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No Attorney Client Relationship Without A Retainer:

Nothing on this website is intended to create an attorney-client relationship. To establish an attorney-client relationship, you have to meet with us and discuss the particulars of your case, and you have to sign a retainer agreement in which we agree to formally represent you. We say it often on this site – effective legal advice depends on understanding the unique facts of your case. There is no “one size fits all” in legal matters. You really, really, really should get a consultation with a lawyer if you have any serious legal issue.

General Advice vs Personal Legal Advice

This website is meant to provide general advice and information. We hope you find it useful. We want to provide some good, useful general advice and information to our community. We want to be like the WebMD of Maryland law.

However, nothing on this website can be construed as personal legal advice pertaining to your personal legal situation. To get that, you must get a consultation and discuss the unique facts of your case with a real, live attorney. Just reading the information on this site does not make you a lawyer. Not to sound like a broken record, but effective legal advice depends on understanding the unique facts of your case, and you really, really, really should get a consultation with a lawyer if you have any serious legal issue.

This firm expressly disclaims all liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on any content on this site. Go see a lawyer for a personal consultation before you take any action, or make any decisions about a legal issue you are facing.

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Our offices are located in Maryland, and we ONLY know and handle Maryland cases. Everything on this site is written according to Maryland law. We only follow Maryland’s ethics rules. If you are not in Maryland, I can almost promise you the law in your state is different. Get the advice of a local attorney. Don’t rely on anything on this site if you are outside the state of Maryland.

No Confidentiality in Electronic Communications

Anything you send us by email or other electronic communication is NOT secure and is NOT protected by attorney-client privilege. Do NOT send any sensitive or confidential information over email or by submitting a form on this site, unless and until you have established an attorney-client relationship with us by getting a personal consultation and signing a retainer.

Disclaimer of Warranties

This website, and all of it’s contents, are provided “as is” and without any warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Effective date December 11, 2023

This website, southernmarylandlaw.com (“Website”) is operated by Andrews, Bongar, Gormley & Clagett, PA (“us,” “we,” “our,” or “Company”).

Please read these Terms and Conditions for Use (“Terms & Conditions”) carefully before accessing or using the Website or the features contained within the Website, such as accessing the Website itself or using online forms (“Services”). By accessing or using the Website and the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree to all of the Terms & Conditions, then you may not access the Website or use any of the Services.

New features or tools added to the Website shall also be subject to the Terms & Conditions. You can review the most current version of the Terms & Conditions by visiting the Website at any time.

  1.       GENERAL CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to refuse Services to anyone for any reason at any time.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any content on the Website through which the Service is provided, without first obtaining express, written permission by us.

The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms & Conditions.

  1.       NON-EXCLUSIVE, NON-TRANSFERABLE LICENSE TO USE THE WEBSITE

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to view, copy, and print content on the site for your personal and limited commercial purposes as long as they do not violate any aspect of this Terms & Conditions or law, including our intellectual property rights. We reserve the right to terminate or limit your access to the Website and/or the licenses granted herein for any reason and in our sole discretion.

    III.       COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS

All content on the Website, including but not limited to design, text, software, technical drawings, configurations, graphics, other files, and their selection and arrangement (“Content”) are either copyrighted by us or are the proprietary property of us, our affiliates, or licensors. We reserve any and all rights to the Content. The Content may not be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means in whole or part without our prior written permission except you may download and print Content for uses that are not competitive with or derogatory to us, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. Please note that this limited consent may be revoked at any time by us and does not include consent to republish Content on the Internet, or any Intranet or Extranet site, or to incorporate the information in any database or other compilation. Any other use of the Content is strictly prohibited. You further agree that you will not systematically extract, collect, or harvest through electronic means or otherwise, any data or data fields from the Website, including but not limited to customer identities.

All trademarks on the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of us, our affiliates, or licensors and may not be copied, imitated, or used in whole or in part without the prior written permission of us. All page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of ours or our affiliates and may not be copied, imitated, or used in whole or in part without prior written permission of us.

  1.       USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, AND SUBMISSIONS

If at our request you send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, content, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively “Comments”), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate, and otherwise use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence, (2) to pay compensation for any comments, or (3) to respond to any comments.

We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit, or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, or otherwise objectionable to us or our business, customers, vendors and clients, or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms & Conditions.

You agree that your information and comments will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality, or another personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, or obscene materials or contain any computer virus or other malware or program that could in any way affect the operation of the Website, Services, or any other aspect of the Company. You agree that the information you provide will be true, accurate, and complete, without verification. You may not use a false email address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third party.

Submission of any information does not automatically create an attorney-client relationship.

  1.       CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

You agree that you are not under eighteen (18) years of age. The Website is intended for users over the age of eighteen (18), and we do not intend to collect information from anyone under the age of eighteen (18).

  1. PERSONAL INFORMATION, PRIVACY, AND COOKIES

We refer to our Privacy Policy on our Website for information about the types of information we collect, how we use it, how you can control the use and disclosure of it, and how you may access and update information about you provided to us. You understand that your Information may be transferred over various networks and changes to conform and adapt to the technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. The information we receive about you is governed by our Privacy Policy, above.

