This Web site may constitute “Attorney Advertising” under the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct and under the law of other jurisdictions. Your use of our Web site or its facilities constitutes your acceptance of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

DISCLAIMER

No Legal Advice:
The content of this website has been prepared for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

Links to Third-Party Sites:
This website may contain links to third-party websites or other content for informational purposes only. McAlpine PLLC does not control these third-party links and is not responsible for the content found therein. The inclusion of any links to such third-party websites does not constitute or imply any recommendation, approval, or endorsement of such third-party websites or content.

Limitation of Liability:
McAlpine PLLC does not intend this website to be advertising for legal services. This website is not an offer to perform legal services in any jurisdiction in which the attorneys of McAlpine PLLC are not licensed to practice. The jurisdictions in which our lawyers are licensed to practice are indicated within each lawyer's biography in the “Specs" section of this website.

Individual Opinions:
The views expressed on or through this website are the opinions of the designated authors and do not reflect the opinions or views of any of their clients or the law firm or the opinions or views of any other individual. 

Intellectual Property Policy:
This website, the names “McAlpine PLLC" and “McAlpine" and the logos used on this website are the property of A. McAlpine Alston PLLC d/b/a McAlpine PLLC and are protected by the intellectual property laws of the United States and the state of North Carolina.

No Solicitation:
We request that you not use any of the information on this website, including without limitation, the email addresses that are posted here, to transmit, distribute, or facilitate the distribution of unsolicited bulk email or other advertisements to Apollo Law or any of its attorneys or other employees, and any such use of the information on this website is a violation of the terms of use of this website.

PRIVACY POLICY

We value our relationship with you and understand the importance of protecting your privacy. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains what information A. McAlpine Alston PLLC d/b/a McAlpine PLLC (“McAlpine PLLC”) collects, how we collect it and the purposes for which we use it. This Privacy Policy applies to your interactions with McAlpine PLLC’s website (www.McAlpinePLLC.com) (the “website”), McAlpine PLLC-hosted webinars, newsletters and alerts as well as any McAlpine PLLC website or mobile app that displays this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). This Privacy Policy also applies when you visit our offices and attend Loeb-hosted events.

COLLECTED INFORMATION

McAlpine PLLC collects the information you provide to us directly, such as when you subscribe to our mailing list, register for an event or submit an inquiry on our website, as well as information we collect automatically through cookies and similar technologies during your interactions with our website. For more information on our use of cookies, please see the Cookies & Similar Technologies section of this privacy statement.

The personal information we collect includes:

  • Name and contact details (for example, your e-mail address, mailing address, phone number and social media handles).

  • Your passwords and any other security information used to authenticate your access to certain areas of the website.

  • Demographic data (such as your country, organization and title).

  • Preferences (such as which areas of the law you are interested in).

  • Contents of your communications with us.

  • Device information (including your browser type and language, IP address, device type, unique device identifiers, mobile network information and operating system).

  • Website interactions (such as the pages visited on the website, time spent on each page, whether you’ve clicked on a hyperlink and search queries).

  • Professional/employment information (such as your employing entity, business unit, manager and management reporting structure, job title, function, and the nature of your duties and responsibilities).

  • Protected classification characteristics (such as age, gender, religion and disability information, which you may provide to us in connection with an application for employment). 

INFORMATION USE  

McAlpine PLLC uses the information we collect to:

  • Provide, maintain and improve the Services.

  • Personalize and improve your experience on the Services.

  • Respond to your inquiries.

  • Send you alerts or other newsletters that you have requested or that we think may be of interest to you.

  • Confirm your registration for seminars or other events.

  • Send you other marketing or promotional information related to McAlpine PLLC, including news about our attorneys, practice groups and events.

  • Send you service announcements or other administrative messages relating to our website or your relationship with McAlpine PLLC.

  • Evaluate and process your application for employment. 

  • Improve the website and our communications with you.

  • Detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and protect the rights and property of McAlpine PLLC and others.

  • Debug to identify and repair errors in the Services.

