Tressler LLP is committed to protecting your privacy and security.

The publishing lawyer and law firm, Tressler LLP, values the privacy of its clients and Web/blog site viewers. Any of the following personal information that may be made available to the lawyer or firm when browsing or navigating the site shall be kept confidential:

  • First and last name
  • Company, home, postal or other physical address
  • Other contact information, for example, telephone number, fax number, email address, and other similar information
  • Title or position in a company or an organization
  • Occupation
  • Industry
  • Personal interests
  • Any other information needed to provide a service you requested

Examples of scenarios where our visitors provide their personal information include, but may not be limited, to:

  • Emailing, calling or communicating with the lawyer or law firm.
  • Posting a question or comment through the site.
  • Requesting literature.
  • Registering to attend a seminar or any event.
  • Participating in an online survey.
  • Requesting inclusion in an email or other mailing list.
  • Submitting an entry for a contest or other promotions.
  • Logging in to the site, thus requiring a user name and/or a password.
  • Any other business-related reason.

The lawyer or law firm provides you the opportunity to agree or decline to give your personal information via the Internet. The lawyer or firm will inform you of the purpose for the collection and does not intend to transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except under the limited conditions described under the discussion entitled “Information Sharing and Disclosure” below.

Domain Information Collection

The lawyer or firm may collect domain information to enable us to analyze how our visitors use this site. This data enables us to become more familiar with which people visit our site, how often they visit, and what parts of the site they visit most often. The lawyer or firm uses this information to improve its Web-based offerings. This information is collected automatically and requires no action on your part.

Use of Cookies and Tracking User Traffic

By using or accessing our website, you are consenting to Tressler LLP’s use of Cookies. Some pages on this site may use “cookies”—small files that the site places on your hard drive for identification purposes. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID to track the pages visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. These files are used for site registration and customization the next time you visit us.

Some parts of the site may also use cookies to track user traffic patterns. The lawyer or firm does this in order to determine the usefulness of our Web site information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. Please note that cookies cannot read data off of your hard drive. Your Web browser may allow you to be notified when you are receiving a cookie, giving you the choice to accept it or not. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our Web site, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser, By not accepting cookies, some pages may not fully function and you may not be able to access certain information on this site.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Your personal information is never shared outside the lawyer or firm without your permission, except under conditions listed below:

  • Consenting to share your information to a third party service provider working on our behalf to serve you.
  • Requiring us to provide you with a product or service.

The lawyer or firm will also disclose your personal information, if required to do so by law, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our sites.

Attorney Advertising: This website is for general information only and is not intended to provide and should not be relied upon for legal advice in any particular circumstance or fact situation. The reader is advised to consult with an attorney to address any particular circumstance or fact situation. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

For purposes of compliance with New York State Bar rules, our headquarters are Tressler LLP, 233 S. Wacker Drive, Willis Tower, 61st Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, 312.627.4000. Prior results described herein do not guarantee a similar outcome.

For purposes of compliance with Texas Rules of Professional Conduct: Unless otherwise indicated in individual lawyer biographies, lawyers resident in the Firm’s various offices are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and, additionally, are not certified as a specialist in any practice area by the Tennessee Commission on the Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.

No Legal Advice or Attorney-Client Relationship: These materials have been prepared by Tressler LLP for informational purposes and are not legal advice. This information is not intended to create, and receipt of it does not constitute, a lawyer-client relationship. You should not act upon this information without seeking advice from a lawyer licensed in your own state or country. Do not send us confidential information until you speak with one of our lawyers and receive our authorization to send that information to us. Providing information to the Firm (via e-mail links on this Web site or otherwise) will not create an attorney-client relationship in the absence of an express agreement by the Firm to create such a relationship, and will not prevent the Firm from representing someone else in connection with the matter in question or a related matter.

Privacy and Personal Information

You can contact us at any time to:

  • Request access to information that Tressler LLP has about you
  • Correct any information that Tressler LLP has about you
  • Delete information that Tressler LLP has about you

If you have additional questions about Tressler LLP’s collection and storage of data, please contact us at:

Tressler LLP

233 S. Wacker Drive

61st Floor

312-627-4000

info@tresslerllp.com

Personal Information

We collect personal information about you when you voluntarily choose to disclose such information to us, directly or indirectly through a representative. For example, you may disclose personal information to us when you submit information by mail, telephone, fax, or electronically, when you sign up for newsletters, alerts, whitepapers, legal insights and other marketing communications, or when you sign up to attend an event or program in person or online.

By subscribing to our blogs or newsletters, you agree to this privacy policy and give us permission to email you. When you subscribe to a blog or a newsletter for email communications, you can opt out at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the email, or you can contact us at info@tresslerllp.com for assistance. Your information will not be shared with outside parties.

We will use and process your personal information for providing legal services, promoting and marketing our legal services, assisting with managing, enhancing and improving our legal services, communicating with you about those legal services, and complying with our legal and ethical obligations related to those legal services. We do not sell any user information to third parties.

No Warranties: This Web site, and all information available on or accessed through this site, is provided “as is.” Tressler makes no warranties, representations or claims of any kind concerning the information presented on or through this site. We do not hold that the Site will be error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected. We do not hold that the information available on or through the Site will be correct, accurate, timely or otherwise reliable. Due to constant changes in the law, this Site’s information may not be complete or accurate depending on your particular legal issue. Specialized individual assessment and evaluation is necessary.

The Site may be amended by us at any time without specific notice to you.  We reserve the right in our sole discretion to edit or delete any documents, information or other content appearing on the Site.

Photography:  Certain images and/or photos on this site are also the copyrighted property of Shutterstock, their Contributors or Licensed Partners and are being used with permission under license. These images and/or photos may not be copied or downloaded without permission from Shutterstock. Certain images and/or photos on this site are the copyrighted property of iStockphoto LP., their Contributors or Licensed Partners and are being used with permission under license. These images and/or photos may not be copied or downloaded without permission from iStockphoto LP. Certain images and/or photos on this site are also the copyrighted property of 123RF Limited, their Contributors or Licensed Partners and are being used with permission under license. These images and/or photos may not be copied or downloaded without permission from 123RF Limited.

Internet Security

The lawyer or firm strives to protect your personal information; however, we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.

Protecting the Privacy of Children

Children under 18 years old are not the target audience for our Web site. To protect their privacy, the lawyer or firm prohibits the solicitation of personal information from these children.

Links to Third Party Sites

This site may contain links to other sites. The lawyer or firm does not share your personal information with those Web sites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The lawyer or firm reserves the right to change, modify or update this policy at any time without notice. Any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information will be posted on this site.

If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@tresslerllp.com.