Privacy & Electronic Communications.

Initial Website Inquiries

The website consultation form is intended for basic intake information only. Please do not include confidential, privileged, or highly sensitive facts or upload sensitive documents through the public website form unless the firm specifically instructs you to do so.

Submitting a website form, calling the firm, sending an email or text, or participating in a consultation does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship. Danielle DeVita Barnes Law, PLLC accepts representation only through a written engagement agreement signed by the client and the firm.

Prospective-Client & Client Confidentiality

Information learned during an actual consultation with a prospective client is handled in accordance with applicable professional confidentiality duties even if the firm is not retained. Once an attorney-client relationship is established, the firm handles confidential client information in accordance with applicable professional obligations.

How the Firm May Communicate With You

Depending on the stage and nature of the matter, the firm may communicate with you by telephone, text message, email, video meeting, secure client portal, practice-management software, or another electronic messaging system used by the firm.

After intake or engagement, the firm may use a secure client portal or similar legal software for messages, matter updates, invoices, payment information, document requests, document uploads, document downloads, drafts, signed documents, and other communications related to your matter.

Document Uploads & Secure Portal Use

Important or confidential documents may be exchanged through a client portal, encrypted upload feature, secure document-sharing system, or other practice-management technology selected by the firm. Clients may be asked to upload documents directly into that system rather than sending sensitive documents through ordinary email or text.

Clients are responsible for protecting their login credentials, using secure devices and networks when possible, and promptly notifying the firm if they believe their portal account or electronic communications have been compromised. No electronic system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Information the Firm May Collect

The firm may collect information you voluntarily provide, including your name, phone number, email address, information about the type of legal service requested, consultation details, messages, uploaded documents, billing information, and other information needed to evaluate or perform legal services.

How Information May Be Used

Information may be used to respond to inquiries, perform conflict and intake review, schedule consultations, communicate with prospective and existing clients, provide legal services, exchange documents, manage matters, send invoices, process payments, maintain records, and administer the firm’s website and practice-management systems.

The firm may use third-party providers for website hosting, forms, scheduling, email, text messaging, secure client portals, practice management, electronic signatures, document storage or transfer, invoicing, and payment processing. Those providers may process information as necessary to provide their services and are subject to their own terms, privacy practices, and security measures.

Consent to Electronic Communications

When you provide contact information and consent to communications, the firm may contact you regarding your inquiry or matter using the communication methods you provide or later agree to use, including phone, text, email, and secure electronic messaging or client-portal systems. Message and data rates may apply to text messages.

Questions About Privacy

Questions about this policy may be directed to Info@danielledevitalaw.com or (813) 518-6244.