WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Effective Date: July 14, 2026
These Website Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of recovery-law.com and any webpages, forms, features, content, or services made available through that website (collectively, the “Site”).
The Site is owned and operated by Law Office of Matthew L. Johnston, PC, a California professional corporation (“Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, you should not use the Site.
1. INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
The materials available through the Site are provided for general informational and educational purposes only. They are not intended to constitute, and should not be relied upon as, legal advice concerning any specific person, entity, transaction, dispute, or factual situation.
Legal rules and their interpretation may change over time and may vary depending on the applicable jurisdiction and particular facts. You should not act or refrain from acting based solely upon information appearing on the Site.
Nothing on the Site constitutes a guarantee, prediction, or assurance regarding the outcome of any legal matter.
2. NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
Accessing the Site, reviewing Site content, submitting an online form, sending an email, scheduling a consultation, leaving a voicemail, communicating by text message, or otherwise contacting the Firm does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship.
An attorney-client relationship is formed only after the Firm has completed any necessary conflict review, expressly agreed to provide legal services, and the Firm and client have entered into an applicable written engagement agreement.
The Firm is not obligated to accept any matter or provide representation merely because information has been submitted through the Site.
Until the Firm confirms in writing that it represents you, you should not assume that the Firm is protecting your interests, monitoring legal deadlines, preserving claims, or taking action on your behalf.
3. INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE FIRM
The Firm handles information received from prospective and existing clients in accordance with applicable law and professional obligations. However, ordinary website forms, email, voicemail, and standard text messaging may not be completely secure.
You should not submit highly sensitive information through the Site unless the Firm specifically instructs you to do so through a secure method.
Highly sensitive information may include Social Security numbers, financial account credentials, complete medical records, trade secrets, privileged documents, government identification numbers, or information concerning an imminent legal deadline.
Submitting information does not prevent the Firm from representing another person or entity in the same or a related matter unless applicable law or professional obligations provide otherwise.
The Firm may need to complete a conflict review before discussing the substance of a potential matter.
4. NO ACTION ON DEADLINES OR EMERGENCIES
Communications submitted through the Site are not continuously monitored and should not be used for emergencies or time-sensitive matters.
Submitting a message does not constitute service of process, legal notice, filing, preservation of a claim, initiation of representation, or compliance with any statute of limitations, court deadline, administrative deadline, contractual notice requirement, or other legal obligation.
If you are facing an immediate deadline, emergency, or threat to your safety, you should contact the appropriate court, agency, emergency service, or independently retained attorney.
5. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING
The Site may constitute attorney advertising under applicable law.
Any descriptions of the Firm’s experience, representative matters, practice areas, prior results, testimonials, endorsements, or client experiences are provided for informational purposes only.
Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.
The Firm does not claim to be a certified specialist in any area of law unless that designation is expressly stated and authorized by the appropriate certifying authority.
6. JURISDICTION AND LICENSURE
Matthew L. Johnston is licensed to practice law in California.
Unless expressly stated otherwise in a written engagement agreement, the Firm’s legal services are limited to matters involving California law or matters for which the Firm is otherwise authorized to provide services.
The Site is not intended to solicit legal employment in any jurisdiction where the Firm’s activities would violate applicable professional rules or licensing requirements.
Accessing the Site from another jurisdiction does not establish that the Firm is authorized to practice law in that jurisdiction.
7. WEBSITE CONTENT
The Firm attempts to provide useful and accurate information but does not represent or warrant that Site content is complete, current, error-free, or applicable to any particular situation.
The Firm may change, update, remove, or discontinue any portion of the Site at any time without notice.
Content may become outdated after publication, and the Firm has no obligation to update previously published materials.
Any article, blog post, checklist, guide, video, or other educational material should be understood in the context of its publication date.
8. PERMITTED USE
Subject to these Terms, the Firm grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, and nontransferable license to access and use the Site for personal or internal business informational purposes.
You may print or download a reasonable number of pages for those purposes, provided that you retain all copyright and proprietary notices and do not modify the material.
9. PROHIBITED USE
You may not:
Use the Site for an unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, harassing, or abusive purpose.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its servers, the Firm’s systems, the client portal, or another user’s information.
Interfere with the Site’s security, availability, operation, or performance.
Upload malicious software, code, viruses, or other harmful material.
Use automated tools to scrape, copy, harvest, index, or extract Site content or personal information without the Firm’s written permission.
Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity, authority, affiliation, or purpose.
Use Site content to train an artificial-intelligence system, create a competing legal product, or commercially redistribute the content without written authorization.
Use the Site to transmit spam, unsolicited advertising, or unlawful communications.
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site and its content, including text, graphics, logos, page designs, photographs, videos, downloadable materials, and other original content, are owned by or licensed to the Firm and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws.
“Law Office of Matthew L. Johnston, PC,” “Recovery Law,” the Firm’s logos, and associated branding may not be used without prior written authorization.
No ownership rights are transferred to you through your use of the Site.
11. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
The Site may contain links to or integrations with third-party websites and services, including scheduling platforms, client-portal providers, payment processors, mapping services, analytics services, social-media platforms, Google reCAPTCHA, and other technology providers.