      VII.       THIRD-PARTY LINKS

The Website might include links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy of any third-party website and do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties. We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully third-party website’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Claims, complaints, questions, or concerns regarding third parties should be directed to the third party

    VIII.       PROHIBITED USES

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms & Conditions, you are prohibited from using the Website or its Services or Content: (a) for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based upon gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Website (or related website, other websites, or the Internet) or Services; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, scrape or facilitate the use of any malware or ransomware, (j) for any damaging, obscene or immoral purpose; (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Website (or related website, other websites or the Internet) and/or Services; or (l) to assume that an attorney-client privileged relationship has been created, when it has not.

  1. ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS & TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION
  2. Errors, Inaccuracies, & Omissions

The Website may contain typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to Company products, offerings, promotions, packages, programs, events, and materials. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders or programs if any information about the Service or on any related Website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order, request, submission, form, etc.).

We do not take on any obligation to update, amend, or clarify information in the Service or on any related website, including without limitation, pricing, dates, availability, location, products, services, except as required by law.

No specified update or refresh data applied in the Service or on any related website should be taken to indicate that all information in the Service or on any related website has been modified or updated.

  1. Links to this website

If you do create a link to a page of this Website, you do so at your own risk, and the exclusions and limitations set out above will apply to your use of this website by linking to it.

  1. Links from this website

We do not monitor or review the content of other party’s websites linked to this Website. Opinions expressed or material appearing on such websites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us and should not be regarded as the publisher of such opinions or material. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices, or content, of these sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of these sites. You should evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any other site connected to this site or accessed through this site yourself before disclosing any personal information to them. This Company will not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, howsoever caused, resulting from your disclosure to third parties of personal information.

  1.       WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTIES, OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, DURABILITY, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE, REPRESENT, OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, OR THE SERVICES, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. YOU AGREE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME WE MAY REMOVE THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES FOR INDEFINITE PERIODS OF TIME OR CANCEL THEM AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY EXCLUDES ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS AND SERVICES FOR WHICH IS OR MAY BE PROVIDED BY ANY AFFILIATES OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING IN RELATION TO ANY INACCURACIES OR OMISSIONS IN THIS WEBSITE AND/OR THE COMPANY’S LITERATURE.
IN NO CASE SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, INTERNS, SUPPLIERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS CLAIM, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST SAVINGS, LOSS OF DATA, DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS AND THE DATA THEREON, REPLACEMENT COSTS, OR ANY SIMILAR DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT OR PRODUCT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE. IN ANY EVENT THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500).

THIS COMPANY DOES NOT HOWEVER EXCLUDE LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY ITS NEGLIGENCE. THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. NONE OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER ARE AFFECTED.

  1. GOVERNING LAW

The Terms & Conditions and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Maryland, without reference to any conflict of laws rules.

The Website is hosted in the United States. If you access the Website from a location outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Website or Services in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

    XII.       DISPUTES

You and the Company agree that if there is any dispute concerning these Terms & Conditions any such dispute shall only be resolved by arbitration, after first giving notice to the other party and the opportunity to discuss resolution within thirty (30) days of such notice. You and the Company both waive the right to a jury trial.

YOU AND THE COMPANY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO COMMENCE, BE A PARTY TO, JOIN, OR BE AN ACTUAL OR PUTATIVE CLASS MEMBER OF ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OF ANY KIND IN ANY FORUM, INCLUDING IN COURT AND ARBITRATION, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE, OUR SERVICES, AND/OR THIS TERMS & CONDITIONS.

       XII.       SEVERABILITY

To the extent that any provision of this Terms & Conditions is deemed to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms & Conditions, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

      XIV.       TERMINATION

These Terms & Conditions are effective until terminated. We may terminate this agreement at any time without notice to you and may deny you access to the Website and Services.

  1. INDEMNIFICATION

To the fullest extent permitted by law, and except to the extent arising from our negligence, recklessness, gross negligence, or intentional misconduct, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees made by any third-party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms & Conditions or the documents they incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or rights of a third-party. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you shall cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses. You shall not settle any actions or claims on our behalf without our prior written consent.

    XVI.       NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES

There are no third-party beneficiaries to the Terms & Conditions. We shall have the right to assign its rights or delegate any of its responsibilities under these Terms & Conditions to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, consolidation, or reorganization for the sale of substantially all of our assets.

  XVII.       CHANGES TO THIS TERMS & CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to change, modify, or amend these Terms & Conditions at any time to reflect changes in our practices and service offerings. If we modify our Terms & Conditions, we will update the “Effective Date” and such changes will be effective upon posting. It is your obligation to check our current Terms & Conditions for any changes.

These Terms & Conditions may only be modified in writing. Any ambiguities in the interpretation will not be construed against the drafter.

    XVIII.       QUESTIONS

If you have any questions about this Terms & Conditions, please send us an email at questions@southernmarylandlaw.com or write us at 11705 Berry Rd, Suite 202, Waldorf, MD 20603.

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We are your community law firm

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We are the oldest law firm in Waldorf, and the 2nd oldest in all of Southern Maryland! We have stayed busy because we get results and treat our clients right. We would never have lasted this long if we did not.

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We are large enough to provide full service, but small enough to focus on you. The large firms that have satellite offices in Waldorf have dozens of attorneys who don’t live here. They use case managers to handle their clients. At Southern Maryland Law, you will be a name – not a number.

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While our firm has been around a long time, we are not what you think lawyers are like. We pride ourselves on being a little more approachable, a little more casual, and a little more likeable than the average lawyer. We are real people with real solutions to your real problems.

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