake, which lasts 14 days. Anyone with that link or browser can continue your intake, so keep both private. If you open an intake from a different browser, you will be asked to sign in with your email address first.

Your responsibilities. You agree to: (a) provide an accurate email address that only you control and keep it current; (b) keep sign-in links and emails from Firm private and not forward or share them; (c) secure the email account and devices you use to access the Client Portal, including with a strong password and, where available, two-factor authentication; (d) sign out on shared devices; and (e) notify Firm immediately at cmcclurgesq@gmail.com or (321) 294-9540 if you believe your email account, a sign-in link, or your Client Portal has been accessed without authorization.

Responsibility for activity. You are responsible for all activity that occurs in your Client Portal through a sign-in link sent to your email address, whether or not you authorized it, until you notify Firm of the compromise and Firm has had a reasonable opportunity to act. Firm may treat any message or upload received through your signed-in session as coming from you.

Accuracy. You represent that all information you provide during intake and in the Client Portal is true, complete, and current, and you will promptly update it if it changes. Firm relies on that information to run conflict checks, set fees, and protect deadlines.

One person per account. A Client Portal is personal to the individual whose matter it concerns. You may not access another person’s Client Portal or permit anyone else to access yours, except an attorney or agent you have expressly authorized in writing to Firm.

8.Electronic Communications and E-Signature Consent

Consent to electronic transactions. You agree that agreements, notices, disclosures, receipts, and other communications that Firm provides to you electronically, including by email or through the Client Portal, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. You agree that electronic signatures, click-to-accept actions, and electronic records are valid, binding, and enforceable to the same extent as handwritten signatures and paper records, including under the Georgia Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, O.C.G.A. § 10-12-1 et seq., and the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.

Records of acceptance. When you accept an Agreement or these Terms electronically, Firm records the date, time, and IP address of your acceptance and the version of the text you accepted. Firm records the same details when you check the acknowledgments in an Agreement’s exhibit, confirm a paper released to you in the Client Portal, or authorize a limited step such as a protective notice of appeal. You may request a copy of any Agreement you have accepted by contacting Firm.

Hardware and software. To receive electronic communications you need a device with internet access, a current web browser, a valid email address, and software capable of viewing PDF files. You should print or save copies of important communications.

Withdrawing consent. You may withdraw your consent to electronic communications by written notice to cmcclurgesq@gmail.com. Because the Services are delivered through the Site, withdrawing consent may prevent Firm from providing or continuing a Service, and Firm may treat withdrawal as a request to end the engagement, subject to the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.

Security of email. Email can be intercepted, misdirected, or read by others with access to your account or device. If you want communications with Firm to remain private, do not use an email account or device that others can access, and consider using the Client Portal for sensitive material.

9.Fees, Payments, and Refunds

Flat Fees. Services are offered for the Flat Fees stated on the Site at the time you begin intake. As of the Effective Date, Second Look™ is offered at $1,000, $2,000, or $3,000 depending on the review tier you select. Debt Defender™ is priced by the amount the plaintiff claims: Defender is $250 if the claim is $10,000 or less and $500 if it is more than $10,000, and Defender Pro is $750 if the claim is $5,000 or less and $1,500 if it is more than $5,000. If the complaint shows a materially different claim amount than you reported, Firm will confirm the correct fee with you before continuing. The exact fee for your matter is stated in your Agreement, which controls.

Third-Party Costs are not included. Our flat fees cover the attorney work described for your matter. They do not include court filing fees, process-server or other service fees, court reporter and transcript fees, record or document retrieval fees, postage, or similar third-party costs (if any). Those are billed separately, at cost. For Second Look™ and Defender Pro, Firm bills those costs separately, at Firm’s actual cost and without markup, by an itemized invoice sent to you by email with a link to pay by card through Stripe. Where your Agreement requires it, Firm will obtain your approval before incurring a cost above the threshold stated there. On Defender, you pay court filing, e-filing, and service fees yourself, directly to the court or service, when you file.

Payment processing. Fees are paid by card through Stripe, Firm’s third-party payment processor, before you upload documents and before Firm begins substantive work. Firm does not receive or store your full card number or security code; Stripe collects and processes that information under its own terms and privacy policy. You represent that you are authorized to use the payment method you provide. You are responsible for any fees your card issuer charges.

