Terms of use

This website is advertising

This site is an advertisement for legal services under the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. It is published by Jose A. Dapena, P.A., and Jose A. Dapena is the attorney responsible for its content. The firm maintains offices in Miami, Homestead and Tampa, Florida.

The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely on advertisements. Before you decide, ask the firm to send you free written information about its qualifications and experience.

Nothing here is legal advice

The pages on this site describe Florida law in general terms. They are not advice about your situation and must not be relied on as a substitute for speaking with a lawyer. The law changes, deadlines are short, and the outcome of any matter depends on facts this website cannot know.

Several deadlines discussed on this site are unforgiving — the fourteen-day treatment requirement after a motor vehicle crash and the statute of limitations among them. If a deadline may be running in your matter, speak with a lawyer rather than relying on a web page.

Using the site does not make you a client

No attorney-client relationship is created by reading this site, submitting the case review form, sending email, or calling the firm. That relationship begins only when the firm and the client sign a written agreement.

Until then, what you send is not protected by attorney-client privilege. Do not send confidential information through the form.

Past results

Any case results described on this site are specific to the facts and circumstances of those matters. They do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any other case. Where a result is shown as a gross recovery, attorney’s fees and case costs are paid out of that amount.

Testimonials and reviews

Client reviews reproduced on this site are the opinions of the people who wrote them and are not a guarantee, warranty or prediction about any other matter.

Accuracy, and links out

The firm works to keep this site accurate and current, and each substantive page carries the date it was last reviewed. Even so, it is provided as-is and the firm does not warrant that every statement is complete or up to date at the moment you read it.

Links to statutes, agencies, courts and other outside resources are provided for convenience. The firm does not control those sites and is not responsible for their content.

Jurisdiction

Jose A. Dapena is admitted to practice in Florida and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. Nothing on this site is an offer to practice law in a jurisdiction where the firm is not admitted.

These terms are governed by the law of the State of Florida.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, the firm is not liable for any loss arising from the use of, or inability to use, this website or anything linked from it.

Changes

These terms may change. The revised date below shows when they last did, and continuing to use the site means accepting the version then posted.