TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Initial Consultation Participants
Sam Cross litigates issues involving real estate predominantly in Williamson County, Tennessee. These terms and conditions apply to all those who schedule, are accepted, and meet with Mr. Cross for an initial consultation.
DO NOT SEND ANY DOCUMENTATION OR ANY DETAILS OF YOUR CASE as a CONFLICTS CHECK will need to be performed prior to the scheduled meeting. It is CRITICAL that you list all individuals and entities involved when submitting the request for a limited initial consultation to ensure Mr. Cross may make efforts to perform a conflicts check to see if any of the listed parties are or have been represented by Mr. Cross.
LAW OFFICE:
These terms and conditions apply to all accepted Consultation Participant(s) (hereinafter "Consultation Participant", "You" or "Your") with attorney John Samuel Cross (aka Sam Cross and dba Sam Cross Law) (hereinafter referred to as “Sam Cross Law”, "Attorney", “I” or “We”) . Sam Cross Law may be adjacent to office space with other attorneys who are not affiliated with Sam Cross Law and any use of “we”, “our”, “us” or any similar term is limited solely to Sam Cross Law.
INITIAL CONSULTATION PURPOSE:
The purpose of the initial consultation is for Attorney to (a) learn about you and your particular legal needs based on the limited information you provide; (b) answer general questions; (c) identify general options, and to the extent possible, analyze potential costs and benefits of those possible general options; (e) discuss general Attorney’s fees and terms of representation if an attorney-client relationship is to be established after the meeting; and (f) determine the next steps in the process, as appropriate. Neither party has any further obligation to the other at the conclusion of the initial consultation singular meeting or singular phone call.
RELIANCE LIMITED:
Because it may be impossible to fully assess a matter within the time frame allotted for the consultation or with the information or documents that you provide at the consultation, any opinion we provide at the consultation will be based solely on general knowledge and the information you provide to Attorney at the consultation.
LIMITED SCOPE:
No ongoing attorney-client relationship is intended to be established by the initial consultation. The initial consultation is a limited scope service provided by Attorney to help Initial Consultation Participants determine whether they may want to consider retaining an Attorney to provide legal services. At the conclusion of the consultation, there is no obligation for the Initial Consultation Participant to retain Attorney, nor does the Attorney have any obligation to provide services to you. A separate mutually agreed upon Client Agreement evidenced by a written instrument prepared by Attorney fully executed and retainer paid.
INITIAL CONSULTATION FEE
The Initial Consultation for accepted Initial Consultation Participants is provided at flat rate fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100). Payment of these charges must be made prior to or immediately before the consultation meeting. Once a consultation has commenced, a refund cannot be made available as the service has already begun to be provided and the time has been made available to you. Consultation fee is earned upon acceptance in full and is not refunded in part.
CONSULTATION PARTICIPANT RESPONSIBILITY:
You, as the Consultation Participant(s), agree to bring any requested documents to the Initial Consultation requested. Further, you should bring any documents you believe to be relevant including agreements, communications, images, and other documents. You agree to arrive promptly at the scheduled time.
SEPARATE CLIENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED FOR REPRESENTATION
Following the consultation, if you wish to retain Attorney, and if Attorney agrees to provide services to you, then Attorney will prepare a separate, detailed written Client Agreement to be executed by both parties. The new Client Agreement will supersede this Consultation Agreement and will set forth its own terms and conditions of Attorneys representation.
CONFIDENTIALITY:
All information and documents that you provide to Attorney at the initial consultation shall remain strictly confidential, whether or not you decide to retain Attorney to provide legal services, except as authorized by you or otherwise provided under the applicable Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct.
OUTCOME:
You agree that Attorney has not made and does not make any guarantee regarding the outcome of any part of your case. We have, may or will give you our opinion as to a general guess as to your chances of success based on our knowledge and experience, but there are no guarantees as to how your case will turn out or what the future holds.
ATTORNEY AVAILABILITY:
Attorney reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a Consultation for any reason, with or without notice. Attorney will make good faith effort to be available at the scheduled time. If a consultation has begun and been paid for but, for whatever reason, the call is terminated unintentionally, then Parties will attempt to reconnect for whatever scheduled time may remain. Initial Consultation Participant understands counsel's other meetings may carry over or emergencies arise leading to delayed commencement.
MISCELLANY:
These terms and conditions constitute the entire understanding of the parties. A waiver of a breach of any of the provisions of these terms shall not be construed as a continuing waiver of other breaches of the same or other provisions. The laws of the State of Tennessee shall govern these terms and exclusive jurisdiction with venue being in Williamson County, Tennessee. Should any clause or provision of these terms and conditions be deemed invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, then that clause or provision shall be severed from these terms and conditions. It is the intent of all parties to this agreement that all other provisions remain in full force and effect.