Terms of use

Agreeing to these terms

These terms apply when you use 518evictions.com (“the site”). By using the site, you agree to them. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site.

Our privacy policy and disclaimer are part of these terms.

Who we are

518 evictions, PLLC (“we”) operates the site. We are a New York law firm with one office, at 401 New Karner Road, Suite 102, Albany, NY 12205. We represent landlords and property owners in eviction cases in courts in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Saratoga counties. Our legal work is governed by the New York Rules of Professional Conduct (22 NYCRR Part 1200).

No legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship until we accept

The site offers general information, not legal advice. Using the site, calling us, or sending us a message does not create an attorney-client relationship. We represent you only after an attorney accepts your matter and confirms that to you in writing. Our disclaimer explains more.

Your engagement terms control the representation

If we accept your matter, the engagement terms you accepted govern the representation, including its scope, our fees, and what each of us is responsible for. Separately quoted work, such as responding to tenant counterclaims, comes with its own terms that you accept in writing.

If these terms of use conflict with your engagement terms, your engagement terms control.

Who may use the site

• You must be at least 18.
• The site is meant for matters involving property in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Saratoga counties, New York.

If a property manager or other agent contacts us for an owner, we represent the owner, not the manager, once we accept the matter. The manager can be our contact with the owner’s written authorization. If the manager pays our fee, we need the owner’s informed consent, the payment can’t interfere with our professional judgment or with our relationship with the owner, and we keep the owner’s confidences (Rule 1.8(f)).

Acceptable use

Don’t use the site to:

• break the law, or to harass, threaten, or intimidate anyone;
• probe, scan, or test the site’s security without our written permission, or interfere with how the site runs; or
• copy or scrape the site with automated tools, except search engines and other crawlers that follow our robots.txt file.

Payments

• Payment after acceptance. We begin work when an attorney accepts your matter, and we ask for payment only after that. We tell you how to pay when we confirm the acceptance in writing. The full flat fee is earned when we begin work on your case.
• Matters we don’t accept. We tell you, and you pay nothing.
• Add-ons. Add-on fees apply only if your case requires them or you choose an optional service. We notify you in writing before we send any invoice, and we never charge more than the amount your engagement terms set for that service. We may charge less or waive an add-on.
• Commercial matters. We send you a written quote before you pay anything.

Our current fees are on our pricing page. The engagement terms for your matter set the fees that apply to it. If you think a charge is wrong, please contact us. You may also have the right to fee arbitration (see “Fee disputes” below).

Our content and name

The site’s text, design, graphics, logo, and the 518 evictions name belong to us or to those who license them to us.

You may view pages, share links, and quote short passages with credit. Don’t copy, republish, or sell our content, or use our name or logo in a way that suggests we endorse you, without our written permission.

Other websites and services

The site links to courts, agencies, and other resources. Their own terms and privacy policies apply. We don’t control them and aren’t responsible for them.

Availability and changes to the site

We may change, suspend, or stop any part of the site at any time. We work to keep the site available, but we can’t promise it will always be available or free of errors.

Disclaimers

The site is provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties about the site as a website, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don’t promise that the general information on the site is complete or current.

This section covers the website only. It does not limit our liability to a client for our professional services (Rule 1.8(h)(1)) or any duty we owe under the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Limitation of liability

These terms never limit:

• Our liability to a client for our professional services. A lawyer may not make an agreement prospectively limiting the lawyer’s liability to a client for malpractice (Rule 1.8(h)(1)).
• Any duty we owe under the Rules of Professional Conduct, including our duties of confidentiality (Rules 1.6 and 1.18) and our duties when a representation ends (Rule 1.16(e)).
• Any liability that the law does not allow to be limited.

Otherwise, to the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages from using, or being unable to use, the site as a website, such as losses from downtime or from relying on general information.

Fee disputes

If you have a dispute with us about our fees, you may have the right to arbitrate it through New York’s Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program (22 NYCRR Part 137). If you are eligible and ask for arbitration, we must take part (22 NYCRR 137.2). Some disputes fall outside the program, and the rule lists them (22 NYCRR 137.1(b)). The program’s website explains how it works.

Your engagement terms explain this right. Nothing in these terms limits it.

Governing law and where disputes are heard

New York law governs these terms and your use of the site, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Any lawsuit about these terms or the site must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Albany County, New York, and you and we agree to those courts’ jurisdiction.

This section does not limit your rights under 22 NYCRR Part 137. Disputes about a representation are governed by your engagement terms.

Suspending or ending access

We may suspend or end your access to the site if you break these terms, if it is needed to protect the site or its users, or if the law requires it.

If you are a client, ending your access to the site does not end our representation or our duties to you. Your engagement terms and Rule 1.16 govern how a representation ends. When a case is pending, withdrawal may require the court’s permission (Rule 1.16(d)).

When a representation ends, we will take the steps Rule 1.16(e) requires, including giving you reasonable notice, allowing time to hire other counsel, delivering the papers and property you are entitled to, promptly refunding any part of a fee paid in advance that has not been earned, and complying with applicable laws and rules. You can ask for a copy of your file at any time.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We will post the new version here with a new effective date, and changes apply from that date. We’ll email clients about a material change at least 14 days before it takes effect. A change to these terms never changes engagement terms you have already accepted. We keep copies of earlier versions.

General

If a court finds part of these terms unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we don’t enforce a term right away, we have not waived it. You may not transfer your rights under these terms.

Contact us

• Mail: 518 evictions, PLLC, 401 New Karner Road, Suite 102, Albany, NY 12205
• Email: support@518evictions.com