Terms of Use


Terms of Use

No Attorney Client Relationship

You should consult qualified legal counsel before acting on any information on this site. The Law Office of Shirley Tam website is intended to provide general information on estate planning, probate and Medi-Cal programs in the state of California, as well as an overview of services offered to our clients. This site does not attempt to offer solutions to individual problems and neither the content on this website nor any transmissions between you and the attorneys are offered as or constitute legal advice until such time as you have retained Shirley Tam for your specific legal requirement. Questions concerning individual legal issues should be addressed to the attorney of your choice.

Users of the site should be aware that trust, probate, and Medi-Cal legal guidelines can change rapidly. The information published on this site was written prior to posting on the site and the information may not be current. No one should rely on this site, information referred to from this site, or information contained in any links from this site without first seeking appropriate professional advice.

Shirley Tam is only licensed to practice law in the State of California, and will not advise anyone on the laws of any other state. If you choose to send an email to Shirley, please do not include any confidential or sensitive information. The law firm has no duty to keep confidential the information you may transmit, and your email will not form an attorney-client relationship. If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, that will not form an attorney-client relationship, and we will have no affirmative duty to advise you of changes in California or federal law.

Privacy Policy

The Law Office of Shirley Tam, LLP respects your privacy. It is our policy not to obtain personal information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide us with any such information. Additionally, we will never share or sell this information to any third parties.

If you choose to complete and submit personal information via any of the various contact forms within this site, we use your personal information to deliver to you any content you may have requested and/or to contact you at your request.

If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, you will periodically receive e-mails containing the newsletter content. You may unsubscribe at any time by utilizing the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the newsletter.

Any information submitted by you to this site shall be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. You represent that you have the lawful right to submit such information and agree that you will not submit any information unless you are legally entitled to do so. Because of the nature of the Internet, we do not recommend that you submit information unless you are absolutely satisfied that it is non-confidential and non-proprietary.

Copyright Notice

Copyright. © 2010. Law Office of Shirley Tam, LLP.  All rights reserved. This website and the materials contained on it are protected by United States intellectual property laws and treaties. If you wish to reproduce, distribute, make derivative works from or otherwise use the materials on this website beyond the manner specifically authorized by law, you must request and receive permission to do so from the Law Office of Shirley Tam or the appropriate licensor. Because Shirley Tam routinely grants permission for reprints, republications and distribution of copies, your best approach is to request permission from us in advance.  However, please do not presume that Shirley Tam will grant permission in every case. The lack of a copyright symbol or statement on any page shall in no way be deemed to mean that the Law Office of Shirley Tam has disclaimed or renounced any of its rights in the materials on such page or that Shirley Tam has contributed the materials to the public domain. Obviously, your use of the materials without attribution to the Law Office of Shirley Tam is strictly prohibited.

The Law Office of Shirley Tam reserves the right to modify all or any of the provisions stated above without advance notice. Any modifications to these provisions, however, will be posted on this page immediately or as soon as they are in effect.