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The information you read on this website and in the blogs is meant to be informative and  for your general knowledge and general purposes only and should not be interpreted to indicate a certain result will occur in your specific legal situation. Even though certain information you read might be useful or relevant to your personal situation, professional legal advice requires an in-depth discussion with you about your case, a thorough investigation into all the relevant facts, and substantial research into the relevant laws.

The content on this website is intended, but not promised or guaranteed, to be correct, complete, or up-to-date. This website is not intended to be a source of advertising, solicitation or legal advice; thus, the reader should not consider this information an invitation for an attorney-client relationship. Readers should not act or rely upon any information contained in this website and should always seek the advice of an attorney in the reader’s state.

Contacting Ainsworth and Associates Law Offices  does not create an attorney-client relationship until we acknowledge receipt and verify our client attorney relationship. The mere submission of a contact form or transmission of an e-mail inquiry to us through this website does not create an attorney-client relationship or constitute an agreement by us to represent you. We cannot agree to represent you until the facts of your case are reviewed, a determination is made as to whether there is any conflict of interest that prohibits us from representing you, and we agree to represent you in a written fee agreement that both you and we sign.
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Electronic financial transactions with Ainsworth and Associates Law Offices are facilitated by Law Pay, utilizing encryption and advanced fraud protection. All paper documents received by Ainsworth and Associates Law Offices containing sensitive financial information are promptly shredded, as are all paper documents at the conclusion of our representation. Non-financial documents, pleadings, estate plans and related client file documents are scanned and stored in a secure digital client file at the conclusion of our representation. In some limited circumstances, if we provided with original documents of an important nature, we will return these to the client.

Retainers: All clients retainers received by Ainsworth and Associates Law Offices are considered General Retainers unless otherwise confirmed in writing. All non-general, security retainers, advanced court costs and settlement checks shall be held in a separate client’s trust account pursuant to the provisions of Rule 1.15 and only withdrawn when at the appropriate time in accordance with the rules. If court costs or other types of expense money advanced by the client are nominal or we intend to use these funds immediately,  we may hold them in our general operating account.

Certifications of specialties are not recognized by the Supreme Court of Illinois in the practice of law and the certificate, award or recognition is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois. This website includes references to “AVVO”  and may contain reference to other organizations that have included Ms. Ainsworth or Mr. Braden and other Associates of Ainsworth and Associates among their listings. These are private companies, and their ratings have not been approved by any bar association or court.

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Attorney Diane Ainsworth  is responsible for the content of this website, blog and any communication that is an advertisement.

Diane Ainsworth  has practice concentrations enumerated elsewhere on this website as does Zedrick Braden. In certain cases they share the legal representation responsibilities with attorneys from other law firms in Illinois and in other states. In all shared responsibility cases, clients will be notified in writing, and it will fully comply with the Illinois Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct, including but not limited to Rule 1.5, regarding attorney responsibilities and fee sharing. In no event will a shared responsibility arrangement increase the total agreed upon client fee.

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