When the Flat Fee is earned. Your Agreement states when your Flat Fee is earned and what is refundable, and it controls. For Second Look™ and Defender Pro, the Flat Fee is earned upon Acceptance, that is, when Firm confirms that no conflict of interest exists and notifies you that it is proceeding. From that point it is non-refundable, including if you end the engagement early, resolve the matter another way, or do not use the Services, because Firm has committed its time and reserved capacity to your matter, and it is deposited into Firm’s operating account. For Defender, the Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement provides that the Flat Fee is an advance payment held in Firm’s trust account and earned in stages as the milestones in the Agreement are reached, and that any unearned portion is refunded if the engagement ends early.

Refund before Acceptance. If a conflict of interest prevents Firm from proceeding, or Firm declines your matter for any other reason before Acceptance, Firm will refund the Flat Fee in full to the original payment method. Payment of the Flat Fee does not by itself mean Firm has Accepted your matter.

Professional rules control. Notwithstanding anything else in these Terms or any Agreement, Firm’s fees are subject to Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.5 (fees must be reasonable) and 1.16(d) (refund of any advance payment of fee that has not been earned upon termination). If any portion of a fee is unearned or unreasonable under those Rules when an engagement ends, Firm will refund that portion as the Rules require. Nothing in these Terms waives any right you have under those Rules. [ATTORNEY: the two structures differ. Second Look and Defender Pro say earned upon Acceptance and deposited to the operating account; the Defender Limited-Scope Engagement Agreement says trust account, earned at milestones, unearned refunded. Confirm each against Rules 1.5(a), 1.15(I), and 1.16(d), and confirm the Defender payment is in fact deposited and tracked that way (it currently uses the same card checkout as the other Services). Whatever you decide must match across these Terms, the Agreements, and the payment process.]

Chargebacks. If you dispute a charge with your card issuer rather than raising it with Firm first, Firm may suspend your access to the Client Portal while the dispute is pending, to the extent consistent with its professional obligations, and may provide the card issuer with information reasonably necessary to respond, consistent with Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.6(b).

Fee disputes. If you have a question or dispute about a fee, please raise it with Firm first at cmcclurgesq@gmail.com. The State Bar of Georgia also offers a fee arbitration program that may be available to resolve fee disputes between clients and lawyers. See Section 21 for how fee disputes relate to the dispute-resolution provisions of these Terms.

Taxes. Flat Fees are stated in U.S. dollars. If any sales, use, or similar tax becomes applicable to legal services under Georgia law, it will be added to the fee.

10.Tier Upgrades and Credits

Upgrading a Second Look™ tier. A Client may move up to a higher review tier at any time, before or after Firm delivers the review. Firm will credit the full fee already paid, and the Client pays only the difference. The higher tier’s scope, deliverable, and follow-up call then replace those of the earlier tier, and the fee terms in Section 9 apply to the additional amount. Tiers cannot be downgraded after Acceptance.

Credit toward appellate representation. If a Second Look™ Client engages Firm for full appellate representation on the same matter within 60 days after Firm sends the review deliverable, Firm will credit the review fee toward that engagement. Appellate representation requires a separate signed Agreement and a new conflict check, and Firm is not obligated to accept it.

Moving from Defender to Defender Pro. A Customer may move to Defender Pro at any time, including shortly before a hearing. Firm will credit the Defender Flat Fee toward the Defender Pro Flat Fee, and the Customer pays the difference. Defender Pro requires a Legal Services Agreement and a new conflict check, and Firm becomes counsel of record only when that Agreement is signed and, where required, a notice of appearance is filed.

No other credits. Except as stated in this Section or in your Agreement, fees paid for one Service are not transferable to another Service, another matter, or another person, and no credit is given for unused portions of a Service.

11.Confidentiality and Privacy

Privacy Policy. Firm’s collection, use, storage, and sharing of your information is described in the Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms. Firm does not sell your information and does not use it for third-party advertising.

Cookies and links. The Site uses cookies to keep you signed in, to give the browser that started an intake access to it, and to remember which sticker, advertisement, or link first brought you to the Site and any referral code you arrived with, and a random visitor ID, kept for one year, so Firm can tell repeat visits from new ones. Firm also uses cookieless page-view analytics on its public pages. Firm does not use the Site for third-party advertising.

