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Sergio Rufo of Rufo Law Group is the lawyer responsible for the content of this website, hereinafter referred to as “Website.” Sergio Rufo is licensed to practice law in Hawai`i, Guam, the CNMI, and Michigan.
As necessary, attorneys are admitted pro hac vice to practice in jurisdictions throughout the country. The website is sponsored by Rufo Law Group; Levin Papantonio Rafferty; Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise; and Skikos, Crawford, Skikos & Joseph (“Law Firms”). Please see the websites of each law firm for important disclaimers, disclosures, and states of admission. Rufo Law Group’s bona fide main office is located at 1050 Bishop St, Unit 322, Honolulu, HI 96813. Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise’s bona fide main office is located at 935 Gravier St., Suite 1600, New Orleans, LA 70112. Levin Papantonio Rafferty’s bona fide main office is located at 316 South Baylen Street Pensacola, Florida 32502. Skikos, Crawford, Skikos & Joseph’s bona fide main office is located at One Sansome Street, Suite 2830 San Francisco, CA 94104.
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ATTORNEY ADVERTISING
ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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Neither your use of this website nor any e-mail you send to any of our lawyers will create an attorney-client relationship. Such a relationship can be formed only through a personal conversation between you and one of our lawyers, after a thorough screening for potential conflicts that we might have. You will only become a client of the Law Firms if and when you sign an agreement setting forth the scope of the Law Firms’ engagement and other relevant matters. If these materials are inconsistent with the rules governing attorney communications in a particular jurisdiction, and the materials result in a client contact in such jurisdiction, the Law Firms may be prohibited from assuming representation of the client contact.
This site contains only information and not legal advice. The information on this website is for informational purposes only and may not reflect the most current legal developments. Nothing on this site is a solicitation to represent you. Nothing on this site suggests that you need or do not need legal services. No attorney-client relationship is created by the information at this website. You should not take any action or decline to take any action concerning a legal matter based on the information on this website without first obtaining the advice of a lawyer licensed in your jurisdiction.
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The materials on this Website may not reflect the most current legal developments, verdicts or settlements, and should not be considered an indication of future results. We have included information on this website about matters we have handled for our clients, and in some cases, information about money judgments or other outcomes we have obtained. Information of this sort is not a guarantee or prediction of results in matters that we may handle in the future because all matters, clients, and circumstances are unique.
The inclusion of prior matters and prior results are meant only to provide information about the experience of our lawyers. The inclusion of this information is not intended as a guarantee or indication that the same or similar results can be obtained in every matter. Users of this website should not assume similar results can be obtained or rely upon prior results to make a determination on engaging with the Law Firms.
You can find information about the jurisdictions in which our lawyers are licensed to practice in the “Our Team” section of this website. A more inclusive list of where all lawyers of the Law Firms are licensed to practice can be found on the individual websites of the Law Firms. The ability of any lawyer to engage in any activities for a client outside that lawyer’s states of licensure is subject to state statutes, professional codes, and court rules. The Law Firms do not seek, and this website is not intended to solicit, legal engagement in jurisdictions outside our lawyers’ states of licensure when that engagement would constitute the unauthorized practice of law in any jurisdiction.
Unless a lawyer’s biography explicitly states otherwise, no lawyer makes a claim of “expertise,” “specialization,” or “board certification.” Unless explicitly noted in a lawyer’s biography, no lawyer is certified or recognized as a specialist or an expert in any area of law, and they are not licensed to practice law in any state except the state in which they actually reside. The descriptions of our lawyers and our firm’s areas of practice do not state or imply that our lawyers hold certifications or are specialists or experts in any particular areas of law.
We handle cases in our practice areas in most states. However, our firm’s lawyers are not admitted to practice law in every state. In those jurisdictions in which our firm’s lawyers are not admitted to practice, we will associate with co-counsel from the relevant jurisdiction who actively participate in both the investigation and prosecution of any potential claims, as per the requirements of each such jurisdiction, at no additional cost to our clients, to assist with the matter. In cases in which we associate with local co-counsel, we will typically act as primary counsel and the local co-counsel will actively participate. Unless it is expressly stated on a particular page of this website, the Law Firms intend to act as primary counsel in representing clients. Occasionally, it is possible that our co-counsel will take the leading role. Whenever that is the case, we will obtain the client’s advance, written permission.
In accordance with Internal Revenue Service requirements, any information on this website that could be construed as United States tax advice is not written or intended to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed on this website.
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PRIVACY POLICY & ATTORNEY ADVERTISING DISCLAIMERS
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our website. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described. We use only use your personal information for responding to your inquiries and providing you with the most relevant use of our website. By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection And Use
While using our website, we have contact forms that you could choose to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to respond to your inquiry. Personal, identifiable, information may include but is not limited to, your email address, name, phone number, postal address or other information. We collect this information for the purpose of communicating with you, responding to your requests and/or inquiries.
In addition, we may use third-party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze information, including but not limited to traffic counts, time spent on the website, and location information of website users in order to make our website more relevant to website users. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information. Please see the section regarding Location Information below regarding the use of your location information and your options.
Location Information
We may use your location depending on the permissions you have set on your device. We use this information to refine and optimize our website to provide the most relevant content to the relevant user and to improve our website. You can enable or disable location services when you use our website at any time, through your mobile device settings.
Cookies
Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and transferred to your device. We use cookies to collect information in order to improve our website for you. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The Help feature on most browsers provides information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies, or notify you when receiving a new cookie.
Behavioral Re-marketing
We use re-marketing services, including but not limited to Facebook and Google AdWords to advertise on third-party websites to you after you visited our website. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our website.
Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google, Inc. You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads
Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout – for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook, Inc. You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950
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For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the Personal Information we have collected from you.
Links To Other Sites
Our Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
Only persons aged 18 or older have permission to access our website. Our Website does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you learn that your Children have provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide by and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will place a prominent notice on our website.
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*Georgia Residents: “No Recovery, No Fee or Costs” refers to fees charged by the attorney and costs advanced by the attorney. In cases handled by the Law Firms, court costs and other additional expenses of legal action are only paid by the client if the client recovers. If there is no recovery in a claim, the client will not be required to reimburse the firm for case costs expended or incurred. Contingent fees are not permitted in all types of cases.
South Carolina Residents: A client will be liable for any expenses in addition to the fee only if the Law Firms recover money for the claim. The fee will be a percentage of the recovery and will be computed before deducting the expenses. If there is no recovery, the client will owe the firm nothing for fees or expenses.