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Online Written Assessment — Law Office of C.R. Diaz, Esq.

This Limited-Scope Legal Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) governs the online written-assessment service (the “Service”) offered by the Law Office of C.R. Diaz, Esq. (the “Firm,” “I,” or “me”). By submitting your question and payment through the Firm’s website, you (the “Client” or “you”) agree to these terms.

1. Nature of the Service

For a flat fee of $99.00, I will review a single legal question you submit through the website and, if I accept the matter, provide you with a written assessment of that question under Florida law, based solely on the facts you provide. The written assessment may identify the legal issues your facts raise, outline general options or next steps, and indicate whether your situation may warrant fuller legal representation. If, after delivering the assessment, I am interested in handling the matter and you wish to proceed, we may schedule a telephone call to discuss representation under a separate written agreement.

2. This Is Limited-Scope Legal Advice

This Service is the limited-scope practice of law, not “general legal information.” When I accept your matter and deliver the written assessment, an attorney-client relationship is formed for the limited purpose of preparing and delivering that assessment, and for no other purpose. That relationship, and the duties of competence and confidentiality that come with it, are real. I am applying the law to your specific facts; I am not giving generic information. You consent to this limitation of scope under Rule 4-1.2(c) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar by accepting this Agreement.

3. Eligibility: Florida Matters and Covered Subjects

I am licensed to practice law only in the State of Florida, and the Service is available only for questions governed by Florida law. The Service is intended for civil matters, with a particular focus on business and commercial disputes; debt-collection matters, whether enforcement or defense; and evictions and landlord-tenant disputes. I will also consider other civil matters governed by Florida law that I, in my sole discretion, determine I am competent to assess. The Service is not available for matters outside Florida law, and I may decline any submission that falls outside my competence or that I otherwise choose not to accept. If your submission is one I do not accept, I will decline it and refund your fee as described in Section 5.

4. How the Service Works

(1) You complete the intake questionnaire, agree to this Agreement, and pay the $99.00 flat fee. (2) I review your submission for Florida jurisdiction, practice-area fit, and conflicts of interest before performing any substantive legal analysis. (3) If the matter is eligible and conflict-free, I accept it and proceed; if not, I decline and refund your fee in full, and no assessment is provided. (4) If accepted, I deliver the written assessment, ordinarily within a stated number of business days. (5) If I am interested in the matter and you wish to continue, we may schedule a call to discuss representation under a separate engagement.

5. Fee; When Earned; Right to Decline and Refund

The flat fee for the Service is $99.00, collected at the time you submit. I reserve the right, in my sole discretion, to decline any submission for any lawful reason, including a conflict of interest, a matter outside Florida law or my covered practice areas, insufficient information, or my own unavailability. If I decline your matter, you will receive a full refund of the $99.00, and no written assessment will be provided. If I accept your matter, the fee is fully earned upon my delivery of the written assessment and is nonrefundable at that point, because the assessment is the completed work product you have paid for. You acknowledge and agree to this nonrefundable-upon-delivery term in writing, consistent with Rule 4-1.5(e).

6. Conflicts of Interest; Prospective-Client Acknowledgment

I will check for conflicts of interest before analyzing your matter. To allow that check, the intake questionnaire asks you to identify the other people or entities involved. You understand and agree that submitting a question does not guarantee that I will accept your matter or represent you; that you will not send detailed, sensitive, or potentially harmful information through the intake form, but only a concise description of your question and the identities needed for a conflicts check; and that, because the intake is deliberately limited, your submission ordinarily will not, by itself, prevent me from representing another person in the same or a related matter. You consent in advance, to the extent permitted by Rule 4-1.18, to my continued representation of other parties, except where I have actually received from you information that could be significantly harmful to you in the matter.

7. Information You Provide; Limits on Detail at Intake

At the intake stage, please provide only a brief, plain description of your question and the basic facts needed to understand it, together with the names requested for the conflicts check. Do not upload documents, evidence, or detailed confidential information through the intake form, and do not send anything by ordinary email. If I accept your matter and need additional facts or documents, I will request them through a secure channel.

8. Confidentiality and Secure Communication

Information you provide in connection with an accepted matter is protected by my duty of confidentiality under Rule 4-1.6. I use reasonable measures to protect that information. Ordinary email and text messaging are not secure; for that reason, substantive communications and any documents will be handled through a secure channel that I designate. You agree to use that channel rather than ordinary email for anything confidential.

9. Limitations of the Assessment

The written assessment is based only on the facts you provide and on Florida law as I understand it at the time. It is necessarily preliminary and limited. Unless we sign a separate agreement for further representation, the following are outside the scope of this Service: investigating or verifying your facts; calculating, tracking, or warning you about statutes of limitation, court deadlines, or filing dates (you remain solely responsible for any deadline, and a missed deadline can permanently bar a claim); drafting documents, filing anything, appearing in court, contacting any other party, or taking any action on your behalf; and any ongoing duty to you. My limited engagement ends upon delivery of the assessment.

10. Use of Technology and Artificial Intelligence

In preparing assessments, the Firm may use technology tools, which may include generative artificial-intelligence tools, as an aid to research and drafting. I personally review and verify all work product, exercise independent professional judgment, and remain fully responsible for the content of every assessment. Any such tools are used in a manner consistent with my confidentiality obligations under Rule 4-1.6 and the guidance of Florida Ethics Opinion 24-1.

11. No Guarantee of Outcome

Nothing in the assessment is a promise or guarantee about the outcome of any matter. Law is uncertain and outcomes depend on facts, evidence, and forums that a limited written assessment cannot fully account for. The assessment is my professional opinion on the limited question presented, not an assurance of any result.

12. Completion and Termination of the Limited Engagement

My limited engagement is complete, and the attorney-client relationship for this Service ends, upon my delivery of the written assessment. Any further work requires a new, separate written agreement. Either of us may decline to proceed to any further engagement for any lawful reason.

13. Optional Follow-On Services

If, after delivery of the assessment, both you and I wish to proceed, additional services (such as a consultation call, document drafting, or representation) will be provided only under a separate written engagement agreement specifying their own scope and fees. Amounts owed for any such follow-on services are governed by Sections 14 and 15 below.

14. Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Disputes

In any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Service, or any fee charged under it, including any action to collect amounts owed, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, at the trial, appellate, bankruptcy, and post-judgment levels. You agree that, if I prevail and represent myself, my recovery shall include the reasonable value of my own legal services rendered on my own behalf in the dispute, as if performed by independent counsel.

15. Interest on Past-Due Amounts

Any amount that becomes due to the Firm under this Agreement or under any separate follow-on engagement, and that remains unpaid when due, shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the lesser of 1.5% per month or the maximum rate permitted by Florida law. The $99.00 flat fee for the Service is paid in advance and is therefore not subject to this provision; this Section applies to any later-incurred or follow-on amounts.

16. Governing Law and Venue

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida. Venue for any dispute shall lie in Miami-Dade County, Florida, to the extent permitted by law.

17. Electronic Acceptance

By checking the box marked “I have read and agree to the Limited-Scope Legal Services Agreement,” and by paying the $99 fee and submitting, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Agreement, including the limited scope of representation (Section 2), the eligibility limits (Section 3), the fee and refund terms (Section 5), the conflicts and prospective-client acknowledgment (Section 6), and the limitations of the assessment (Section 9). Your electronic acceptance has the same effect as a signature.