  • Comply with our legal and financial obligations.

  • Comply with our legal obligations, enforce our website terms and other policies, and notify you about any changes to the Services.

When we have your consent, McAlpine PLLC uses the information we collect to:

Respond to your inquiries: When you email us or submit a request for information through our website, we use your contact details to respond to those requests.

Send you alerts, newsletters and other promotional messages: When you sign-up to receive our newsletters and other alerts, we use your contact information to send you these communications. If you’ve indicated an interest in an area of law, practice group or event, we may also send you information relevant to these interests. You can opt-out receiving messages from us using the unsubscribe link in any email you receive.

Confirm your registration for seminars or other events: When you sign up to attend an event we are hosting, we will use your contact information to confirm your registration, send you reminders about the event and other relevant event details.

We also use your information for the following legitimate business interests:

To comply with our legal obligations: We use your information to comply with our legal obligations including to detect and prevent fraud on the website and to enforce our terms of use and other policies.

To send you service announcements or other administrative messages. We use your information to send you administrative or transactional messages regarding your use of the website or your relationship with McAlpine PLLC.

To improve the website. We use your information to better understand how we can make the website and our communications with you more relevant and informative.

INFORMATION SHARING

We share your information:

  • With our vendors, consultants and other professional advisers which work with us to provide services on our behalf.

  • With third parties as part of a merger, acquisition or other corporate transaction.

  • As required by law or to bring a legal action.

  • With the applicable state bar association, we may share your name and bar number in connection with an application for CLE credit.

  • With other parties not included in this list we have your consent to do so. 

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

Our vendors. We share your information with vendors that work with us and provide services on our behalf. For example, companies we hire to help us maintain the website, manage our mailing lists, and provide marketing assistance and data analysis may need your information in order to provide those services. McAlpine PLLC requires these vendors to comply with our data privacy and security requirements, and we prohibit those companies from using the personal information they receive from us for any other purpose.

Other law firms as part of a merger, acquisition or other corporate transaction. As McAlpine PLLC develops, we may acquire other law firms or their assets or be acquired by or merge with another law firm. Personal information is generally one of the business assets involved in such transactions. Thus, in the unlikely event that McAlpine PLLC or all of its assets are acquired through such a transaction, your information would be one of the transferred assets.

State bar associations. When you register for a webinar that includes CLE credit, we will share your name and bar number in connection with an application for that credit. 

Law enforcement. We will share your personal information when we have a good faith belief that doing so is required by law or is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other visitors, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.

We will also share your information with third parties when you ask or provide consent for us to do so.

COOKIES, ETC.

We and our service providers use various technologies to collect information about your use of the Services. For example, we use cookies to count the number of unique visitors to a webpage and to develop other statistics about the use of the website. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your device to store information. This data often consists of a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your computer, but it can contain other information as well, including your IP address, clickstream patterns, and dates and times that you access a website.

When we are required by applicable law, we obtain your consent to use cookies. You can customize your preferences regarding the use of cookies on our websites via our cookie banner. 

The type of cookies we may use include: 

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary to make our Services available to you, for example, to manage traffic on our website and for security purposes. We cannot provide you with the Services without these types of cookies.

  • Analytics/performance cookies. We use cookies for analytics purposes in order to improve our Services. We use third-party analytics providers, including Google Analytics, to help us understand how users engage with the Services. Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track user interactions and understand how users engage with our Services. This information is used to compile reports and to help us improve our Services. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser. However, please be aware that some features of the website may not function properly or may be slower if you refuse cookies. To find out more about cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.  

You can opt out of Google Analytics here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout (requires you to install a browser add-on).

McAlpine PLLC does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

YOUR RIGHTS & OPTIONS

Opt out of marketing communications: You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us or request changes to your communication preferences by following the instructions in those communications or visiting our unsubscribe page. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

You have the following rights with respect to your information:

  • Access your information.

  • Correct/edit your information.

  • Delete your information.

  • Restrict or limit the use of your information.

You have the right to:

Access your information. You have the right to confirm whether McAlpine PLLC is using or storing your information and to obtain a copy of the information that we have.

