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1 Terms and Conditions The use of angieavardturnerlaw.com, including all materials online and all services provided by Angie Avard Turner Law, LLC (hereafter Angie Avard Turner Law), is subject to the following terms and conditions. By using angieavardturnerlaw.com or creating a Client Account through Angie Avard Turner Law virtual law office portal, you agree, without any modification, to these terms and conditions. You also acknowledge reading the terms and conditions. The materials on angieavardturnerlaw.com contain general information to help you learn more about our firm and its services as well as business law as it pertains to the gift industry and creative entrepreneurs. The information presented on our website in NOT legal advice, and is not to be relied upon as such. The information on our website is subject to change without any notice. 1. No Attorney Client Relationship or Legal Advice Established Neither receipt of information presented on angieavardturnerlaw.com nor any or other electronic communication sent to Angie Avard Turner Law or its attorneys through angieavardturnerlaw.com will create an attorney client relationship. No user of angieavardturnerlaw.com should act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of information included on angieavardturnerlaw.com without first consulting an attorney in the relevant jurisdiction. 2. Modification of Terms Angie Avard Turner Law reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which angieavardturnerlaw.com is offered. By using angieavardturnerlaw.com or sending our office any personal information, you agree to this policy, and you are deemed bound to this policy in effect beginning on the date of such use. 3. Licensing to Practice Law Jurisdictions in which our attorneys are licensed to practice are indicated within the About page on angieavardturnerlaw.com. Angieavardturnerlaw.com is not intended as advertising or solicitation in any jurisdiction where the site would be so characterized and fails to comply with all applicable laws and ethical rules of that jurisdiction. 4. Virtual/Online Law Office and Client Account/Personal Login Page Angie Avard Turner Law provides its clients and potential clients with the ability to create a Client Account and access certain attorney client communications with our office and client documents through a secure personal home page on angieavardturnerlaw.com. To utilize a Client Account, you must be sent an from angieavardturnerlaw.com inviting you to create this account. This invitation is only done after an initial communication either by phone, written correspondence, or a face to face meeting. Creating a Client Account does not, in and of itself, establish an attorney/client relationship with Angie Avard Turner Law.

2 Any information received by Angie Avard Turner Law through the registration process is held in strict confidence. We do not sell or otherwise disclose to third parties any personal information that you provide through angieavardturnerlaw.com except as may be required by law or in response to an investigation by law enforcement or other government authorities. By establishing a Client Account, you acknowledge and agree that in connection with your request for a Client Account, and your use of your Client Account, that you have read and agree to this Terms and Conditions of Use related to angieavardturnerlaw.com including use of your Client Account, you have read and understand the security processes that we maintain, and that there are always risks inherent with the transmission, storage, viewing and retrieval of data and files over the internet, including through angieavardturnerlaw.com. You are solely and fully responsible for the security of your username and password and for any consequences that arise out of your failure to maintain the confidentiality of your username and password. You must notify our office of any unauthorized use of a breach in security of your Client Account. Your right to use your Client Account is personal to you, is for your personal and individual use, and you will not permit any others to use it. Angie Avard Turner Law reserves the right to suspend, revoke or terminate your use of angieavardturnerlaw.com and/or your Client Account at any time without notice to you. 5. Virtual/Online Law Office Security Transactions communicated through our virtual online law office application and through your Client Account are conducted over Secure HTTP, which provides you with the highest industry standard protection available on the web. All payments are processed by Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) complaint credit card processors, and no credit card or payment account numbers are stored on our servers. 6. Links and Addresses Links posted on this angieavardturnerlaw.com to other websites are provided only as a convenience to our clients. Neither Angie Avard Turner Law nor angieavardturnerlaw.com assumes responsibility for the content, security or reliability of any websites to which we have posted links. Spamming, the unsolicited broadcasts of addresses or links in this website, is prohibited and unauthorized. 7. Scope of Legal Services An attorney client relationship with prospective clients is established only after an attorney of Angie Avard Turner Law has expressly communicated the ability to accept representation of your matter. Angie Avard Turner Law may decline to provide legal service if a conflict of interest is discovered. The scope of legal services to be performed by an attorney of Angie Avard Turner Law will be expressly agreed upon in writing by you before any legal services are performed, and do not include any services that have been expressly excluded or are otherwise outside the scope of the written agreement.

