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Copyright

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Disclaimer

This site is intended to provide information about the background, interests and practice of an individual attorney in accordance with applicable California law and the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of California. It is a communication as defined by Chapter Seven of those Rules of Professional Conduct, and per Rule 7.2, Charles Hartley is responsible for its content. It is an advertisement as defined by California Business and Professions Code sections 6157 et seq. This site is not intended to promote or advertise the professional services of Charles Hartley where he is not presently legally authorized to practice law or where such promotion or advertisement would otherwise be illegal or unethical.

Use of this site does not create an attorney-client relationship between Charles Hartley and the receiver. Users of this site should not act upon any information received without seeking the advice of professional counsel for their specific factual situation.

Mr. Hartley offers a "free initial consultation" for prospective new clients. This allows both the attorney and the prospective new client time to evaluate each other and the client's issues and objectives before entering into a contract for professional services. This includes one meeting or extended telephone conversation and whatever research Mr. Hartley deems necessary to evaluate if there is a reasonable likelihood he can ethically accomplish the client's proposed goals and objectives. In cases involving complex issues this research may only be preliminary to a more detailed review of the legal issues that are the basis of the professional engagement.

Privacy Policy

The privacy of the visitors of this site is the highest priority. This site does not collect any user identifiable information except that explicitly provided by the user in the form of an e-mail. E-mail addresses received in this manner are only used for direct communication between Charles Hartley and the user and are not provided to third parties except in such cases where the user and a third party may both be recipients of the same e-mail message.

Data such as IP numbers and browser specifications from visitors to the site is collected and used only for diagnostic purposes and to administer the site. No effort is made to match this data to invidual visitors. Charles Hartley does not sell or provide this data to any other parties.

This site contains links to other external web sites that do not fall within the hartley-law dot com domain, but Charles Hartley has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such external web sites.