Correct/edit your information. If you discover that any of the information we have about you is incorrect, you have the right to request that we correct or update it.

Delete your information. If you withdraw your consent or otherwise object to our use of your information, you have the right to request that we delete your information.

Restrict or limit the use of your information. You have the right to restrict how we use your information. For example, you may request that we not use your information for marketing purposes or certain types of marketing messages.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us here. In order to protect your personal information, we may ask you to provide additional personal information to verify your identity. You may submit a request to exercise your rights through an authorized agent. If you do so, the agent must present signed written permission to act on your behalf and you may be required to independently verify your identity with us and confirm that you have provided authorization to the agent. 

RETAINED INFORMATION

We keep your personal information for as long as you have a relationship with us, or until you request that we delete your personal information.  Once you terminate your relationship with us or ask us to delete your personal information, we will only retain your personal information as needed to comply with our legal obligations, to defend our legal positions, or to otherwise prevent fraud or harm to other users of the Services.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

The Services are not intended for use by children under 18 absent the assistance of legal guardian or parent. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, please do not submit any personal information to us.

DATA TRANSFERS

We are a U.S. law firm, and the personal information we collect is processed in the United States.  Your personal information may be accessed by the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of the United States. The United States may not provide the same level of data protection as your home jurisdiction. If you are in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), Switzerland or the United Kingdom, we provide adequate protection for the transfer of personal data to countries outside of those jurisdictions by executing Standard Contractual Clauses, as authorized under EU or U.K. law. You are entitled to obtain a copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses we use to facilitate the transfer of personal data by contacting us at connect@mcalpinepllc.com.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Please be aware that when you are on McAlpinePLLC.com, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. These other sites may send their own cookies to visitors, collect data or solicit personal information. The privacy policies of these other sites may be significantly different from McAlpine PLLC’s Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites and cannot guarantee the security of any of your personal information collected there.

SECURITY

We use technical and organizational security measures to protect the information collected on our website. When information is transmitted to us, it is protected by both a “firewall” (a combination of computer hardware and software that helps keep unauthorized visitors from accessing information within our computer network) and industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. Unfortunately, data transmission over the internet is never 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

The terms of this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Policy by posting a prominent notice on the website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

Last update: 12/28/2023

CONTACTING US

If you have any comments or questions regarding our Legal Notices, Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, please contact us at connect@mcalpinepllc.com or at our contact information below.


Privacy Matters
McAlpine PLLC
112 South Tryon Street

Suite 300
Charlotte, North Carolina 28284
Phone: 704.707.4937
Fax:

EUROPEAN SITE USERs

McAlpine PLLC’s offices are in the United States, and we primarily direct our services to those jurisdictions. However, we may have website visitors and other clients who reside outside of the United States. If you are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we will honor your rights and protections under the laws in your country. This section applies to you.

LEGAL INFORMATION PROCESSING

When we process your personal data, we will do so in reliance on the following lawful bases:

  • To perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g., providing our Services).

  • When we have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data to operate our business or protect our interests (e.g., to provide, maintain and improve our Services; conduct data analytics; and communicate with you).

  • To comply with our legal obligations (e.g., to maintain a record of: 1) your consents and 2) individuals who have opted out of marketing communications).

  • When we have your consent to do so (e.g., when you opt in to receive marketing communications from us). When consent is the legal basis for our processing your personal data, you may withdraw such consent at any time. 

Questions or Complaints

If you have a concern about our processing of personal data that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority where you reside. Contact details for your Data Protection Authority can be found using the links below:

For individuals in the EEA: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en

For individuals in the U.K.: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

For individuals in Switzerland: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/contact.html

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS

Below is a list of the categories of personal information we have collected in the past 12 months. We do not sell or share personal information. For information on our retention practices; please see Our Retention of Your Personal Information above. 

Categories of Personal Information Collected

Purpose for Collection/Use

Identifiers (name and contact details (for example, your email address, mailing address, phone number and social media handles)).