Before engagement. Information you submit to Firm in good faith while considering whether to engage Firm, including through intake forms and uploads, is treated as confidential prospective-client information under Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18 to the extent that Rule applies. Firm will not use or reveal that information except as the Rules permit, even if no attorney-client relationship results. Firm may use the names of parties and counsel you provide to run a conflict check.

After engagement. Once Firm has Accepted your matter, information relating to the representation is protected under Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.6 and, where applicable, the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, as further described in your Agreement. Sharing Firm’s advice with third parties can waive the privilege.

What confidentiality does not cover. Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18 protects information learned in a good-faith consultation. It does not protect information you submit for the purpose of disqualifying Firm from representing someone else, information you post publicly, or unsolicited information sent outside the intake process in a manner that gives Firm no reasonable opportunity to decline it.

Legal process. Firm may disclose information when required by law, court order, or the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, and will where practicable give you notice so that you can seek a protective order.

12.Uploads and User Content

Ownership. You retain all ownership rights you have in your User Content. Firm does not claim ownership of your documents.

License to Firm. You grant Firm and its service providers a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to store, copy, transmit, process (including by AI-assisted tools as described in Section 6), display, and create derivative works from your User Content solely to (a) evaluate and provide the Services to you, (b) comply with Firm’s legal, ethical, and record-keeping obligations, and (c) operate, secure, and improve the Site. This license ends when Firm no longer needs the User Content for those purposes, except that Firm may retain copies as required by its file-retention obligations under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct and applicable law.

Your warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) you own or have the right to submit your User Content and to grant the license above; (b) your User Content is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge; (c) your User Content does not infringe or misappropriate any third party’s rights or violate any law, court order, sealing order, or protective order; and (d) your User Content does not contain viruses, malware, or other harmful code.

Voice memos and dictation. You can record a voice memo or dictate a message in the Client Portal. A memo is stored with your case documents, and the words your browser heard while you spoke are saved as its transcript. Dictation is done by your browser or device, which may send your speech to its own provider; that is governed by that provider’s terms, not Firm’s. Do not record or dictate anything you do not want stored in your file.

Sensitive data. Court records may contain Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, medical information, and information about minors. Submit only what is relevant to your matter. Do not upload another person’s protected information unless it is part of the court record for your matter or you are authorized to share it.

Removal and rejection. Firm may refuse, quarantine, or remove any User Content that Firm reasonably believes violates these Terms, is malicious, or is not related to your matter, and may scan uploads for malware. Where User Content is part of a Client’s file, Firm will handle it in accordance with its professional obligations.

Backups. The Client Portal is not a document-storage service. Keep your own copies of everything you upload. Firm is not responsible for loss of User Content except as its professional obligations to Clients require.

13.Acceptable Use

You agree not to, and not to attempt to or help anyone else to:

• use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any court order or rule;
• provide false, misleading, or incomplete information, impersonate any person, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
• access or attempt to access another person’s Client Portal, sign-in link, matter, or data, or use a sign-in link that was not sent to you;
• probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Site, bypass any security or access control, or interfere with the Site’s operation, including by overloading it;
• use robots, scrapers, or automated means to access the Site or collect information from it, or use Site content to train any machine-learning model, without Firm’s written permission;
• upload malware or harmful code, or transmit unsolicited commercial messages through the Site, including through the “Refer a friend” feature;
• use the Site to harass, threaten, or defame anyone, or to submit content that is obscene or hateful;
• submit information to Firm for the purpose of creating a conflict of interest that would disqualify Firm from representing another person;
• copy, frame, mirror, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from the Site or its content except as expressly permitted;
• use the Site to engage in the unauthorized practice of law, or to obtain legal services on behalf of another person without authority; or
• remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice on the Site.

Firm may investigate suspected violations, suspend or terminate access, preserve and disclose information as permitted by law and the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, and cooperate with law enforcement.

14.Intellectual Property and Trademarks

Site content. The Site and all of its content, including text, graphics, logos, page designs, software, the structure and selection of content, intake questionnaires, templates, and the format of Firm’s deliverables, are owned by Firm or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws. Except for the limited license below, no right, title, or interest in the Site or its content is transferred to you.

