Privacy Policy

Gies Law Firm, PLLC (“Gies Law Firm,” “Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy and Website Terms of Use explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information obtained through gieslawfirm.com (the “Site”) and establishes the terms governing your use of the Site.

By using the Site, you acknowledge the privacy practices described below and agree to the Website Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

A. Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you submit a contact form, lead form, appointment request, intake inquiry, or other communication, including:

  • Your name;

  • Telephone number;

  • Email address;

  • Preferred method of communication;

  • Information about your legal matter or reason for contacting us; and

  • Any other information you voluntarily provide.

Please do not submit confidential, privileged, or time-sensitive information through the Site. Submitting information through the Site does not create an attorney-client relationship.

B. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we or our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

  • Internet Protocol address;

  • Browser type;

  • Device type and operating system;

  • Pages viewed;

  • Date, time, and duration of your visit;

  • Referring website or search terms;

  • General geographic location derived from your IP address;

  • Interactions with forms, links, advertisements, and other Site features; and

  • Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.

C. Information From Third-Party Platforms

If you interact with the Firm through Google Ads, social media, an online directory, a scheduling service, or another third-party platform, we may receive information you provide through that platform. Information collected directly by a third party is also governed by that third party’s privacy policy and terms.

2. How We Use Information

We may use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to inquiries and determine whether the Firm may be able to assist you;

  • Conduct conflict checks and evaluate prospective legal matters;

  • Schedule consultations or appointments;

  • Communicate with you by telephone, text message, or email;

  • Provide legal services after an attorney-client relationship has been established;

  • Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site;

  • Understand how visitors use the Site;

  • Measure the effectiveness of our content and advertising;

  • Manage Google Ads and other marketing campaigns;

  • Detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity;

  • Maintain business, legal, and professional records;

  • Exercise or defend legal rights; and

  • Comply with legal, regulatory, and professional obligations applicable to attorneys and law firms.

We do not sell your personal information.

3. Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies

The Site may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to operate properly, remember preferences, understand Site usage, and measure advertising performance.

We may use services provided by Google, including Google Analytics and Google Ads. These services may collect information about your device, browsing activity, interactions with the Site, and the advertisement or source that directed you to the Site. Google may process this information in accordance with its own privacy policies. You can learn more about how Google uses information from websites that use its services at How Google Uses Information From Sites or Apps That Use Its Services.

You may control or disable cookies through your browser settings. You may also use Google’s available advertising and analytics controls. Disabling cookies may affect certain Site functions.

4. How We Disclose Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may disclose information in the following circumstances:

A. Service Providers

We may disclose information to vendors that help us operate the Site or conduct Firm business, including website-hosting providers, analytics providers, advertising platforms, scheduling services, information-technology providers, communications platforms, and professional advisers.

These providers are permitted to use information only as necessary to provide services to the Firm or as otherwise authorized by law and their applicable terms.

B. Legal and Professional Obligations

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable law, legal process, subpoena, court order, or governmental request;

  • Satisfy legal, ethical, or professional obligations;

  • Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of the Firm, our clients, Site visitors, or others;

  • Prevent or investigate suspected fraud, misuse, or unlawful activity; or

  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

C. Business Transactions

Information may be transferred in connection with a merger, restructuring, succession, acquisition, sale of assets, or similar transaction involving the Firm, subject to applicable legal and professional obligations.

D. With Your Direction or Consent

We may disclose information when you direct us to do so or otherwise provide your consent.

5. Communications and Consent

By providing your telephone number, email address, or other contact information and submitting a form, you authorize Gies Law Firm, PLLC to contact you regarding your inquiry.

Communications may be made by telephone, text message, or email. If automated technology is used, your consent to receive automated communications is not a condition of hiring the Firm. Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply. An opt-out request will not prevent the Firm from sending communications that are reasonably necessary to respond to your request, administer an existing attorney-client relationship, comply with legal obligations, or otherwise provide services you requested.

6. No Attorney-Client Relationship or Confidentiality

Submitting information through the Site, sending an email, requesting an appointment, speaking with a Firm representative, or receiving a response does not create an attorney-client relationship.

An attorney-client relationship is established only after:

  1. The Firm has agreed to undertake the representation;

  2. Any required conflict review has been completed; and

  3. The Firm and prospective client have entered into a written engagement agreement with payment remitted to the Firm.

Information submitted before an attorney-client relationship is established may not be confidential or protected by the attorney-client privilege. You should not send confidential, privileged, or time-sensitive information through the Site.

You remain responsible for protecting your legal rights and complying with all applicable deadlines unless and until the Firm expressly agrees in writing to represent you.

7. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect.

Nevertheless, no website, electronic communication, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted through or stored in connection with the Site.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Respond to inquiries;

  • Evaluate prospective matters;

  • Provide requested services;

  • Maintain appropriate business and legal records;

  • Comply with legal, regulatory, ethical, and professional obligations;

  • Resolve disputes; and

  • Protect or enforce the Firm’s rights.

The applicable retention period may vary depending on the nature of the information, the reason it was collected, and applicable legal or professional requirements.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you reside and subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request:

  • Access to certain personal information we maintain about you;

  • Correction of inaccurate personal information;

  • Deletion of certain personal information; or

  • Information concerning how your personal information is used or disclosed.

