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PRIVACY POLICY<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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Last Updated: September 4, 2026<\/p>\n\n

1. Introduction and Scope<\/h1>\n\n

This Privacy Policy describes how Padilla Law PLLC, a Texas professional limited liability company doing business under the trade name Lex Padilla\u2122 (\u201cPadilla<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cFirm<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cwe<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cus<\/strong>,\u201d or \u201cour<\/strong>\u201d), collects, uses, discloses, retains, and protects personal information. It applies to information collected through Lex.Padilla.Law, any client or prospective-client portal, online forms, email, telephone and text communications, social media pages, marketing activities, and other services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the \u201cServices<\/strong>\u201d).<\/p>\n\n

In this Privacy Policy, \u201cAffiliate<\/strong>\u201d means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Firm, including LegalMente AI where applicable. This Privacy Policy applies to prospective clients, clients, website visitors, users of LegalMente AI or Para\u2122, business contacts, and other persons who interact with LP or the Services.<\/p>\n\n

Information processed in connection with legal services may also be governed by an engagement agreement, professional-responsibility obligations, court rules, or other applicable law. If this Privacy Policy conflicts with an engagement agreement concerning LP\u2019s handling of client information, the engagement agreement controls to the extent of the conflict. This Privacy Policy does not create an attorney-client relationship or alter any applicable confidentiality or privilege obligations.<\/p>\n\n

2. Personal Information We Collect<\/h1>\n\n

We may collect the personal information reasonably necessary to evaluate requests for legal services, conduct conflicts checks, open and administer matters, provide legal services, operate the Services, communicate with you, process payments, comply with law and professional obligations, and manage and market our business and Affiliate services. Depending on how you interact with us, this may include:<\/p>\n\n

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  • Contact and identity information. <\/strong>Name, alias, signature, salutation, email address, telephone number, mailing and billing addresses, company, title, employer, and other identifiers or contact details.<\/li>\n\n
  • Account and profile information. <\/strong>Login credentials, account settings, preferences, authorized users, and information associated with your use of a portal or other account-based feature.<\/li>\n\n
  • Inquiry, intake, and conflicts information. <\/strong>The nature of your request, parties and entities involved, adverse parties, affiliations, jurisdiction, relevant dates, scheduling preferences, and other information needed to evaluate a potential engagement or perform a conflicts review.<\/li>\n\n
  • Legal-matter and client information. <\/strong>Facts, documents, contracts, correspondence, records, evidence, notes, research, work product, billing information, instructions, and other information provided or generated in connection with prospective or actual legal services.<\/li>\n\n
  • Communications information. <\/strong>Emails, telephone or text communications, chat messages, LegalMente or Para interactions, form submissions, meeting information, feedback, and associated metadata.<\/li>\n\n
  • Payment and transaction information. <\/strong>Billing contact information, service selections, payment status, transaction history, and limited payment details. Payment card information may be collected directly by a payment processor rather than LP.<\/li>\n\n
  • Professional and business information. <\/strong>Company, role, industry, employment information, business interests, and information about your professional relationship with LP or others.<\/li>\n\n
  • Device, usage, and online activity information. <\/strong>IP address, browser and device type, operating system, language settings, approximate location derived from IP address, referring URL, pages or features viewed, access dates and times, clicks, session activity, and diagnostic, security, and server-log information.<\/li>\n\n
  • Marketing information. <\/strong>Communication preferences, subscription status, campaign engagement, and interactions with marketing emails, advertisements, or other communications.<\/li>\n\n
  • Other information. <\/strong>Any other information you choose to provide or that we describe at the time of collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    If you provide personal information about another person, you represent that you are authorized to provide it for the relevant purpose. Please provide only information reasonably necessary for your request or matter.<\/p>\n\n

    3. Sources of Personal Information<\/h1>\n\n

    We may collect personal information directly from you; from your employer, representatives, colleagues, or authorized users; through LegalMente, Para, and other Services; from clients, prospective clients, witnesses, counterparties, opposing counsel, courts, government agencies, experts, vendors, referral sources, and other persons involved in a matter; from public records, government databases, websites, social media, and other publicly available sources; from Affiliates; and from service providers such as hosting, security, analytics, communications, identity-verification, customer-relationship-management, payment, and document-management providers.<\/p>\n\n