Limited license to you. Firm grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use in seeking or receiving the Services. You may print or download one copy of Site pages and of documents Firm delivers to you for that purpose, provided you keep all proprietary notices intact.

Work product. Memoranda, opinions, pleadings, and other deliverables Firm prepares for a Client are provided for that Client’s use in that Client’s matter. The Client’s rights in the file are governed by the Agreement and the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. Firm retains its rights in its templates, forms, checklists, and general know-how.

Trademarks. FairCounsel™, Second Look™, Debt Defender™, the FairCounsel logo, the tagline “Your Case. Our Mission. Together.”, and other names and marks used on the Site are trademarks or service marks of Firm, whether or not registered. You may not use them, or any confusingly similar mark, in any manner that suggests affiliation with, sponsorship by, or endorsement by Firm, or in any domain name, social-media handle, or advertising, without Firm’s prior written permission. Third-party names and marks on the Site belong to their respective owners.

Feedback. If you send Firm suggestions or feedback about the Site, you grant Firm a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use it without obligation to you. Feedback does not include confidential information about your matter, which remains protected as described in Section 11.

15.Third-Party Services and Links

Service providers. Firm relies on third-party providers to operate the Site, including Stripe (payment processing), Supabase (database, authentication, and file storage), Resend (transactional email delivery), Vercel (hosting), CourtListener (a legal-research service that receives only the citations of court decisions Firm checks, never anything about you or your case), and AI technology providers identified in the Privacy Policy. Your use of a provider’s functionality may be subject to that provider’s own terms and privacy policies. Firm selects providers with reasonable care and binds them to confidentiality terms, but Firm does not control them and is not responsible for their acts or omissions except as the law and Firm’s professional obligations require.

Links to other sites. The Site contains links to court websites, e-filing systems, government agencies, the State Bar of Georgia, legal-aid organizations, and other third-party resources. Those links are provided for convenience only. Firm does not endorse, control, or assume responsibility for the content, accuracy, availability, or practices of any linked site. Court websites and e-filing systems may have their own terms, fees, and security checks, and an account you open with one is yours alone. Firm does not operate them, and on the Defender plan you, not Firm, file through them. Deadlines and rules published on third-party sites may change; confirm them with the court or with counsel.

No agency. Nothing on the Site makes Firm the agent of, or a joint venturer with, any third-party provider or linked site.

16.Referrals

How it works. The “Refer a friend” feature lets you send one short email, in your name, to a person you know who may benefit from Firm’s Services, with a link to the Site. Firm does not add the recipient to any mailing list, and the recipient may disregard the email. Firm may record that a matter arrived through a referral so that it can recognize the source.

No compensation. Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 7.2 prohibits a lawyer from giving anything of value to a person for recommending the lawyer’s services. Accordingly, Firm does not pay, credit, discount, or otherwise reward anyone for a referral, and no referral creates any right to compensation or any other benefit. Any suggestion to the contrary by any person is unauthorized.

Your representations. By using the feature you represent that you know the recipient, that you have a reasonable basis to believe the recipient would welcome the email, and that you are not sending it in bulk or for commercial purposes. You may not use the feature to send messages to people who have not consented to hear from you, and you are responsible for compliance with anti-spam laws as the sender.

No relationship with the recipient. Sending or receiving a referral email does not create an attorney-client relationship with the recipient, does not commit Firm to accept the recipient’s matter, and does not disclose to the recipient anything about your matter beyond the fact that you sent the email and any note you chose to add.

17.Messaging and Notifications

Not for emergencies. The Client Portal messaging feature and email are not monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and are not appropriate for time-critical communications. If you have a deadline or hearing within the next few business days, have been served with new papers, or have received a court order, call Firm at (321) 294-9540 during business hours in addition to sending a message. Do not rely on a message alone to notify Firm of a deadline. On the Defender plan, Firm does not provide telephone calls or consultations about your matter (Section 4); you are responsible for acting on a new paper or deadline yourself. [ATTORNEY: the Agreement says Defender has no calls. Decide what the Firm’s phone line does for a Customer (sign-up questions only, or nothing).]