1.    Providing/maintaining our Services

2.    Communicating with you

3.    Security/incident detection

4.    Debugging/repair

5.    For our commercial purposes

6.    Evaluating your application for employment

Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information (device information, including your browser type and language, IP address, device type, unique device identifiers, mobile network information and operating system, and website interactions, such as the pages visited on the website, time spent on each page, whether you’ve clicked on a hyperlink and search queries).

1.    Providing/maintaining our Services

2.    Security/incident detection

3.    Debugging/repair

4.    For our commercial purposes

Inferences (preferences, such as which areas of the law you are interested in).

1.    Providing/maintaining our Services

2.    Communicating with you

3.    For our commercial purposes

Professional/Employment Information (such as your employing entity, business unit, manager and management reporting structure, job title, function, and the nature of your duties and responsibilities).

To evaluate and process your application for employment

Protected Classification Characteristics (such as age, gender, religion, and disability information, which you may provide to us in connection with an application for employment). 

To evaluate and process your application for employment.

More California. California law requires us to inform California residents who have provided us with personal information that they may request information from us about our disclosures to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not provide personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. 

Terms and Conditions of Use - Effective Date: 2006

By using McAlpine PLLC’s Website you are indicating that you have read and that you understand and agree to be bound by this Service Terms.

 The Terms and Conditions of Use ("Agreement") are provided by McAlpine PLLC, a North Carolina law practice established in Charlotte, North Carolina and managed by Alonzo M. Alston, a North Carolina State Bar Licensed Attorney. McAlpine PLLC provides traditional and online/virtual legal services.  The Agreement will govern your use of this website, including all content provided on the website and through access to all online services provided by McAlpine PLLC.  The Agreement to provide legal services to you covers the period from which the client/you accept this Agreement, client/you have entered into a written client engagement agreement, and McAlpine PLLC has received your payment through our payment transfer service, in-person, or otherwise to the time we have provided you with the requested and purchased legal service. The term of this agreement shall last for one year from the date of your use of the website and each term shall automatically renew for successive one (1) year periods until this agreement is canceled by McAlpine PLLC or you upon one (1) year’s prior notice.

 You agree that, where the service(s) requested are purchased out of our virtual law offerings, it remains your responsibility to proceed as a pro se litigant by filing all legal documents and complying with North Carolina state and local legal procedures.  By providing you with limited legal services, McAlpine PLLC has not agreed to attend a hearing or trial on your behalf or provide any legal services extending beyond those services which you have purchased, and we have agreed to provide.  We provide legal assistance and document preparation and review as per your retainer agreement. Where the client/you have accepted and agreed to a separate retainer agreement to be drafted for your individual legal needs, that retainer agreement will govern the terms of the client-attorney relationship. In all matters, after performing the services purchased by you, McAlpine PLLC has no further obligation to you.  

Limitation of Services

While authorities in some jurisdictions may deem this website and this law practice to be an advertisement for legal services in their jurisdiction, our website is not to be considered as a solicitation for legal services related to any other state's law.  This website and this legal practice offer services related to North Carolina law only. 

Unlike a geographically located law practice, McAlpine PLLC will not provide physical legal representation or commence litigation on your behalf.  The purpose of McAlpine PLLC is to provide limited legal advice and general counseling on North Carolina legal matters with prompt service provided in a cost-effective manner.  If we determine during our communication with you that your specific legal matter requires the engagement of a full-service law firm, such as in the event that your situation may require the commencement of a formal lawsuit, then we will promptly refer you to a full-service North Carolina law firm in your area or refer you to the North Carolina Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service.

Nature of Unbundled Legal Services

McAlpine PLLC is not a pre-paid legal service; it is an online legal practice where you are charged a one-time fee for limited legal services related to North Carolina law.  McAlpine PLLC provides unbundled legal services.  This means that the legal services provided by us only extend to those services of which you have requested and purchased and we have provided.  After you have purchased a service and we have agreed to provide it and have completed the work, you cannot expect us to perform in any additional capacity.  For example, if we assist you in creating Estate Administration documents, it is not our responsibility to ensure that the forms are properly filed, to attend a hearing or trial on your behalf, or to provide any other legal services related to that matter beyond the original purchased and provided limited legal services.  Likewise, after you have paid for the requested services and we have performed them, we will not expect any further payment from you other than payment for the original requested legal services performed by us. 

