Avvo doesn't pay us for these responses, and I'm not your lawyer just because I answer this question or respond to any follow-up comments.I'm aware that AVVO advertises itself as "free legal advice," and of course I know how everyone LOVES not having to pay a lawyer. But nonetheless, posts' terminology can be and frequently is inaccurate and/or omits important facts, and responses can be dead wrong. Because posts are anonymous on this site, there's no attorney-client relationship formed that could be relied on, no fiduciary duty, no duty of confidentiality, no duty of loyalty, and no accountability for any attorney that's wrong. I'm aware that people want to think of the lawyers that respond to their posts as their lawyers. I know this because people telephone me, not anonymously, and act like I know who they are. They post follow up comments days and weeks and even many months after their AVVO posts were made and I commented on them, to "update" me, again, as if I know who they are and they need to get me these updates and as if I'm they're lawyer.But my AVVO comments aren't reliable legal advice, and I'm not their lawyer, and they can't rely on anything any AVVO lawyer writes.Likewise, you can't rely, either.