    4. How We Use Personal Information<\/h1>\n\n

    We may use personal information for the following purposes:<\/p>\n\n

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    • Legal services and intake. <\/strong>To respond to inquiries; evaluate whether LP can assist; conduct conflicts checks and other intake review; establish, manage, and close engagements; provide legal services; prepare and review documents; communicate about matters; and satisfy professional and recordkeeping obligations.<\/li>\n\n
    • Operate and improve the Services. <\/strong>To provide LegalMente, AI Paralegal\u2122, Para, portals, accounts, forms, scheduling, communications, document tools, and other features; personalize the user experience; troubleshoot; perform analytics; develop new functionality; and improve quality and efficiency.<\/li>\n\n
    • Communications. <\/strong>To send confirmations, reminders, service announcements, security notices, billing messages, legal or administrative updates, and responses to questions or requests.<\/li>\n\n
    • Marketing LP and Affiliate services. <\/strong>To market, advertise, or recommend LP\u2019s services and the services of our Affiliates, including LegalMente; invite you to events; send newsletters or educational content; and measure or improve marketing effectiveness. We may tailor these communications based on your relationship with us, interests, or use of the Services.<\/li>\n\n
    • Payments and business administration. <\/strong>To process transactions, maintain financial and tax records, manage vendors and professional advisors, administer insurance, and operate our business.<\/li>\n\n
    • Security, compliance, and protection. <\/strong>To authenticate users; protect accounts, systems, information, and rights; detect and prevent fraud, misuse, cyberattacks, and unlawful activity; investigate incidents; enforce agreements; respond to lawful process; and comply with legal, regulatory, ethical, insurance, and professional obligations.<\/li>\n\n
    • Research and development. <\/strong>To analyze and improve our Services, technology, workflows, legal-service delivery, and business operations, including through aggregated or deidentified information where appropriate.<\/li>\n\n
    • Other disclosed purposes. <\/strong>For another purpose disclosed when information is collected, with your direction or consent, or as otherwise permitted by law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      If you do not provide information identified as necessary, we may be unable to evaluate or accept a matter, provide requested legal or technology services, create or maintain an account, process a transaction, or respond to your request.<\/p>\n\n

      5. Artificial Intelligence and Automated Processing<\/h1>\n\n

      The Firm may use artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, automated drafting, review, extraction, classification, summarization, research, workflow, and similar technologies (\u201cAI Tools\u201d) in connection with intake, LegalMente, Para, document preparation, legal research support, communications, quality control, security, administration, marketing, and delivery of legal services.<\/p>\n\n

      AI Tools may be developed internally or provided by service providers and may process information submitted through the Services. When AI Tools are used in a formal legal engagement, LP\u2019s use remains subject to applicable professional obligations, the engagement agreement, and LP\u2019s policies. LP does not use client-confidential information to train a publicly available AI model in a manner that makes the information available to unaffiliated third parties, except with authorization or as otherwise permitted by the applicable engagement agreement and law.<\/p>\n\n

      We may use aggregated or deidentified information to test, evaluate, develop, and improve internal systems and Services. De-identified information is not personal information, and we may use, disclose, and license it for any lawful purpose, including research and development, evaluation, and improvement of our AI Tools. We do not attempt to reidentify deidentified information except to test whether deidentification processes function properly or as otherwise permitted by law.<\/p>\n\n

      6. Cookies and Similar Technologies<\/h1>\n\n

      We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, local storage, software development kits, and similar technologies to operate and secure the Services, remember preferences and login status, understand use and performance, troubleshoot, conduct analytics, and support or measure communications and marketing. These technologies may collect device, usage, online activity, and communication-interaction information.<\/p>\n\n

      Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Some Services may not function properly if necessary technologies are disabled. Certain browsers transmit \u201cDo Not Track\u201d signals, but there is no uniform standard for responding to them. We may not respond to such signals unless required by law. Where applicable, additional cookie choices may be provided through the Services.<\/p>\n\n

      7. How We Disclose Personal Information<\/h1>\n\n

      We may disclose personal information to the following recipients for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy:<\/p>\n\n

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      • Affiliates. <\/strong>We may disclose information to Affiliates, including LegalMente AI, to provide, support, integrate, improve, and market LP\u2019s or the Affiliate\u2019s services, subject to applicable law and professional obligations.<\/li>\n\n
      • Service providers. <\/strong>We may disclose information to vendors that provide hosting, cloud storage, AI, analytics, cybersecurity, communications, email, marketing, customer support, scheduling, identity verification, payment processing, accounting, document management, backup, and other services on our behalf.<\/li>\n\n
      • Legal-service participants. <\/strong>Where appropriate for a legal matter, we may disclose information to clients, co-counsel, local counsel, paralegals, contract professionals, experts, consultants, investigators, vendors, courts, arbitrators, government authorities, opposing counsel, counterparties, witnesses, and other participants, subject to applicable duties and instructions.<\/li>\n\n
      • Professional advisors and business partners. <\/strong>We may disclose information to insurers, auditors, accountants, bankers, lawyers, consultants, referral partners, and other professional advisors or business partners where reasonably necessary.<\/li>\n\n
      • Authorities and protection of rights. <\/strong>We may disclose information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by law, lawful process, professional obligations, or reasonably necessary to protect LP, our Affiliates, clients, users, or others.<\/li>\n\n
      • Business transactions. <\/strong>We may disclose information in connection with an actual or proposed financing, investment, merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale or transfer of assets, insolvency, or similar transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality and professional-responsibility safeguards.<\/li>\n\n
      • At your direction. <\/strong>We may disclose information with your consent or at your direction, or as otherwise disclosed when the information is collected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        8. No Sale of Personal Information<\/h1>\n\n

        We do not sell personal information to third parties. In particular, we do not lend, rent, or exchange personal information with unaffiliated third parties for monetary consideration. We may disclose information to Affiliates, including LegalMente AI, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including marketing LP\u2019s or an Affiliate\u2019s services. We may also disclose information to service providers and other recipients as described above; those operational disclosures are not sales of personal information by LP.<\/p>\n\n