As with any legal service, we cannot guarantee any legal outcome.  By purchasing our services, you agree that it remains your responsibility to properly and timely file any legal documents and to comply with North Carolina state and local legal procedures. 

Confidentiality - Security - Retainment of Records

McAlpine PLLC provides limited legal services pertaining to North Carolina law only.  The attorney responsible for this site is licensed to practice law only in the State of North Carolina.

 In compliance with the professional rules and restrictions of the North Carolina State Bar and the North Carolina Bar Association and for reasons of personal integrity, this practice is bound by stringent professional standards of confidentiality.  Any information received by us from our clients is held in strict confidence and is not released to anyone outside of this practice, unless agreed with by you, or as required under applicable law. 

An attorney-client relationship with this practice is established only after a specific question has been posed to an attorney at this practice through a prospective client's personal login page and that question has been confirmed as received through a reply communication from an attorney at this practice.  Prospective clients should be aware that our duties of confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege may not arise until an attorney has expressly communicated the ability to respond to that prospective client.  Once you have provided us with your personal information, we will first run a crosscheck for any possible conflict of interest before accepting representation of your matter.  We may decline to provide our services to you if a conflict of interest is discovered.

All our records are securely retained in electronic files, along with secure backups, for the period of years required under North Carolina law. 

Articles and Other General Public Information Provided on this Website

Any articles for general knowledge published on this website contain basic information on legal matters and are not meant to provide advice regarding a specific legal problem you may have.  We remind you not to rely on this general information without first communicating with us or other legal representation regarding your specific legal situation.

Copyright

McAlpine PLLC claims copyright protection on all of the content provided in this website.  The content from this website may not be reproduced, copied and/or redistributed in any form without the express permission of McAlpine PLLC.  Furthermore, the content from this website cannot be modified nor can it be used for commercial purposes.  Each document posted at this website shall contain the following copyright notice: 

Copyright 2006-2024 McAlpine PLLC, LLC. All rights reserved.

Client Funds

No fee will be charged or obligation incurred solely by registering on this website.  In most situations, a client's funds will not be transferred to McAlpine PLLC until the legal services requested by the client are orderd, are ready to be accessed, or received by the client on their personal login page or account inbox.  Some requested services may require the upfront payment of a retainer fee before McAlpine PLLC will begin work.  After the client's payment of the agreed upon price is confirmed through a Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) compliant credit card processor, the client will have complete access to the legal advice, documents, research or other services provided by the attorney.  If further communication with the attorney is required, the client may post a separate question regarding the received legal services or request a price quote for additional legal work.  McAlpine PLLC will not pay any court costs associated with your case which may be required as part of a lawsuit, filing fees or service of process fees. 

Technology - Security

McAlpine PLLC does not solely rely on email to communicate with clients. Email as it is commonly sent and received is unencrypted and does not provide a secure means of interacting with our clients. Primary communications are done through this website over Secure HTTP, which provides you with the highest industry standard protection available on the web. All payments are processed by Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) complaint credit card processors, and no credit card or payment account numbers are stored on our servers.  The maintainer of this site has over 7 years experience developing secure web-based applications, from tax filing to background checking software, and uses secure programming techniques and best practices along with continual code auditing to ensure that this site is as secure as possible.

Links and Email Addresses

 Links posted on this website to other websites are provided only as a convenience to our clients.  We assume no responsibility for the content, security or reliability of any websites to which we have posted links.

Spamming, the unsolicited broadcasts of email addresses or links in this website, is prohibited and unauthorized. 