Response times. Firm will respond to Client messages within a reasonable time consistent with Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4. The Portal Assistant may answer a message at once from your case record, and an attorney can read the thread and follow up. On the Defender plan there is no attorney messaging: a message from a Customer is answered only by the Portal Assistant, only from the case record, and no attorney reads it or replies; use “Report a mistake” for an error in a released paper. Messages from persons who are not Clients or Customers may not receive a response, and the absence of a response is not advice or an agreement to represent you.

Notifications. You agree to receive transactional emails and Client Portal notices about your intake, payment, sign-in, tasks and reminders, deadlines, matter status, and messages from Firm. Firm does not send marketing messages, and does not currently send automated text messages. Firm may also call you at the number you provide. You can ask Firm to stop non-essential notices by contacting Firm, but Firm may still need to reach you by another method to fulfill its professional obligations. [ATTORNEY: confirm whether attorneys or staff text clients and customers; no automated text messaging is deployed, and the Agreements say Firm may use “phone or text message.”]

Delivery. Emails may be delayed, filtered as spam, or not delivered. Check your spam folder and keep your contact information current. Firm is not responsible for messages you do not receive because of filtering, an inaccurate address, or an outage at your provider. On the Defender plan, your reminders and deadline alerts are emails: watch for them, and keep your own record of every deadline.

18.Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT. FIRM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR THAT ANY CONTENT, ESTIMATE, OR AUTOMATED RESULT IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT.

No guarantee of outcome. Firm does not guarantee, warrant, or predict the result of any legal matter, including whether an appeal has merit, whether a lawsuit will be dismissed or a judgment avoided, whether any counterclaim will succeed or be preserved (Defender neither pleads nor pursues one), or whether any fees will be recovered from another party. Any statement about likely outcomes is an opinion based on the information available at the time. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Professional services. This Section disclaims warranties relating to the Site and its general content. It does not disclaim, and nothing in these Terms disclaims, the duties Firm owes to a Client under the Agreement and the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, including the duty to provide competent and diligent representation.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

19.Limitation of Liability

Exclusion of certain damages. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL FIRM, ITS ATTORNEYS, STAFF, CONTRACTORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR ITS CONTENT, EVEN IF FIRM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Cap. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FIRM’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL FEES YOU PAID TO FIRM THROUGH THE SITE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

Exceptions. The exclusions and cap above do not apply to (a) liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) gross negligence or willful misconduct; (d) liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law; or (e) Firm’s obligations under Section 11 (Confidentiality and Privacy).

Professional obligations are not limited. This Section limits liability arising from use of the Site and its general content. Nothing in these Terms limits, waives, or prospectively releases Firm’s liability to a Client for legal services rendered under an Agreement, or any duty Firm owes to a Client under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8(h) prohibits a lawyer from making an agreement prospectively limiting the lawyer’s liability to a client for malpractice unless the client is independently represented in making the agreement, and Firm does not seek any such limitation here. Claims by a Client relating to legal services are governed by the Agreement, the Rules, and Georgia law.

Basis of the bargain. You acknowledge that the Site is offered without charge for general use, that Firm’s Flat Fees reflect the allocation of risk in these Terms, and that Firm would not offer the Site on these terms without these limitations.

20.Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Firm and its attorneys, staff, contractors, and service providers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or relating to (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your User Content, including any claim that it infringes or misappropriates a third party’s rights or was submitted in violation of a court order; (c) your violation of any law or the rights of any third party; (d) your misuse of the “Refer a friend” feature; or (e) any unauthorized access to the Site through your email account or sign-in link before you notified Firm of the compromise.

This Section does not require you to indemnify Firm for claims arising from Firm’s own negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of its professional obligations to you as a Client. Firm will give you prompt notice of any claim for which it seeks indemnification and may, at its option and expense, assume control of the defense, in which case you will cooperate reasonably.

21.Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Class Action Waiver

Please read this Section carefully. It affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court and to have a jury trial. It does not apply to claims that the law does not permit to be arbitrated.

[ATTORNEY DECISION: decide whether this arbitration clause should apply (a) to all Users, (b) only to non-Clients (with Client disputes governed solely by the Agreement, the State Bar of Georgia fee arbitration program, and Georgia courts), or (c) not at all. Under Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8(h) and applicable State Bar guidance, an agreement with a client to arbitrate malpractice or fee claims requires that the client be fully informed of the scope and effect of the agreement and is subject to limits; confirm before publication, and mirror any client-facing arbitration term in the Agreements. Also choose the provider and rules: American Arbitration Association (Consumer Arbitration Rules) or JAMS (Streamlined Rules / Consumer Minimum Standards).]