These third parties operate independently and may have their own terms and privacy practices.
The Firm does not control and is not responsible for the content, availability, security, accuracy, or practices of third-party services.
A link does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of the third party.
12. CLIENT PORTAL
The Firm may provide existing clients with access to a third-party client portal or case-management platform.
Portal access may be subject to additional provider terms, security requirements, and authentication procedures.
You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials and for promptly notifying the Firm if you believe your account has been compromised.
The availability of a portal does not alter the terms of any written engagement agreement.
13. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
By contacting the Firm electronically, you consent to receive communications in response through email, telephone, voicemail, secure portal, text message, or another method reasonably related to your inquiry, subject to applicable law and your stated communication preferences.
Electronic communications may be delayed, intercepted, misdirected, corrupted, or accessed by unauthorized persons.
The Firm does not guarantee that ordinary email or text messaging is completely secure.
Existing clients should use the Firm’s secure client portal when requested to do so.
14. SMS AND TEXT-MESSAGE TERMS
14.1 Program Description
The Firm may operate a text-messaging program through which prospective clients, clients, former clients, vendors, and other contacts may receive conversational or transactional messages.
Messages may concern:
Responses to inquiries.
Consultation scheduling and confirmations.
Appointment reminders.
Requests for information or documents.
Client-service and matter-related communications.
Notifications that information is available through a secure client portal.
Billing, payment, or administrative communications.
Office closures, scheduling changes, or other service-related notices.
The Firm will not send marketing text messages unless it has obtained any consent required for those messages.
14.2 Consent
You may consent to receive text messages by checking an SMS-consent box on a Firm form, expressly requesting text communication, initiating a text conversation with the Firm, or otherwise providing legally sufficient consent.
By opting in, you authorize the Firm and its communications-service providers to send text messages to the mobile number you provided.
Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchasing or receiving legal services.
Your consent applies only to communications from the Firm concerning the purposes disclosed when consent was obtained.
14.3 Message Frequency
Message frequency varies depending on your interactions with the Firm, your scheduled appointments, and whether you are a current client.
14.4 Charges
Message and data rates may apply.
Charges are determined by your wireless carrier and mobile-service plan.
The Firm is not responsible for charges imposed by your carrier.
14.5 Opting Out
You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP.
The Firm may send one final confirmation message acknowledging your opt-out.
The Firm may also recognize other commonly accepted opt-out commands, including CANCEL, END, QUIT, or UNSUBSCRIBE.
After opting out, you may continue to receive communications through email, telephone, mail, the secure client portal, or another method permitted by law and any applicable engagement agreement.
To resume text messages, you may provide new consent or reply START when supported by the messaging platform.
14.6 Help
For assistance, reply HELP, call (855) 855-8200, or email [mjohnston@recovery-law.com](mjohnston@recovery-law.com).
14.7 Number Reassignment
You represent that you are the subscriber or customary user of the mobile number you provide.
You agree to notify the Firm promptly if your number is changed, disconnected, or reassigned.
14.8 Delivery
Text-message delivery is subject to the availability and operation of wireless carriers and communications providers.
Delivery is not guaranteed, and carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
14.9 SMS Privacy
Mobile information, text-message opt-in information, and consent records will not be sold or shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
The Firm may disclose such information to service providers that assist the Firm in delivering communications, provided those providers are authorized to use it only to provide services to the Firm or as otherwise required by law.
14.10 Text Messaging Is Not a Secure Portal
Text messaging should not be used to transmit extensive confidential documents, account passwords, Social Security numbers, complete financial account information, or other highly sensitive information.
Text messages do not create an attorney-client relationship and do not modify an existing engagement agreement.
15. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Site and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
The Firm disclaims all express and implied warranties concerning the Site, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, noninfringement, accuracy, availability, and security.
The Firm does not warrant that the Site will operate without interruption, that defects will be corrected, or that the Site or its servers will be free from harmful components.
This disclaimer applies only to the Site and does not limit any duty imposed upon the Firm in connection with an attorney-client relationship.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Firm and its shareholders, attorneys, employees, contractors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your access to or use of the Site.
This limitation includes damages arising from reliance upon Site content, loss of data, interruption of access, third-party conduct, unauthorized access, or communications that are delayed or not received.
Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited or any duty arising from an attorney-client relationship established through a separate written engagement agreement.
17. INDEMNIFICATION
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Firm and its attorneys, employees, contractors, and service providers from claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful misuse of the Site, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person’s rights.
18. ACCESSIBILITY
The Firm seeks to make the Site reasonably accessible.
If you experience difficulty accessing Site content, please contact the Firm at (855) 855-8200 or [mjohnston@recovery-law.com](mjohnston@recovery-law.com) so that reasonable assistance or an alternative format may be considered.
19. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Any dispute arising solely from use of the Site shall be brought in a state or federal court having jurisdiction in San Diego County, California, unless applicable law requires another forum.
This section does not govern disputes arising from legal services provided under a separate engagement agreement.
20. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
21. NO WAIVER
The Firm’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other right.
22. ENTIRE AGREEMENT REGARDING SITE USE
These Terms constitute the entire agreement concerning your use of the Site.
It does not replace or modify any written attorney-client engagement agreement.