If you paid for or selected certain services offered on a limited basis by PineappleHOA, Inc. (“PineappleHOA” or “us, “we,” or “our"), the following Limited Scope Representation Agreement (“Attorney Agreement”) applies to you.
Limited Scope Representation Agreement
This Attorney Agreement governs the relationship between your condominium or homeowners association (“HOA”). The attorneys of Bartzen Rosenlund Kasten, LLC (“BRK” or “Attorney”) review the applications and solutions (“Solutions”) prepared for your HOA before you and your HOA are provided access to the Solutions (available only to certain users). Your relationship with BRK is governed by this Attorney Agreement. Your relationship with PineappleHOA is governed by the PineappleHOA Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
As part of certain services, PineappleHOA has made arrangements with the independent attorneys of BRK to perform a limited review of your HOA governing documents and the Solutions prepared for the HOA before they are delivered to you. BRK is an independent practitioner licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois. They will exercise their independent judgment as attorneys without influence or control by PineappleHOA. PineappleHOA will not interfere with the Attorney’s independent professional judgment or with the attorney-client relationship.
By selecting certain plans for your HOA, you are entering into a limited attorney-client relationship with BRK. BRK agrees to provide legal services to you and your HOA upon payment of a fee for those services. To facilitate BRK’s provision of the services, you authorize PineappleHOA to provide it with any and all information provided to PineappleHOA.
Upon BRK’s receipt of all or any portion of the fee you paid for legal services, including, but not limited to, selection and payment for certain platform plans, such funds become the property of BRK and will not be placed in a trust account. The fact that you have paid your fee in advance does not affect your right to terminate the attorney-client relationship with BRK. If you wish to cancel this Attorney Agreement and receive a refund, you must email support@pineapplehoa.com. In the event any portion of or the total fees are refunded, you waive any bank transfer, online account, or credit card processing or transfer fees.
The services offered by BRK are strictly limited to those you have purchased and nothing more. BRK will not perform any additional legal work for you or your HOA unless separately agreed to (in writing) with BRK. Such services BRK may provide to your HOA include: (i) a basic review of the HOA documents provided by you - BRK is relying entirely on the facts, information, and documents you provide (the Attorney will not make any independent investigation of your facts, information, or the completeness or authenticity of any documents you provide), (ii) review of certain Solutions to which you are provided access via the PineappleHOA platform, and (iii) insertion of certain information into the Solutions to which you are provided access via the PineappleHOA platform.
The Attorney must act in your best interest and give you competent assistance. However, the Attorney’s representation of you is limited to the basic services described above and no more.
By entering into this Attorney Agreement, you specifically understand, acknowledge, and agree that:
- The Attorney will not modify any answers provided in the Solutions platform based on your feedback without additional potential charges.
- You are entering into this Attorney Agreement on behalf of your HOA, and you are a duly authorized representative or agent of the HOA.
- The HOA’s board of directors has properly authorized you to enter into this Attorney Agreement and remit any and all payments to BRK for the provision of the services.
- The Attorney is not required to help you or your HOA with any legal questions or problems you or your HOA may have beyond the scope of the services enumerated in the Attorney Agreement.
- The Attorney’s representation of your HOA ends after they review the HOA documents you provide to PineappleHOA, and the Attorney provides PineappleHOA with the reviewed Solutions.
Client's Consent
I have read this Limited Scope Representation Agreement and understand it. I am authorized by my HOA to act as an agent for the HOA, whether via my role as a duly elected board member or managing agent. The HOA’s board of directors has properly authorized me to enter into this Attorney Agreement and remit any and all payments to BRK for the provision of the services. By clicking on the “I agree” box, I consent to the terms of this Attorney Agreement, that the legal services described above are the only legal services to be provided by the Attorney, and that the Attorney is not required to assist or represent me or the HOA for which I serve as an authorized agent in any further or other legal matters. I understand that the legal fee described on the PineappleHOA website is my payment for the services of the Attorney (“Attorney Fee”) and is separate from the fee being paid to PineappleHOA for its non-legal services. I agree to pay the Attorney Fee to the Attorney and agree that the amount of the Attorney Fee may be taken from the purchase price I paid for the Services. I understand that the Attorney Fee will be paid directly to the Attorney and not collected or held by PineappleHOA.
By consenting to the terms of this Agreement, I expressly grant PineappleHOA permission to receive, store, forward, and review communications between myself and the Attorney, solely for the purpose of facilitating such communications and the Attorney’s services under this Agreement.To the extent this Agreement conflicts with the Privacy Policy, this Agreement controls.
DISCLOSURE
As a user of PineappleHOA and of BRK’s limited scope legal services by purchasing the certain Solutions, with the consent of you and PineappleHOA, you should be aware that attorney Nicholas Bartzen is an owner and shareholder of PineappleHOA, as well as a partner in BRK. By signing this Agreement, you acknowledge that Nicholas Bartzen may derive a benefit from BRK being the exclusive provider of limited-scope legal services offered to PineappleHOA users through the purchase of certain Solutions. You also understand that you are under no obligation to purchase any such Solutions or upgrade to BRK review or to utilize the limited scope legal services offered by BRK under that Plan and that you are free to seek out an independent review of any and all documents purchased through PineappleHOA by an attorney of your choosing.