Informal resolution first. Before starting any formal proceeding, you and Firm agree to try to resolve any dispute informally. You will send a written notice to cmcclurgesq@gmail.com describing the dispute and the relief you seek, and Firm will send any notice to the email address you provided. The parties will confer in good faith, by phone or video if either party requests, for at least thirty (30) days after the notice is received before either party may begin arbitration or litigation. Applicable limitation periods are tolled during that period.

Binding individual arbitration. Except as provided below, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, or your relationship with Firm, including the validity, scope, enforceability, or interpretation of this Section, that is not resolved informally will be resolved by final and binding arbitration before a single neutral arbitrator administered by [the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules / JAMS under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Consumer Minimum Standards] then in effect. The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., governs this Section. The arbitration will take place in [county of Firm’s principal office] County, Georgia, or by video conference if the arbitrator permits, and Georgia substantive law will apply. The arbitrator may award any relief a court could award to the individual claimant, and must issue a reasoned written decision. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Firm will pay the arbitration filing and arbitrator fees to the extent the provider’s consumer rules require, and otherwise each party will bear its own fees and costs unless the arbitrator awards them under applicable law.

Class action and jury trial waiver. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND FIRM EACH AGREE THAT DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, AND THAT THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS. IF FOR ANY REASON A CLAIM PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN IN ARBITRATION, YOU AND FIRM EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. If the class action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, then this arbitration agreement will not apply to that claim, which will be decided by a court under Section 22, and the remainder of this Section will continue to apply.

Exceptions. This Section does not prevent either party from (a) bringing an individual claim in small claims court (in Georgia, magistrate court) if the claim is within that court’s jurisdiction and remains there; (b) seeking temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual property or the security of the Site; or (c) reporting a matter to, or participating in a proceeding before, the State Bar of Georgia or any government agency.

Clients and fee disputes. Nothing in this Section limits a Client’s right to submit a fee dispute to the State Bar of Georgia’s fee arbitration program, to file a grievance with the State Bar of Georgia, or to assert any right the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct do not permit a lawyer to require a client to waive. If a Client elects the State Bar fee arbitration program for a fee dispute, that program’s rules govern that dispute.

30-day opt-out. You may opt out of the arbitration agreement and class action waiver in this Section by sending a written notice to cmcclurgesq@gmail.com within thirty (30) days after you first accept these Terms, stating your full name, the email address you used with Firm, and that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out will not affect any other part of these Terms or your ability to use the Site.

Changes. If Firm changes this Section after you accept these Terms, you may reject the change by notifying Firm in writing within thirty (30) days after the change takes effect, in which case the prior version of this Section will continue to apply to you.

Survival. This Section survives termination of these Terms and the end of any engagement.

22.Governing Law and Venue

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Site are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia and, where applicable, the federal laws of the United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles that would require application of another jurisdiction’s law. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Subject to Section 21, you and Firm agree that the state and federal courts located in or serving [county of Firm’s principal office] County, Georgia have exclusive jurisdiction and are the exclusive venue for any court proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site, and each party consents to personal jurisdiction in those courts and waives any objection based on inconvenient forum. Firm’s duties to a Client in a particular court proceeding are governed by the Agreement for that matter.

23.Termination and Suspension

By you. You may stop using the Site at any time. If you are a Client, you may end your engagement as described in your Agreement; ending your engagement does not by itself delete your Client Portal or Firm’s file, which Firm retains as its professional obligations require.

By Firm. Firm may suspend or terminate your access to the Site or the Client Portal, or refuse any intake, at any time and without prior notice if Firm reasonably believes you have violated these Terms, if required by law, to protect the security of the Site or other Users, or if Firm discontinues the Site. Where you are a Client, Firm will exercise this right only in a manner consistent with Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16, will give you reasonable notice, and will take reasonable steps to protect your interests, including providing your file and any unearned fee refund as the Rules require.

Effect. Upon termination, the license granted to you in Section 14 ends and you must stop using the Site. Sections that by their nature should survive, including Sections 2, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18 through 22, and 26, survive termination.

