The use of the Internet or the email contact form for communication with the firm or any individual member of the firm does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent through this website or the email contact form on this website. The Rains Law Firm, LLC cannot represent you until the firm determines that there is no conflict of interest and that it is willing and otherwise able to accept your matter. Until The Rains Law Firm, LLC has informed you in writing that it is willing and able to accept your matter and you have retained the firm, do not email or send the firm any information or documents that you consider private or confidential.

Attorneys, as with all providers of personal financial services, are required by law to inform their clients of their policies regarding privacy of client information. In compliance with such laws and with the professional rules and restrictions of the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, The Rains Law Firm, LLC is bound by stringent professional standards of confidentiality. References in this section to “us” and “we” represent all representatives of The Rains Law Firm, LLC, as described above.

Types of Personal Information We Collect
We may collect nonpublic personal information about our clients that is provided to us by our clients or obtained by us, to the best or our knowledge, with our clients’ authorization. We also may research and collect public personal information about individuals who contact our firm.

Parties to Whom We May Disclose Information
We do not disclose any non-public personal information obtained in the course of our practice except as required or permitted by law or authorized by our clients. Permitted disclosures include, for instance, providing information to us and, in limited situations, to unrelated third parties who need to know that information to assist us in providing services to our clients. In all such situations, we stress the confidential nature of information being shared.

Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of Current and Former Clients’ Information
We retain records relating to professional services that we provide so that we are better able to assist our clients with their professional needs and, in some cases, to comply with professional guidelines. In order to guard our clients’ nonpublic personal information, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with our professional standards.

Technological Information
Clients and other individuals may desire to utilize technological communication to facilitate their business relationship with The Rains Law Firm, LLC. We encourage the use of technology in communicating with us, yet we caution that technological communication is not always secure. Communication via email and other such non-secure methods are generally convenient and cost effective. Clients and other individuals, however, should assume that our firm does not have encryption capabilities with respect to such communications. Such individuals should understand that such communications are subject to being intercepted, misdirected, viewed, heard, or otherwise accessed by unknown sources, either inadvertently or intentionally. As such, The Rains Law Firm, LLC does not guarantee the confidentiality or security of such communications between individuals and our law firm. Accordingly, such individuals acknowledge and accept the risk of inadvertent disclosure with respect to the content of any such communication between them and our law firm. The Rains Law Firm, LLC discourages the use of communication via the above-mentioned non-secure methods with our law firm. If a client or other individual chooses to utilize non-secure methods of communication, such individuals accept all confidentiality risks and consequences associated therewith.

Social Media Policy
Persons interacting with The Rains Law Firm, LLC may find profiles for The Rains Law Firm, LLC posted in various social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube, among others. While the law firm may be “friends” or “linked” or otherwise connected with individuals through these applications, The Rains Law Firm, LLC will not communicate with its clients about their legal issues through these applications. Clients who attempt to communicate with our firm using these applications will be directed to other methods of communication.  The Rains Law Firm, LLC will respond directly to our clients’ communication within the secure Client Portal or through other means appropriate to the situation. The purpose of this policy is to avoid the unintentional communication of confidential client information through a non-secure and public online forum.