These rights are not absolute, and we may retain or withhold information when permitted or required by law, including to comply with professional obligations, maintain legal records, protect privileged information, or establish or defend legal claims.

To submit a request, contact us using the information in Section 12. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Site may contain links to websites, platforms, or services operated by third parties. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, availability, security, accuracy, or privacy practices of those third parties.

Your use of a third-party website or service is subject to that third party’s privacy policy and terms.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Site is intended for adults and is not directed to any person under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from persons under 18 through the Site.

If you believe a minor has provided personal information through the Site, please contact us so that we can review and, when appropriate, delete the information.

12. Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our information practices, or a request concerning your personal information, contact:

Gies Law Firm, PLLC1601 N. Blackwelder AvenueOklahoma City, Oklahoma405.281.0276info@gieslawfirm.com

Website Terms of Use

13. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to these Website Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please discontinue your use of the Site.

14. Informational Purposes Only

The Site and its content are provided for general informational purposes only. Nothing on the Site constitutes legal advice regarding any particular person, business, matter, or circumstance.

Laws, regulations, administrative rules, agency guidance, and judicial decisions may change, and Site content may not reflect the most recent developments. You should not act or refrain from acting based on Site content without obtaining advice from a qualified attorney regarding your specific circumstances.

15. No Attorney-Client Relationship

Accessing the Site, submitting a form, requesting an appointment, sending an email, calling the Firm, or otherwise communicating with the Firm does not create an attorney-client relationship.

The Firm does not represent you unless and until it expressly agrees to do so through a written engagement agreement.

16. No Guarantee of Results

Descriptions of the Firm’s services, attorneys, experience, representative matters, testimonials, reviews, or prior results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future legal matter.

Every matter is different, and any result depends on its particular facts, circumstances, applicable law, evidence, decision-makers, and other relevant factors.

17. Attorney Advertising

This Site may constitute attorney advertising. The information presented on the Site should not be understood as a comparison of the Firm’s services with those of another attorney or law firm.

18. Permitted Use

You may use the Site only for lawful, personal, and informational purposes. You may not:

  • Use the Site in violation of any applicable law;

  • Submit false, fraudulent, threatening, defamatory, or unlawful material;

  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its systems, or related accounts;

  • Interfere with the operation, availability, or security of the Site;

  • Introduce viruses, malware, malicious code, or other harmful material;

  • Use automated tools to scrape, extract, reproduce, or collect Site content without written authorization;

  • Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation; or

  • Use the Site or its content in a manner that infringes the rights of the Firm or any third party.

We may restrict or terminate access to the Site when we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.

19. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, the Site and its content—including text, graphics, logos, photographs, videos, design elements, downloads, and other materials—are owned by or licensed to Gies Law Firm, PLLC and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

You may view, download, or print Site materials solely for your personal, noncommercial, informational use. You may not reproduce, modify, distribute, republish, display, transmit, sell, license, or commercially exploit Site content without the Firm’s prior written permission.

Nothing on the Site grants any license or ownership interest in the Firm’s names, logos, trademarks, service marks, or other intellectual property.

20. Third-Party Content and Links

References or links to third-party websites, organizations, products, services, or resources are provided for convenience and informational purposes only.

A link or reference does not constitute the Firm’s endorsement, sponsorship, approval, or guarantee of the third party or its content. You access third-party resources at your own risk.

21. Website Availability and Accuracy

We endeavor to provide useful and accurate information, but we do not guarantee that Site content is complete, current, accurate, or applicable to your particular circumstances.

We may modify, remove, suspend, or discontinue any portion of the Site without notice. We do not guarantee that the Site will be continuously available, uninterrupted, secure, or free from errors or harmful components.

22. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Site and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Firm disclaims all express and implied warranties concerning the Site and its content, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, security, and noninfringement.

23. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Gies Law Firm, PLLC and its attorneys, employees, agents, representatives, and service providers will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or relating to:

  • Your access to or use of the Site;

  • Your inability to access or use the Site;

  • Your reliance on Site content;

  • Any errors, omissions, interruptions, security incidents, or harmful components; or

  • Any third-party website, content, product, or service.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

24. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Gies Law Firm, PLLC and its attorneys, employees, agents, and representatives from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful use of the Site, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person’s rights.

25. Governing Law, Jurisdiction, and Venue

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to the Site, its content, or your use of the Site shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you irrevocably consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state courts located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, and, when federal subject-matter jurisdiction exists, the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. You agree that Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, is the exclusive venue for any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Site, its content, or these Terms.

You waive any objection based on lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non conveniens, except when such jurisdiction, venue, or waiver cannot lawfully be established by agreement.

26. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.

27. No Waiver

The Firm’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive its right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

28. Changes to This Policy and These Terms

We may revise this Privacy Policy and Website Terms of Use periodically. Any revisions will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.

Changes become effective when posted unless otherwise stated. Your continued use of the Site after updated Terms are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

29. Entire Agreement

These Website Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and the Firm concerning your use of the Site and supersede any prior statements or understandings concerning that use.

These Terms do not replace or modify any attorney-client engagement agreement or other written agreement between you and the Firm.