Web Tracking - Cookies, Information Collection and Privacy Policy Supplement

               1.            General Site

To view the articles and public documents on this site you do not need to reveal any personal information.  This site will present your browser with the option of accepting JavaScript and cookies in order to lay out the web page correctly and to store customized settings for your next visit. These features may be disabled by your browser,

however this will limit the look and functionality of the website. All page requests are logged in order to properly maintain the service and security of this website.

               2.            Virtual Law Office

In order to use the virtual law office, you must first register a username and provide personal information about yourself.  This information will be used during your transactions with McAlpine PLLC, LLC to provide limited legal services in compliance with North Carolina law.  Your information may be provided to a third party in order to provide the service you requested and/or as is required by law.  All other use of your personal information will be limited to your attorney/client relationship with McAlpine PLLC, LLC.  This site uses cookies to store a session id.  Therefore, in order to register on the website, cookies must be enabled so that we can provide you with a secure transaction.

Registration

In order to retain our services, you must register on our website.  There will be no fee charged for registration on this website.  By registering you will receive access to a personal information page where you may request our services in a secure manner.  By registering on our website, you are representing that you are at least 18 years of age and able to enter into a binding contact with McAlpine PLLC.  Furthermore, by registering you are representing that the information you provide to us is correct, accurate and updated.   

Reviewing and Updating Your Personal Content

McAlpine PLLC requests that you keep your personal contact information current.  After you have registered on our website, you may enter your personal information page at any time to review and update your personal information.

Contact Information

Because we are a virtual law practice, we would prefer that you provide your information to us using the technology provided for you on your personal client login page.  However, if this is not possible and we require further information in order to review your legal matter, our mailing address is 112 S. Tryon St., Ste. 300, Charlotte, NC 28284.

Limitation of Liability - No Warranties

McAlpine PLLC assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this website.  We will not be responsible under any legal theory for damages, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special, arising as a result of your use of this website.  As stated above, this website pertains to the practice of North Carolina law only.  Therefore, the content of this website is not applicable in any other state other than North Carolina. 

The general information provided on this website is provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied.  McAlpine PLLC reserves the right to change, modify, add, and delete the content on this website.

Jurisdiction

The terms of this agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina.  The state and federal courts located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina will have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising from or relating to this agreement, McAlpine PLLC's website or any services provided by McAlpine PLLC.  Each person who registers on this website consents irrevocably to personal jurisdiction in such courts with the respect to any matters and waives any defense of forum non conveniens.  Furthermore, each person who registers on this website is deemed to have knowingly and voluntarily waived any right to a trial by jury in any case or controversy related to this agreement, McAlpine PLLC's website or any services provided by McAlpine PLLC.

Assignment

The rights and obligations created for you under this agreement may not be assigned to any other party.

Force Majeure

McAlpine PLLC will not be deemed to be in breach of this agreement for any delay or failure in performance caused by reasons out of its reasonable control, including acts of God or a public enemy; natural calamities; failure of a third party to perform; changes in the laws or regulations; actions of any civil, military or regulatory authority; power outage or other disruptions of communication methods or any other cause which would be out of the reasonable control of McAlpine PLLC.

Severance

In the event that one or more of the provisions of this agreement shall be found unenforceable, illegal or invalid, it shall not affect any other provisions of this agreement, and this agreement shall be construed as if the provision found to be unenforceable, illegal or invalid had never been contained in the agreement, or the unenforceable, illegal or invalid provision shall be construed, amended and/or reformed to be made enforceable, legal and valid. 

IRS Circular 230 Disclosure

In compliance with the requirements of the IRS pertaining to the publication of Circular 230, we inform you that any advice contained on this website or in any communication originating from this website or this law practice which is related to U.S. federal tax advice is not intended or created to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of 1) either avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or promoting, marketing or 2) recommending to another party any transaction or matter that is contained on this website or in any communication originating from this law practice. 

Complete Understanding

These terms and the agreement they constitute supersedes any prior or contemporaneous communications, representations or agreements between McAlpine PLLC and the client and constitutes the complete and final agreement between the parties relating to this agreement, McAlpine PLLC's website or any services provided by McAlpine PLLC.