3 8. Client Funds No fee will be charged or obligation incurred by registering on our online law office. In some situations, a client s funds will not be transferred to Angie Avard Turner Law until the legal services requested by the client are ready to be accessed and received by the client on their personal login page. However, most requested services require the upfront payment of the agreed upon fee before Angie Avard Turner Law will begin work. After the client s payment of the agreed upon price is confirmed through a Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) compliant credit card processor, the client will have complete access to the legal advice, documents, research or other services provided by the attorney. If further communication with the attorney is required, the client may post a separate question regarding the received legal services or request a price quote for additional legal work. 9. Termination of Attorney Client Relationship An attorney client relationship with prospective clients is established only after an attorney of Angie Avard Turner Law has expressly communicated the ability to accept representation of your matter. Once an attorney client relationship is established in writing, the client has the right to terminate the relationships with or without cause at any time. If the client decides to terminate the attorney client relationship, the client will only be obligated to pay for the services performed up until the date the cancellation was communicated to our office. Any outstanding funds for services not performed will be refunded to the client within 14 business days. 10. Cookies We use session cookies to ensure that your computer displays angieavardturnerlaw.com effectively. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies using your web browser settings. If you choose not to accept cookies from angieavardturnerlaw.com, you may not be able to take full advantage of its features or to receive some of the services angieavardturnerlaw.com provides. 11. Warranty or Liability The information presented on angieavardturnerlaw.com is provided as is and as available, without representation or warranty of any kind. Angie Avard Turner Law does not represent or warrant that such information is or will be always current, complete, or accurate. Any representation or warranty that might be otherwise implied is expressly disclaimed. You agree that Angie Avard Turner Law is not liable to you or others, in any way or for any damages of any kind, arising from the use of angieavardturnerlaw.com, including, but not limited to, liability or damaged caused by viruses contained within electronic files of this site or any linked site, regardless of prior notice to our office. 12. Copyright Unless otherwise indicated, all angieavardturner.com materials, including, without

4 limitation, the Angie Avard Turner Law logo, all designs, text, graphics, other files, and the selection and arrangement thereof, also termed the look and feel, are the proprietary and copyrighted property of Angie Avard Turner Law. You may electronically copy and print to hard copy portions of angieavardturnerlaw.com for the sole purpose of using materials it contains for information and non commercial, personal use only. All reproduced material requires Angie Avard Turner Law copyright notice in the form of Angie Avard Turner Law All Rights Reserved to be displayed on the relevant page(s). Any other use of the materials in angieavardturnerlaw.com including any commercial use, reproduction for purposes other than described above, modification, distribution, republication, display or performance without the prior written permission of Angie Avard Turner Law is strictly prohibited. 13. Jurisdiction The terms of this agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia. The state and federal courts located in Mitchell County, Georgia will have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising from or relating to this agreement, angieavardturnerlaw.com or any services provided by Angie Avard Turner Law. Each person who registers on this website consents irrevocably to personal jurisdiction in such courts with the respect to any matters and waives any defense of forum non conveniens. Furthermore, each person who registers on this website is deemed to have knowingly and voluntarily waived any right to a trial by jury in any case or controversy related to this agreement, angieavardturnerlaw.com or any services provided by Angie Avard Turner Law. 14. Assignment The rights and obligations created for you under this agreement may not be assigned to any other party. 15. Force Majeure Angie Avard Turner Law and any of its attorneys shall not be deemed to be in breach of this agreement for any delay or failure in performance caused by reasons out of its reasonable control, including acts of God or a public enemy; natural calamities; failure of a third party to perform; changes in the laws or regulations; actions of any civil, military or regulatory authority; power outage or other disruptions of communication methods or any other cause which would be out of the reasonable control of Angie Avard Turner Law. 16. Severance In the event that one or more of the provisions of this agreement shall be found unenforceable, illegal or invalid, it shall not affect any other provisions of this agreement, and this agreement shall be construed as if the provision found to be unenforceable, illegal or invalid had never been contained in the agreement, or the unenforceable, illegal or invalid provision shall be construed, amended and/or reformed to be made enforceable, legal and valid.

5 17. Complete Understanding These Terms and Conditions supersede any prior communication, representations or agreements between you and Angie Avard Turner Law and constitute the complete and final agreement related to the use of angieavardturnerlaw.com or any services provided by Angie Avard Turner Law. Udated: April 2014

6 Privacy Policy By visiting angieavardturnerlaw.com, you are consenting to the privacy policy of Angie Avard Turner Law, LLC (hereafter Angie Avard Turner Law ). 1. General Site You may enjoy angieavardturnerlaw.com anonymously. This site only collects the information you voluntarily provide to us including your name and address in order to subscribe to our newsletter and your name, address and website in order to post a comment on our blog. If you opt in to receive our newsletter, the option to unsubscribe will be included in every . We use session cookies to ensure that your computer displays angieavardturnerlaw.com effectively. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies using your web browser settings. If you choose not to accept cookies from angieavardturnerlaw.com, you may not be able to take full advantage of its features or to receive some of the services angieavardturnerlaw.com provides. The information you provide is used solely to process transactions, send periodic s (such as our newsletter) and improve the service we provide. We do share your information with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business and servicing clients and visitors. These trusted third parties agree to keep this information confidential. Your personal information will never be shared with unrelated third parties. 2. Secure Virtual/Online Law Office In order to use our online law office, you must first agree to our Terms and Conditions of Use Policy, register a username and password and provide additional personal information. This information will be used during your interaction and any following transactions with Angie Avard Turner Law to provide transactional legal services. Your information may be provided to a third party in order to provide the service you requested and/or as is required by law. All other use of your personal information will be limited to your attorney/client relationship, if one is established, with Angie Avard Turner Law. Our online law office uses cookies to store a session ID. Therefore, in order to register on the website, cookies must be enabled so that we can provide you with a secure transaction. Updates to this privacy policy will be posted on this page. If you have questions about our privacy policy, please us at avardturner@aol.com. Updated April 2014