This website has been created because existing and prospective mediation and law practice clients have repeatedly asked for easy access via the Internet to the sorts of information contained herein, for their own informational purposes.  Your use of the site and of the information and materials provided on this site (its "Contents") are subject to the following terms and conditions, to which, by accessing this site and utilizing its Contents, you will be deemed to have agreed. 

Disclaimer of warranties, express or implied.  Alan G. Dowling, A Professional Corporation (the Firm) cannot and does not warrant that the Contents of this site are accurate, complete or up to date, nor do the Contents necessarily reflect the opinions of the Firm, any of its attorneys or staff, or our clients. The Firm assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the Contents, which are provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Firm may periodically update, augment, change and improve the site and its Contents without notice.

No legal services or attorney client relationship.  Nothing contained in this site shall constitute, nor should it be relied upon as, legal advice. Your accessing and use of this site and its Contents does not, in itself, create an attorney-client relationship between you and the Firm, nor does your transmission of information to the Firm via email or the Firm's receipt of such information.  The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon the Contents of this (or any other) site. If you want legal advice you should consult a lawyer directly, fully apprising them of the particulars of your situation. The Firm cannot and will not accept clients unless and until both the Firm and the client have agreed to establish an attorney-client relationship, and even then only in accordance with certain procedures, including requirements of California law.  The Firm will not render legal advice until after those procedures have been complied with in full. In producing this site and its Contents, the Firm has endeavored to comply with all known legal and ethical requirements. To the extent any rules require the Firm to designate a principal office and/or a single attorney responsible for this site, the Firm designates as its office the address set forth in the Contact Information portion of this site, and designates Alan G. Dowling as the attorney responsible for the site.

Confidentiality.  If you wish to contact or correspond with anyone at the Firm via email, please note that despite appropriate precautions, no email or other form of electronic communication of information can be completely protected against disclosure to someone other than your intended recipient.  The Firm makes no representation that email sent to the Firm will be entirely private or even received by the intended recipient.  In any event, please do not send to the Firm any information that you deem to be confidential unless and until you have established an attorney-client relationship with the Firm.

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