What types of employment cases does Sims Legal Services handle?

SLS handles a wide range of employment matters including discrimination, workplace harassment and hostile work environments, sexual harassment, retaliation and whistleblower protection, leaves of absence, pay equity, worker misclassification, and wage & hour violations.

Does Sims Legal Services represent employers or employees?

SLS primarily represents individual employees and workers. Having previously represented employers at top-100 law firms, Trey Sims brings a unique perspective that gives workers a strategic edge in understanding how companies approach legal disputes.

Does SLS offer flexible fee arrangements?

Yes. Sims Legal Services offers flexible fee structures designed for real people and mission-driven organizations. Fee arrangements are discussed during your initial consultation.

How does Sims Legal Services use AI in legal practice?

SLS applies AI across four key stages: ethical oversight of all AI inputs and outputs, deep factual and legal research using tools like NotebookLM and Claude Pro, case management and automation via Clio and Google Workspace, and dynamic case modeling for risk assessment and strategy development.

Can SLS handle employment disputes involving cryptocurrency or blockchain compensation?

Yes. SLS has active experience litigating employment disputes in the crypto and blockchain space, including cases involving wages paid in tokens, incentive bonuses tied to volatile digital assets, and NFT-based equity structures. These cases involve unique legal complexities that require both employment law expertise and a deep understanding of how blockchain-based compensation works.

Privacy Policy | Sims Legal Services

1. Introduction

Sims Legal Services, P.C. (“SLS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website at slspc.law (the “Site”), use our AI-powered tools, submit a consultation request, or otherwise interact with our services.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

Consultation requests: When you submit a consultation form, we collect your name, email address, phone number (if provided), case type, description of your situation, and contact preference.
Email communications: When you contact us via email, we collect the content of your message and your email address.
AI Tool interactions: When you use our AI-powered tools (including the legal term explainer, severance analyzer, and other interactive features), we may process the text you submit in order to generate a response. See Section 5 for details on AI Tool data handling.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

Usage data: We may collect information about how you access and use the Site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits.
Cookies and similar technologies: We use essential cookies to ensure the Site functions properly. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. See Section 7 for more details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Respond to your consultation requests and inquiries
Provide AI-powered legal information tools and features
Improve and maintain the Site and our services
Comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights
Communicate with you about your inquiry or potential representation

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

Service providers: We use third-party services to operate the Site, including hosting (Vercel), email delivery (Resend), and AI processing (Anthropic). These providers process data on our behalf and are contractually obligated to protect your information.
Legal requirements: We may disclose information when required by law, court order, or governmental regulation, or when necessary to protect our rights or the safety of others.
With your consent: We may share information when you have given us explicit permission to do so.

5. AI-Powered Tools & Data Handling

SLS provides AI-powered tools on this Site, including but not limited to a conversational legal term explainer, severance negotiation analyzer, and other interactive legal resources. These tools are designed to provide general legal information and education.

5.1 How AI Tools Process Your Data

Text you submit to AI Tools is sent to our server, which forwards it to our AI provider (Anthropic) for processing. Your input is used solely to generate a response and is not stored by SLS after the session ends.
AI Tool conversations are not retained, logged, or used to train AI models by SLS. Our AI provider’s data handling is governed by their own privacy policy and our data processing agreement with them.
AI Tools do not create an attorney-client relationship. Do not submit confidential or sensitive information through AI Tools.

5.2 Open-Source Legal Tools

SLS may publish open-source legal tools, templates, calculators, and educational artifacts that are hosted on third-party platforms (such as Claude.ai). When you use these tools, the third-party platform’s privacy policy governs data collection on that platform. SLS does not receive or store data you input into third-party-hosted tools unless you voluntarily share it with us.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include HTTPS encryption, secure server infrastructure, and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Cookies

The Site uses only essential cookies necessary for the Site to function properly (such as session management). We do not use advertising cookies, analytics tracking cookies, or cross-site tracking technologies. You may configure your browser to refuse cookies, but this may affect your ability to use certain features of the Site.

8. Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, including AI tool platforms, legal resources, and scheduling services (such as Zoom). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

9. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including:

The right to know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose
The right to request deletion of your personal information
The right to opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell personal information)
The right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

To exercise these rights, contact us at sls@slspc.law.

10. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed to individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Effective date” at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at:

Sims Legal Services, P.C.
1160 Battery St., Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94111
Email: sls@slspc.law