24.Changes to These Terms

Firm may revise these Terms from time to time. When it does, Firm will post the revised Terms on this page and update the “Last updated” date above. For material changes, Firm will also provide notice by email to Clients and Prospective Clients with a matter in progress, or by a prominent notice on the Site or in the Client Portal, at least fifteen (15) days before the change takes effect, unless a shorter period is required by law or to address a security issue.

Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of revised Terms constitutes acceptance of the revision. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Site. Revised Terms do not change an Agreement you have already accepted, which may be changed only in a signed writing, and do not retroactively alter the dispute-resolution provisions that applied to a dispute that arose before the revision.

25.Force Majeure

Firm is not liable for any delay or failure in the operation of the Site, or in performing any obligation under these Terms, caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, severe weather, epidemics, fire, flood, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, governmental action, court closures, utility or internet outages, failures of third-party providers such as hosting, email, payment, or authentication services, and cyberattacks that Firm could not reasonably have prevented. Firm will use reasonable efforts to resume performance promptly. This Section does not excuse Firm from meeting a court deadline for a Client where the Agreement covers that deadline and the Rules require Firm to act; in that event Firm will take the steps a reasonable attorney would take, including seeking an extension.

26.General Provisions

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any Agreement you have accepted, are the entire agreement between you and Firm regarding the Site and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings about the Site. In the event of a conflict, the order of precedence is: (1) the Agreement, as to the engagement it covers; (2) these Terms; (3) the Privacy Policy, except as to privacy matters, where the Privacy Policy controls.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, except as stated in Section 21regarding the class action waiver.

No waiver. Firm’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision or of Firm’s right to enforce it later. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by Firm.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights under them without Firm’s prior written consent, and any attempted assignment is void. Firm may assign these Terms to a successor to its practice, subject to the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, including Rule 1.17, and will notify you of any such assignment.

Survival. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination or expiration of these Terms, including those relating to definitions, fees, confidentiality, user content, intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, governing law, and this Section, will survive.

No third-party beneficiaries. These Terms are for the benefit of you and Firm only. Except for Firm’s attorneys, staff, contractors, and service providers as to Sections 19 and 20, no other person has any right to enforce them.

Relationship of the parties. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship between you and Firm. The attorney-client relationship, when formed, is governed by the Agreement and the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.

Notices. Notices to Firm under these Terms must be sent by email to cmcclurgesq@gmail.com or by mail to Firm’s principal office listed in Section 5, and are effective on receipt. Notices to you may be sent to the email address you provided and are effective when sent.

Headings and interpretation. Section headings and the plain-English summary are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The words “including” and “for example” mean “including without limitation.” The singular includes the plural and vice versa. These Terms will not be construed against either party as the drafter. References to statutes and rules include their successors and amendments.

Export and sanctions. You represent that you are not located in, and are not a resident or national of, any country subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions, and are not on any U.S. government restricted-party list.

Electronic copy. A printed or electronically stored copy of these Terms and of any notice given in electronic form is admissible in any proceeding to the same extent as other business records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

27.Accessibility

Firm is committed to making the Site usable by as many people as possible, including people who use assistive technology, and aims to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. If you have difficulty using any part of the Site or the Client Portal, or need an accommodation to communicate with Firm or to receive the Services in an alternative format, please contact Firm at cmcclurgesq@gmail.com or (321) 294-9540. Firm will work with you to provide the information or Service through a means that works for you, such as by phone, mail, or an accessible document format.

28.Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

Firm respects the intellectual-property rights of others. If you believe that material on the Site infringes a copyright you own or control, send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), to Firm’s designated agent at cmcclurgesq@gmail.com (subject line “DMCA Notice”) or by mail to Firm’s principal office listed in Section 5, Attn: Copyright Agent. Your notice must include: (a) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit Firm to locate it; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

Firm will respond to valid notices, may remove or disable access to the material, and may terminate the access of repeat infringers. A person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). [ATTORNEY: to claim the § 512(c) safe harbor, register the designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent Directory and keep the registration current (renewal every three years).]

29.Contact Information

Questions about these Terms, notices, and opt-out requests may be directed to:

The State Bar of Georgia, 104 Marietta Street NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, gabar.org, regulates Georgia attorneys and can confirm an attorney’s license and standing.