Disclaimers
The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and the certificate, award, or recognition is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois. The information on this website is for general purposes only and should not be interpreted to indicate a certain result will occur in your specific legal situation. The information on this website is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship with Schott LLC (the “Firm”). Contacting the Firm through this website or other means does not create an attorney-client relationship with the Firm. An attorney-client relationship will not be established with the Firm until the Firm and the entity or individual enter a written representation agreement.
Privacy Policy
The Firm recognizes the importance of maintaining your trust and confidence. To serve you with the most effective and beneficial service, part of the Firm’s practice requires it to retain certain information about you. It is important to the Firm to keep that information secure and private.
The Firm has designed its website to provide information about its services, to collect certain information from any party interested in retaining the Firm, and to facilitate the Firm contacting potential clients.
Personal Information
While working with the Firm, it may ask you to provide certain personal information to respond to a legal inquiry. Below are the types of information the Firm may collect:
- Email address
- First and last name/company name
- Phone number
- Physical address
- Title or position in the company or employer
- Name of adverse party
- Cookies and usage Data
The Firm may use your information as part of newsletter lists and to send information about its services. You may change your preferences or unsubscribe at any time.
Your Consent
You indicate your acceptance of the Firm’s privacy policy and its terms and conditions by using the Firm’s website. Please contact the Firm if you have additional questions about this statement or any concerns.
IP Addresses
On occasion, the Firm will log IP addresses for administration reasons. The Firm may collect domain information to analyze better how its visitors use the site. The Firm may use information, such as the type of people who visit, how often they visit, and what pages they visit. This information is used to help the Firm improve its content and user experience.
Cookies
Some pages on this website may use a “per-session” cookie. These are small text files with a unique ID number and placed on your hard drive. Cookies are stored temporarily and track pages you visited but do not contain personal information aside from what you provide yourself.
The firm uses this information to determine the total number of visitors and traffic patterns.
Cookies are a common practice on the Internet. They cannot read data from your hard drive. If you prefer not to accept cookies while browsing the website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies. However, if you do not accept cookies, some features and pages may not fully function, and some information may not be available.
Links to Other Sites
Content within the Firm’s website may include links to other sites not operated by the Firm. If the Firm links to an external site, the Firm does not maintain the linked site and does not necessarily sponsor or approve of the materials, content, and information in the linked site. Additionally, the Firm strongly advises you to review the privacy policies of external websites as well.
Security
When you submit information through the Firm’s website, it is sent through an unencrypted email. Therefore, the Firm strongly recommends you avoid submitting any confidential, proprietary, or sensitive personal identification information (e.g., social security number or date of birth) through the website. The Firm is not responsible for any adverse consequences from submitting such information through the website.
The Firm uses reasonable security measures but cannot guarantee that any data will always remain secure due to transmission errors, outside events, third party hacking or other causes. The Firm will comply with all privacy laws and any related disclosure obligations.