Terms & Conditions – Buckle Your Belt Spring

Terms & Conditions:

  1. Eligibility:
    1. Must be a minimum age of 18 to enter. Should a contestant fail to fully complete the required documents and supply required information in a timely manner or with false information, the contestant will be disqualified.
    2. Contestants must be a resident of New York State to be eligible to enter the contest.
    3. If you are an employee or staff member of William Mattar, P.C. (William Mattar Law Offices/the Firm), you are not eligible to enter the contest. This includes summer, part-time, full-time, and temporary staff members.  Family members of employees, which includes siblings, parents, significant others, children, grandchildren, or grandparents, are also not eligible to win.
    4. If you are a lawyer or an employee or staff member of any law firm, you are not eligible to enter the contest. This includes summer, part-time, full-time, and temporary staff members.  Family members of employees, which includes siblings, parents, significant others, children, grandchildren, or grandparents, are also not eligible to win.
  2. Entering:
    1. The purchase of anything is not necessary to win.
    2. Contestant may enter each contest, campaign, and program only once. Contestants’ names will remain in the drawing for however long the contest, campaign, or program lasts for the calendar year in which the entry was made. This time frame is to be declared by William Mattar Law Offices and is subject to change at any time.
    3. Contestants may enter for programs, campaigns, or contests online (through the www.williammattar.com website) ONLY. We will not accept entries through email, fax, telephone, mail, or in person.
    4. William Mattar Law Offices is not responsible for any technical difficulties entrants face. Such difficulties may include (but are not limited to) busy signals, overload on website, printing problems, technical/electronic malfunctions. The Firm is also not responsible for contestants having difficulties sending/receiving emails or phone calls, or accessing the Firm's website.
    5. For entering, participants will be required to go to William Mattar Law Offices' main website (www.williammattar.com). From the site, they will be directed to a sub site or another site, which can still be accessed through the main site.
    6. For entering different programs, campaigns, and contests, membership involves the following.
      1. Membership is free.
      2. Giving your personal information.
        1. a) Participants will be required to answer several questions regarding their personal information.
        2. b) This information may include (but is not limited to) the following: name, email, phone number, date of birth or age, gender, and address.
          • This information entered MUST be your personal information.
          • The email address provided MUST be the participant's email address.
          • Each email address may have ONLY ONE participant. Two contestants may NOT use the same email address. If an email address is entered more than once, then one or all entries may be considered invalid.
          • Should a member cancel their email address, they will no longer be considered a member. They will no longer be considered 'eligible' for winning.
        3. c) All information entered by the participants becomes property of William Mattar Law Offices. Information provided by entrants will not be returned.
        4. d) Should any information entered by contestants be determined as false or fraudulent, participant will be disqualified and will no longer be considered for any drawings or prizes resulting from contests, programs, or campaigns. Any contestant who is not eligible for entrance will also be disqualified and eliminated from drawings.
        5. e) Any information that is submitted, but is not complete will be disqualified.
        6. f) By entering any information, you are agreeing to receive legal promotional, advertising, and/or marketing emails and text messages.
        7. g) Membership and/or registration do not mean you will receive or win a prize or gift. In fact, only a small percentage of members or registrants may win or receive a prize or gift.
  • Becoming a member:
    1. a) Joining a campaign, contest, or program as a member will allow participants to receive various types of emails, mailings, and/or promotions. These emails and mailings may be used to allow participants to take part in other various activities including (but not limited to) surveys, questionnaires, raffles, and drawings.
    2. b) By becoming a member of a program or campaign, participants are agreeing to support the cause sponsoring such campaigns and programs.
    3. c) Participants may be asked to answer other questions or complete a survey prior to becoming a member or participating in a contest/campaign.
    4. d) Information provided by members is required to be truthful and any information that is not will invalidate the membership.
    5. e) If a member wants to opt out of membership to any program or campaign, they may do so by clicking on the “opt out” page at williammattar.com. This option will require your email address and date of birth.
