Effective Date: June 2026

This Website Privacy Policy (Policy) explains how LaRocque Law LLC, an Illinois limited liability company with its principal office at 411 S. Sangamon Street, Chicago, Illinois (Firm, we, us, or our), collects, uses, discloses, and protects information in connection with the website located at https://www.larocque-law.com/ and any pages, features, forms, or services made available through the website (collectively, the Website).

This Policy applies to information collected through the Website. It does not replace or modify any attorney-client engagement agreement, confidentiality obligation, professional responsibility duty, court order, protective order, client portal terms, or other agreement that may apply to a specific legal matter.

By using the Website, you acknowledge this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, do not use the Website.

1.  Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information through the Website:

1.1. Information You Provide Directly

You may provide information to us when you complete a contact form, request a consultation, subscribe to updates, register for an event, make an online payment, submit a document, use a client portal link, or otherwise communicate with us through the Website. This information may include:
 

• Name;

• Email address;

• Phone number;

• Mailing address;

• Employer, business, or organization;

• Job title or role;

• Matter type or practice-area interest;

• Information included in messages, forms, uploads, or attachments;

• Billing, invoice, or payment-related information;

• Scheduling preferences;

• Newsletter, alert, or event preferences; and

• Any other information you choose to submit.
   

1.2. Legal Matter and Intake Information

If you submit information about a potential or existing legal matter, that information may include sensitive, confidential, privileged, personal, financial, employment, medical, family, criminal, business, or dispute-related information. You should not submit confidential, privileged, sensitive, or time-sensitive information through the Website unless and until the Firm has agreed in writing to represent you.

Use of the Website does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is formed only if the Firm expressly agrees in writing to represent you.

1.3. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit or use the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:
 

• IP address;

• Device identifiers;

• Browser type and version;

• Operating system;

• Referring and exit pages;

• Pages viewed;

• Links clicked;

• Date and time of access;

• Approximate location derived from IP address;

• Search terms used to reach the Website;

• Interactions with forms, pages, videos, downloads, or other Website features; and

• Other usage, diagnostic, performance, and analytics data.
   

1.4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, software development kits, local storage, and similar technologies to operate the Website, remember preferences, measure traffic, understand usage, improve performance, detect security issues, support marketing or communications, and analyze the effectiveness of content or campaigns.

You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings or, if implemented on the Website, through a cookie banner or preference tool. Blocking cookies may affect Website functionality.

2. How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the Website for the following purposes:
 

• To operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website;

• To respond to inquiries, consultation requests, messages, and communications;

• To evaluate whether the Firm can assist with a potential legal matter;

• To perform conflict checks and intake screening;

• To provide legal services to existing clients, subject to the applicable engagement agreement;

• To send newsletters, legal updates, event invitations, announcements, or other communications;

• To schedule appointments, consultations, meetings, or events;

• To process payments, invoices, retainers, or billing-related transactions;

• To manage client portals, document portals, or secure communication platforms;

• To analyze Website traffic, usage, and performance;

• To detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, unauthorized access, or unlawful activity;

• To comply with legal, regulatory, court, professional responsibility, insurance, audit, accounting, or recordkeeping obligations;

• To protect the rights, property, safety, or interests of the Firm, our clients, Website users, or others; and

• For any other purpose disclosed at the time information is collected or with your consent.

3. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose information collected through the Website as follows:

3.1. Service Providers and Vendors

We may disclose information to vendors, contractors, consultants, and service providers who help us operate the Website and our business, including website hosting providers, analytics providers, email platforms, customer relationship management systems, client intake tools, payment processors, scheduling tools, document-management systems, cloud storage providers, cybersecurity providers, IT support providers, marketing providers, and professional advisers.

3.2.  Legal, Professional, and Compliance Purposes

We may disclose information when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to comply with law, regulation, subpoena, court order, discovery obligation, professional responsibility obligation, audit, insurance requirement, government request, or other legal process.

We may also disclose information to protect the Firm, our clients, Website users, or others; to enforce our Website Terms and Conditions; to investigate potential misconduct; or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

3.3. Legal Services and Matter Administration

If you become a client, we may use and disclose information as reasonably necessary to provide legal services and administer the representation, subject to applicable confidentiality, privilege, professional responsibility, court, and contractual obligations. This may include disclosures to courts, opposing counsel, co-counsel, experts, consultants, investigators, litigation support vendors, mediators, arbitrators, government agencies, insurance carriers, and other matter participants as appropriate for the representation.

3.4. Business Transfers

If the Firm is involved in a merger, reorganization, succession, sale of assets, practice transition, dissolution, or similar transaction, information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law and professional responsibility obligations.

3.5. With Consent or Direction

We may disclose information with your consent, at your direction, or as otherwise disclosed at the time information is collected.

