Legal Practice Areas
Choosing an attorney that specializes in the right legal practice area can be confusing. LegalLync's Legal Practice Areas section provides information about the different areas of law.
Choosing an attorney that specializes in the right legal practice area can be confusing. LegalLync's Legal Practice Areas section provides information about the different areas of law.
Personal injury law deals with intentional or unintentional wrongdoing that causes injury to a person’s body, emotions, or reputation.
Examples of cases Personal Injury attorneys handle:
Real Estate law involves land or construction ownership, development, litigation, tenant rights, or landlord disputes. Attorneys in this field may work on residential or commercial transactions, review contracts, or work in planning and other government offices.
Examples of issues immigration attorneys handle:
Criminal law focuses on behaviors that are sanctioned under criminal code and defined as illegal. Prosecutors and District Attorneys sanction illegal behavior, while criminal defense lawyers represent clients accused of criminal activity. Both prosecution and defense professionals deal with issues of individual liberty, basic rights, and responsibilities.
Most common criminal
Corporate law involves the formation, dissolution, and all other legal aspects of the administration of corporations. Typical duties of corporate lawyers include mergers, acquisitions, internal reorganization, or disputes between corporations and individuals concerning liability, patents, and compliance with state and federal law, as well as international accords. A legal professional whose sole client is a corporation is generally known as in-house counsel.
Examples of Cases Represented by Business Law Attorneys:
If you want to make a profit from your original works and/or inventions, you need to protect your intellectual property (IP). Working with an experienced lawyer to assist you in your application to protect your IP rights can be very useful. As a business, owning your intellectual property can increase the value of the business itself. Deciding on the right type of intellectual property protection is also important. There are three primary types of IP that you should become familiar with.
A patent is a form of intellectual property that protects inventions. The two most common types of patents are Utility Patents and Design Patents.
If you develop a new kind of machine or your tech company develops new software, you may need a patent. Please note that software can be both copyrighted (for the code) and patented (for the invention). Deciding on one versus the other has significant consequences. Sometimes you may need both. To decide which it is best to consult an experienced attorney.
A trademark protects brand names, taglines, and logos. Logos are considered Design Marks while plain text names and taglines are considered Word Marks. You may need both types of trademarks. Service Marks are used to protect the names of intangible assets like ideas and songs.
For example, if you own a business and you want to make sure nobody else in your area uses the same name and logo as you, a trademark would protect you.
A copyright protects authors, artists and creators. Copyrights cover creative works such as songs, novels, movies, computer software, poetry and architecture.
EIf you own a manufacturing company and develop original designs for a product or you are a car salesman and you write a book about your sales processes, you need to register for a copyright to protect your valuable creations.
A Last Will and Testament (“Will”) is a legal document that gives directions as to who is to receive your property after your death, who will administer your estate, who will serve as guardian of your children, if needed, and other provisions. It is very important that you communicate your wishes to your loved ones and give them guidance in making difficult decisions. Questions of who will watch over your children and even pets can be left to the courts to decide if you die without a Will.
Unfortunately, family conflicts are too common when a loved one dies without a Will. Without clear instructions and direction on distributing your assets, your family may be left without direction and may experience disagreement.
A Will helps make sure your loved ones are taken care of how you want. When loved ones pass away it can be a very difficult time for families, having a Will gives at least a small amount of comfort during a difficult time.
Should you use a Living Trust, Testamentary Trust, or a Revocable Trust? There are different types of Trusts and each one has different benefits. Trusts can help you:
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comply with law
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Users are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation of any firm being considered. The determination of the need for legal services and the choice of legal representation are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely on advertisements, claims of expertise, or on the cost of rendering the requested legal services.
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Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or LegalLync services shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the city of Tampa, Florida, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either the User or LegalLync may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in the city of Tampa, Florida, necessary to protect the rights or property of the User or LegalLync pending the completion of arbitration. This arbitration clause does not prohibit either LegalLync or the User from seeking to have the arbitration dismissed or judicially terminated on the basis the claims in arbitration action fail to provide a legal basis upon which a claim for relief may be granted. Any motion or action to dismiss must be filed in a court of general jurisdiction within the in the city of Tampa, Florida.
