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Law Offices of Stephen E. Rasmussen, PC

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Use of this web site and contact with the Law Offices of Stephen E. Rasmussen, PC, as well as its attorneys and employees, is subject to the following terms:

The information provided in the Law Offices of Stephen E. Rasmussen, PC website is offered purely for informational purposes. It is not intended to create or promote an attorney-client relationship, and does not constitute and should not be relied upon as legal advice. It is not intended to seek professional employment in any state where lawyers in the firm are not admitted to practice, or in any state where this web site would not comply with applicable requirements concerning advertisements and solicitations. The existence of this website is also not a solicitation for clients who have already retained counsel. Furthermore, we cannot respond to inquiries or legal questions regarding the law of states where we are not licensed. The Law Offices of Stephen E. Rasmussen, PC limits their practice to the State of California. The law firm entity is a California Professional Corporation.

IRS regulations require us to advise you that, unless otherwise specifically noted, any federal tax advice in this web site communication (including any attachments, web links, or other accompanying materials) was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties; furthermore, this web site communication was not intended or written to support the promotion or marketing of any of the transactions or matters it addresses.

We intend to make every effort to keep the information on this web site current. We do not promise or guarantee, however, that the information is correct, complete, or up-to-date. Internet subscribers and online readers should not act based upon this information without seeking professional counsel from an attorney admitted to practice in their location.

Transmission of information from the Law Offices of Stephen E. Rasmussen, PC web site is not intended to create, and its receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship with the Law Offices of Stephen E. Rasmussen, PC or any of its individual attorneys or personnel. If you elect to communicate with the firm, or any of its attorneys, through this web site, be aware that electronic mail or form submissions to this law firm will also not create an attorney-client relationship.

Warning: Electronic mail is not confidential. You should never send confidential or sensitive information via electronic mail (or by voice mail, fax, or ordinary postal mail) except in the following circumstances:

You have a pre-existing relationship with the person to whom you are sending the communication, and that person has a contractual or otherwise legal obligation to keep the communication confidential; and

You have taken all reasonable steps to ensure the communication cannot be intercepted (e.g., you have verified that only the intended recipient can read the email or listen to the voice mail) and, in the case of electronic mail, you have encrypted the electronic mail so that a third person who intercepts it cannot read it.

Do not provide any confidential information to someone by electronic mail, voice mail, fax, or ordinary postal mail if you are not certain that the person receiving it will maintain the information as confidential. Do not post confidential information in a message sent to an internet/usenet "newsgroup," or to an internet "mailing list" or "discussion group" or any "listserv." For example, if you are seeking legal advice and you send an email to an attorney whom you have not already retained, you may later discover this attorney represents someone else in the same case. In that case, the attorney has a duty to disclose your information to that client. Although communications between an attorney and client are confidential, your communication is not confidential if you are not the attorney's client or if your communication is made in a setting where others are likely to receive it.

You should recognize electronic mail may be stored and forwarded through several computer systems, and it is possible someone may (improperly or illegally) access your electronic mail and disclose its contents to someone else. Any electronic mail sent to this law firm is sent by you with a waiver of confidentiality and a waiver of privacy. You do not become a client of this law firm by sending us electronic mail and we cannot agree to keep any electronic mail sent by you confidential. Persons become clients only by having a written engagement letter signed by both the person and a partner or shareholder in the law firm, and if applicable, the payment of a retainer fee resulting in the actual receipt of funds.

Deadlines are extremely important in most legal matters. You may lose important legal rights if you do not retain counsel immediately to address your legal needs. Many people, including attorneys, are not able check their electronic mail frequently. Additionally, we may not respond to unsolicited electronic mail from non-clients. For this reason, it is important you do not wait until the last minute to seek legal advice or retain counsel on a particular matter.

Finally, the content of this website (including all text, graphics, audio, video, proprietary source code and design elements) is the property of the Law Offices of Stephen E. Rasmussen, PC and is protected by US and international copyright law.