4. Biometric Information

The Website is not intended to collect biometric identifiers or biometric information, such as fingerprints, voiceprints, scans of hand or face geometry, retina or iris scans, or other biometric identifiers or biometric information.

You should not submit biometric identifiers or biometric information through the Website unless the Firm has first provided a separate written notice and obtained any required written release or consent. If the Firm or any Website-related vendor implements technology that collects biometric identifiers or biometric information, the Firm will provide any notices, consents, retention schedule, destruction policy, and other disclosures required by applicable Illinois law before collection or use.

5. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information collected through the Website. However, no website, email system, network, platform, or method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information submitted through or stored in connection with the Website.

You should not use the Website to send urgent, highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, or time-sensitive information unless we have provided a secure method for that purpose and have agreed in writing to represent you.

6. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including to operate the Website, respond to inquiries, evaluate potential representations, provide legal services, maintain business records, comply with legal and professional obligations, resolve disputes, protect rights, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods may vary based on the type of information, the nature of the relationship, professional responsibility obligations, litigation holds, court orders, insurance requirements, tax and accounting obligations, cybersecurity needs, and applicable law.

7. Data Breach and Security Incident Notice

If a security incident affects information subject to breach-notification laws, we will provide notice as required by applicable law. Depending on the circumstances, notice may be provided by written notice, electronic notice, substitute notice, notice to regulators, notice to consumer reporting agencies, or other legally permitted methods.

8. Your Choices

8.1. Communications

You may opt out of non-essential marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us at michael@larocque-law.com. We may still send transactional, administrative, legal, billing, security, or client-service communications where permitted or required.

8.2. Cookies and Analytics

You may be able to limit cookies or similar technologies through your browser settings, device settings, or any cookie preference tool made available on the Website. Some browser settings may allow you to send “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no uniform industry standard for responding to such signals, the Website may not respond to them unless required by applicable law.

8.3. Updating Information

If you believe information you submitted through the Website is inaccurate or incomplete, you may contact us using the information below. We may need to verify your identity or authority before responding to certain requests.

9. Third-Party Websites, Platforms, and Tools

The Website may link to or integrate with third-party websites, payment processors, scheduling platforms, client portals, analytics tools, map tools, video platforms, social media platforms, newsletter services, chat tools, or other services. Those third parties may collect information directly from you and may use cookies or similar technologies.

This Policy does not apply to third-party websites, platforms, or services that we do not control. You should review the privacy policies and terms of any third-party services you use.

10. Online Payments

If you make a payment through the Website or a linked payment platform, payment information may be processed by a third-party payment processor. The Firm generally does not receive full payment-card numbers, bank-account credentials, or other complete payment credentials unless expressly stated. Payment processing is subject to the payment processor’s terms, privacy policy, and security practices.

Payment through the Website does not create an attorney-client relationship, expand the scope of an existing representation, or modify any written engagement agreement.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Website. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through the Website, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

12. State Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the nature of your relationship with the Firm, you may have privacy rights under applicable state law. These rights may include the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a copy of certain personal information, and the right to opt out of certain uses or disclosures.

The Firm will respond to privacy requests as required by applicable law. We may deny or limit a request where permitted by law, including where information is subject to attorney-client privilege, legal ethics obligations, court rules, litigation holds, legal-service exceptions, security requirements, recordkeeping obligations, or other applicable exemptions.

To submit a privacy request, contact us at michael@larocque-law.com We may need to verify your identity and, where applicable, your authority to act on behalf of another person.

13. California and Other State Notices

If the Firm is subject to the privacy laws of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, or another state with comprehensive consumer privacy laws, the Firm should add any state-specific notices required by those laws before publishing this Policy.

If the Website uses targeted advertising, cross-context behavioral advertising, analytics pixels, social media pixels, data brokers, or third-party marketing technologies, the Firm should confirm whether additional disclosures, opt-out links, preference signals, or cookie-consent mechanisms are required.

14. International Users

The Website is intended primarily for users located in the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you understand that information may be processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If the Firm intentionally offers services to individuals in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, or other jurisdictions with specific privacy requirements, the Firm should add jurisdiction-specific disclosures before collecting information from those users.

15. Attorney-Client Privilege and Professional Confidentiality

Nothing in this Policy is intended to limit any confidentiality, privilege, loyalty, competence, safekeeping, supervision, or professional responsibility obligations that may apply if the Firm represents you. If you are a client, your engagement agreement and applicable professional rules may impose additional obligations regarding information related to the representation.

If there is a conflict between this Policy and a written engagement agreement regarding client information, the engagement agreement and applicable professional responsibility obligations will control to the extent required.

16. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. The updated Policy will be posted on the Website with a revised effective date. Changes are effective when posted unless a later effective date is stated.

Your continued use of the Website after an updated Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated Policy.

17. Contact Us

Questions about this Policy or privacy requests may be directed to:

Rebecca LaRocque, Esq.
LaRocque Law LLC
150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(331) 306-0084