Lawyers who use LegalLync agree to charge no more than $50 for an initial 30-minute consultation. Lawyers may elect to waive the initial consultation fee if that is your normal practice. The purpose of the initial consultation is to help the potential client user assess his or her legal problem, determine if additional legal services are needed, and explain the potential client’s legal options. If the problem requires legal work beyond the initial consultation and the lawyer and potential client mutually decide to accept each other, at that point the lawyer user and the client must negotiate lawyer fees as would be the case with any other client. LegalLync encourages the lawyer to obtain a signed written fee agreement from the client before they proceed with any legal work beyond the first 30-minute consultation.
i. Ongoing Membership. Your LegalLync membership will continue month- to-month and automatically renew unless and until you cancel your membership or we terminate it. You must have mobile data or Internet access and provide us with a current, valid, accepted method of payment (as such may be updated from time to time, "Payment Method") to use the LegalLync service. We will bill the monthly membership fee to your Payment Method. You must cancel your membership before it renews each month in order to avoid billing of the next month's membership fees to your Payment Method.
ii. Differing Memberships. We may offer a number of membership plans, including special promotional plans or memberships with differing conditions and limitations. Any materially different terms from those described in these Terms of Use will be disclosed at your sign-up or in other communications made available to you. We reserve the right to modify, terminate or otherwise amend our offered membership plans.
i. Recurring Billing. By starting your LegalLync membership and providing or designating a Payment Method, you authorize us to charge you a monthly or annual membership fee at the then current rate, and any other charges you may incur in connection with your use of the LegalLync service, such as taxes or possible transaction fees, to your Payment Method. You acknowledge that the amount billed each month or year may vary for reasons that may include differing amounts due to promotional offers, including promotional code redemption and/or changing a plan, and you authorize us to charge your Payment Method for such varying amounts, which may be billed in one or more charges.
ii. Price Changes. We reserve the right to adjust pricing for our service or any components thereof in any manner and at any time as we may determine in our sole and absolute discretion. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in these Terms of Use, any price changes to your membership will take effect following email notice to you.
iii. Billing Cycle. The membership fee for our service will be billed at the beginning of the paying portion of your membership and each month or year thereafter unless and until you cancel your membership. We automatically bill your Payment Method each month or year on the calendar day corresponding to the commencement of your paying membership. Membership fees are fully earned upon payment. We reserve the right to change the timing of our billing, in particular, as indicated below, if your Payment Method has not successfully settled. In the event your paying membership began on a day not contained in a given month, we may bill your Payment Method on a day in the applicable month or such other day as we deem appropriate. For example, if you started your monthly LegalLync membership or became a paying member on January 31st, your next payment date is likely to be February 28th, and your Payment Method would be billed on that date. Your renewal date may change due to changes in your Membership. We may authorize your Payment Method in anticipation of membership or service-related charges. As used in these Terms of Use, "billing" shall indicate a charge, debit or other payment clearance, as applicable, against your Payment Method. Unless otherwise stated differently, month, monthly, annual or annually refers to your billing cycle.
iv. No Refunds. PAYMENTS ARE NONREFUNDABLE AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OR CREDITS FOR PARTIALLY USED PERIODS. Following any cancellation, however, you will continue to have access to the service through the end of your current billing period. At any time, and for any reason, we may provide a refund, discount, or other consideration to some or all of our Users ("credits"). The amount and form of such credits, and the decision to provide them, are at our sole and absolute discretion. The provision of credits in one instance does not entitle you to credits in the future for similar instances, nor does it obligate us to provide credits in the future, under any circumstance.
v. Payment Methods. You may edit your Payment Method information your account settings. If a payment is not successfully settled, due to expiration, insufficient funds, or otherwise, and you do not edit your Payment Method information or cancel your account (see, "Cancellation" below), you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts and authorize us to continue billing the Payment Method, as it may be updated. This may result in a change to your payment billing dates. For certain Payment Methods, the issuer of your Payment Method may charge you a foreign transaction fee or other charges. Check with your Payment Method service provider for details.
vi. Cancellation. You may cancel your LegalLync membership at any time, and you will continue to have access to the LegalLync service through the end of your monthly or annual billing period. WE DO NOT PROVIDE REFUNDS OR CREDITS FOR ANY PARTIAL-MONTH OR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP PERIODS. To cancel, go to the your account settings. If you cancel your membership, your account will automatically close at the end of your current billing period.
This agreement, the Agreement, incorporates by reference our Privacy Policy and constitutes the entire understanding between the User and LegalLync regarding the User's relationship to our application.
Users can reach our application from all fifty states and around the world. Each of these places has a different set of laws. Since LegalLync cannot keep track of all these laws and their requirements, the Agreement and the relationship between the User and LegalLync shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
If LegalLync fails to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement, that failure shall not be used to prove that LegalLync has waived the right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. The User agrees that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the application or the Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
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