        Some privacy laws define \u201csale,\u201d \u201csharing,\u201d or similar terms more broadly than an exchange for money. Where such a law applies, we will provide any notice or choice required by that law. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of individuals under 18 years of age.<\/p>\n\n

        9. Marketing Communications and Choices<\/h1>\n\n

        We or our Affiliates may use your contact information to send marketing communications regarding LP, LegalMente AI, or other Affiliate services, as permitted by law. You may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the message or contacting us at legal@padilla.law. You may opt out of marketing text messages by replying STOP or using another method described in the message.<\/p>\n\n

        An opt-out applies to marketing communications and may take a reasonable time to process. It does not prevent LP or its Affiliates from sending nonmarketing communications, including responses to requests, service notices, account messages, legal-matter communications, security notices, billing messages, or other transactional or legally required communications.<\/p>\n\n

        10. Confidentiality, Privilege, and Prospective Clients<\/h1>\n\n

        Using the Services, submitting information, communicating with Para or LegalMente, connecting with a Firm attorney, or participating in an initial consultation does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is formed only after LP completes and clears its conflicts review, LP accepts the matter, and you and LP accept or sign an applicable engagement agreement.<\/p>\n\n

        Before formal engagement, do not submit information that is unnecessary to evaluate the potential engagement, and do not submit highly sensitive information unless LP specifically requests it through an approved channel. Information submitted before an engagement may not be protected by the attorney-client privilege. LP will nevertheless handle information in accordance with applicable law and professional obligations concerning prospective clients.<\/p>\n\n

        Once LP is formally engaged, LP\u2019s handling of client information is also governed by the engagement agreement, applicable law, and professional obligations concerning confidentiality, privilege, and client files. Nothing in this Privacy Policy authorizes LP to use or disclose client information in a manner prohibited by those obligations.<\/p>\n\n

        11. Data Retention<\/h1>\n\n

        We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to evaluate and provide services, maintain conflicts and client records, comply with legal and professional obligations, administer our business, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, preserve security, and satisfy tax, accounting, insurance, and litigation-hold requirements. Retention periods vary based on the type of information, the relationship, the sensitivity of the information, and applicable requirements.<\/p>\n\n

        When information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely destroy it in accordance with our practices and applicable law. We may retain aggregated or deidentified information for longer periods where it no longer reasonably identifies an individual.<\/p>\n\n

        12. Data Security<\/h1>\n\n

        We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information, which may include access controls, authentication, encryption where appropriate, secure hosting, role-based permissions, logging, backup, and vendor oversight. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for protecting your own devices, accounts, credentials, and communications.<\/p>\n\n

        13. Your Privacy Rights and Requests<\/h1>\n\n

        Depending on where you live and subject to applicable exceptions, you may have rights to request access to or confirmation of personal information we process; request correction or deletion; obtain a portable copy; opt out of certain targeted advertising, sales, sharing, or profiling; limit certain uses of sensitive personal information; or appeal a decision concerning a request. You may also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising applicable privacy rights.<\/p>\n\n

        To submit a privacy request, contact privacy@padilla.law. We may request information needed to verify your identity, authority, and request. Authorized agents may be required to provide proof of authority. We may retain or withhold information where permitted or required by law, including to preserve privilege, confidentiality, conflicts records, legal holds, security, or professional obligations. If LP processes information on behalf of a client, we may direct the request to that client.<\/p>\n\n

        California residents may also request, once per calendar year and as provided by California law, information concerning certain disclosures of personal information to third parties for their own direct-marketing purposes. Requests should be sent to privacy@padilla.law and identify \u201cCalifornia Direct Marketing Request\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n\n

        14. International Processing<\/h1>\n\n

        The Firm is based in the United States. We and our service providers may process or store personal information in the United States and other jurisdictions whose data-protection laws may differ and\/or be less protective from those where you reside.<\/p>\n\n

        15. Third-Party Services and Links<\/h1>\n\n

        The Services may link to or integrate with websites, applications, platforms, plug-ins, or services operated by third parties, such as LegalMente AI. We do not control and are not responsible for their independent privacy, security, or content practices. Their collection and use of information are governed by their own policies and terms.<\/p>\n\n

        16. Children\u2019s Privacy<\/h1>\n\n

        The Services are not directed to individuals under 18 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 18 through the Services without appropriate authorization. If you believe a child has provided personal information in a manner prohibited by law, contact us so we can take appropriate action.<\/p>\n\n

        17. Changes to This Privacy Policy<\/h1>\n\n

        We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The \u201cLast Updated\u201d date indicates when it was most recently revised. Material changes will be posted through the Services, and we will provide additional notice or obtain consent where required by law.<\/p>\n\n

        18. Contact Information<\/h1>\n\n

        Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices may be directed to:<\/p>\n\n

        Padilla Law PLLC d\/b\/a Lex Padilla
        \u00a0539 W. Commerce St. #6939<\/p>\n\n

        Dallas, Texas 75208
        Email: privacy@padilla.law<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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