  • Winning:
    1. There is to be only one winner per family/household.
    2. If you enter for one contest, campaign, or program, you ARE NOT automatically entered into all of them. You must register, with your information, to each program, campaign, or contest you wish to enter in. Please note: there may be more than one contest running at any given time.
    3. The winner will be asked to sign some paperwork. This is including, but not limited to, a liability release. This will release William Mattar Law Offices, staff members, owner, and any contest sponsor from being held responsible.
    4. A random drawing will be held on or about June 1, 2019 with prize notification and pick up in June 2019.
    5. The Firm is not responsible for attempting to contact the winner more than once. William Mattar Law Offices will be required to send a notification email to the given email address from the online entry form. Should a winner not respond within 5 days, then the Firm holds no further obligation to that winner. William Mattar Law Offices will use its discretion in deciding about continuing attempts to contact winner/contestant. A different winner may be chosen should the Firm be unable to reach, obtain a response, or get in contact with the original winner.
    6. Prizes:
      1. The grand prize in this campaign is a trip for four to Fern Resort in Ontario, CA, with a minimum retail value of $1480.
      2. Grand Prize Winner must pick up their prizes at William Mattar Law Offices in Williamsville, NY.
  • Winner must consent to having their photo taken at the time the prize is claimed. A liability release and consent to use their name, photo and likeness in marketing and promotional materials must also be completed at that time.
  1. Small prizes in addition to Grand Prize may or may not be available. Prizes may have a deadline to be picked up. All prizes must be picked up or retrieved within 5 days of the original or attempted notification. This may be subject to change.
    1. a) Should winner not claim prize within time deadline, the Firm has sole discretion to declare another winner.
    2. b) The prize, which is not picked up during the deadline, becomes the Firm's property. The Firm reserves the right to pick a new winner or dispose of the prize in some other way.
  2. Winner may not be allowed to pick up prize until their eligibility to participate in the drawing, contest, campaign, program, or raffle has been confirmed and the required paperwork has been completed. William Mattar Law Offices may take steps to confirm eligibility but is not responsible for doing so.
  3. The documentation (including but not limited to the liability release) must be completed and signed at the Firm's office before being eligible to claim a prize. Winner must also bring a form of photo identification (which shows date of birth) and show proof of social security number and any other documents declared by the Firm.
    1. a) Should winner fail to bring photo identification, documentation, and proof of social security number, the Firm will not release the prize to winner.
    2. b) If winner refuses to sign required documents, then William Mattar Law Offices has sole discretion to declare another winner.
  • Prizes will be picked up in person, unless otherwise declared by the William Mattar Law Offices. They will only be given to declared winners or the legal guardians/parents of the winner.
  • William Mattar Law Offices has the right to alter prizes of equal or greater value for contests, campaigns, programs, and giveaways. There is no cash redemption or any exchanges of prizes.
  1. Those who win and claim prizes are held responsible for paying all taxes if applicable (including but not limited to federal, state, county, and local taxes). Taxes will be based on prize value.
    1. a) The Firm may put an expiration date on any/all prizes. Sponsors may also put an expiration date on prize.
  2. William Mattar Law Offices is also not responsible for the reimbursement or replacement of any prize.
  3. The Firm has the sole discretion to change/alter prizes and/or rules and regulations which go along with prizes.
  • The winner authorizes William Mattar Law Offices and all of its affiliates, successors, and assignees permission to use his or her pictorial, likeness, name, or sound recordings for marketing, promotion, broadcast, print, web or otherwise.
  • William Mattar Law Offices will make the final decisions. Contestants agree to abide by these terms and conditions by entering. William Mattar Law Offices has no responsibility for losses, injuries, or damages caused by accepting these terms and conditions and entering into programs, contests, memberships, and giveaways. Terms and agreements are subject to change. Should they change, contestants/members still agree to alterations. It is contestant/member's responsibility to check the terms and agreements on a regular basis to make sure they are aware of any modifications and still agree to follow such rules and regulations. The Firm reserves the right to delete, alter, or add in any terms, conditions, and rules.