Terms of Service

These Terms of Service govern your use of the website owned and operated by Rivers Law Firm PLLC, a North Carolina professional limited liability company ("the Firm," "we," "us," or "our"). Ersula Rivers is the attorney responsible for the content of this website.

By accessing or using this website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

These Terms govern your use of the website only. If you become a client of the Firm, your engagement agreement governs our representation of you, and nothing in these Terms limits or alters that agreement or any obligation we owe you under the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct.

Our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer (located in the footer of all site pages) are incorporated into these Terms by reference.

1. No legal advice

The materials and information available on this website are for marketing, informational, and educational purposes only. They do not constitute legal advice, and they are not a substitute for advice from an attorney about your particular situation. Your use of this site or submission of information via forms does not establish an attorney-client relationship between you and Rivers Law Firm PLLC or Ersula Rivers.

You should not act, or refrain from acting, based on anything you read on this website. The law changes often, and updates to content on this website may lag behind the most recent legal developments.

While attorney Ersula Rivers is licensed to practice law in both the State of North Carolina and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we practice law in North Carolina only. This website is not intended to solicit clients in, and does not offer legal services in, jurisdictions where we are not licensed and do not practice law. Nothing on this website should be construed as the practice of law in any jurisdiction where we are not admitted.

Refer to our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer (located in the footer of all site pages) for information about how an attorney-client relationship is formed.

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2. Virtual firm structure

We operate as a fully virtual law firm based in North Carolina. We do not maintain a public office and do not receive walk-in visitors. Most matters are handled by video conference, telephone, and secure electronic document exchange. In-person meetings are available by advance appointment at professional meeting locations we arrange and, where a client's health, mobility, or circumstances require it, at the client's home or care facility.

3. Acceptable use of forms

Our contact and inquiry forms are provided to allow prospective clients to make initial contact with the Firm. You agree not to use this website or our forms to transmit spam, malicious code, or defamatory, harassing, or unlawful content, or to attempt to gain unaughroized access to our systems, our platform providers' systems, or another person's information. You also agree not to use automated means to scrape, harvest, or copy content from this website.

Please do not send confidential or sensitive information through this website before we have a signed engagement agreement. This includes Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, medical or diagnostic information, confidential business informaition, and detailed facts about your situation or documents relating to it. Communications sent through this website travel over the internet and through third-party platforms and are not a secure channel.

This website is not a means of obtaining urgent or time-sensitive assistance. Legal matters are subject to deadlines, including statutes of limitations and filing deadlines that can permanently affect your rights. Submitting a form does not stop any deadline from running and does not obligate us to take any action on your behalf. If your matter is urgent, call directly.

We may restrict or block access to the website by anyone who violates these Terms.

4. Intellectual property

All content, design, graphics, images, and text on this website are the property of the Firm or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

You may view, download, and print website content for your own personal, non-commercial reference. Any other use, including reproduction, republication, distribution, or use in a derivative for, requires our prior written permission. "Rivers Law Firm", "Rivers Law Firm PLLC", and our logo are marks of Rivers Law Firm PLLC.

We do not claim ownership of, or any license in, information you submit to us through this website. Information you submit is handled as described in our Privacy Policy and consistent with our professional obligations.

5. Disclaimer of warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, resulting from your use of this website. This website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components or that content on the website is accurate, complete, or current.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by North Carolina law, the Firm is not liable for any damages arising out of your access to, use of, or inability to use this website, or arising out of any action you take or do not take based on website content. This section applies to your use of this website only. It does not apply to, limit, or affect any duty the Firm owes to a client under an engagement with the Firm or under the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct, and nothing in these Terms prospectively limits the Firm's liability to a client for malpractice.

7. Third-party links and platforms

This website may link to third-party websites and is operated using third-party service providers. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or availability of third-party websites. A link is not an endorsement, and it does not create any relationship between you and the Firm or between the Firm and the linked sites.

8. Electronic communications

By using this website, you consent to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing. This does not change the requirement that an attorney-client relationship be established by a signed engagement agreement, and it does not make email or website forms a secure channel for confidential information.

9. Privacy

Our collection and use of information is described in our Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms.

10. Changes to these terms

We may revised these Terms at any time by posting an updated version and changing the "Latest Revision Date". Your continued use of the website after we post changes means you accept those changes. Material changes will be posted prominently.

11. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising out of these Terms or your use of this website will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Wake County, North Carolina.

12. Severability and waiver

If any provisions of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.

13. Accessibility

We are committed to making this website usable by people with disabilities and work to improve accessibility on an ongoing basis. If you encounter a barrier, contact us at [email protected] and we will assist you and work to correct the issue.