Privacy policy

This privacy policy describes how Johnson Legal PLLC ("Johnson Legal," "the firm," "we," "our") collects, uses, and protects information you provide through the Bluegrass Cornerstone website, the ElderTrust cohort surface, and any related Johnson Legal site.

1. Who we are

Johnson Legal PLLC is a Kentucky law firm. Its principal office is at 19 Fairway Drive, Elizabethtown, KY 42701. Bluegrass Cornerstone is a registered assumed name (DBA) of Johnson Legal PLLC under KRS 365.015. ElderTrust and FamilyPlan are audience-specific cohort surfaces of the same firm.

Elton Johnson, KY Bar # 101547, is the supervising attorney responsible for the content of this site and for the substantive review of every document the firm delivers.

2. Information we collect

From visitors to the website

When you visit the Cornerstone site, we collect standard server logs (IP address, user-agent, page accessed, referring URL). These logs are used for security, performance, and aggregate usage analytics.

From customers and prospective customers

When you submit a contact form, join a waitlist, or start an intake for a document, we collect the information you provide — name, email address, and the substantive answers needed to assemble the document or respond to your inquiry.

For document-intake flows, we also generate the assembled draft document from your input. The draft, your answers, and any metadata associated with the matter are stored in Johnson Legal's document-management system pending Elton Johnson's substantive attorney review and sign-off.

From document delivery

When a document is delivered to you, the delivery email includes a one-time-use signed download link. We log the link generation and (where applicable) the click. We do not retain a server-side copy of the link contents after expiry.

3. How we use your information

• To assemble the document you requested.
• To submit the assembled draft to Elton Johnson for substantive attorney review and sign-off.
• To deliver the reviewed document via secure download.
• To respond to questions you send through the contact form.
• To send you the FamilyPlan launch notification if you joined the waitlist.
• To maintain audit logs for compliance with attorney professional-conduct rules.
• To improve the practice (in aggregate, non-identifying form).

4. AI processing and the Anthropic vendor relationship

Johnson Legal uses Anthropic's Claude AI service for document drafting and intake processing. The firm's AI use is governed by Kentucky Bar Association Ethics Opinion E-457 (March 15, 2024) and the Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct it cites — SCR 3.130 (1.1) competence (including comments 2 and 6 on technology), (1.4) communication, (1.5)(a) and (b) fees, (1.6) confidentiality, (5.1)(b) supervisory responsibility, and (8.4) misconduct. AI assembles initial drafts from your answers under firm-approved templates, and Elton Johnson substantively reviews and signs off on every output before delivery to you. The AI does not represent you and does not exercise professional judgment on your matter.

Anthropic provides its services under a Business Associate Agreement and a Data Processing Agreement with Johnson Legal PLLC. Anthropic commits in writing that customer content is not used to train Anthropic's underlying AI models. Anthropic's services are HIPAA-Ready and certified under SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 42001:2023.

Limited Anthropic personnel may access content for safety controls (detection of harmful content), technical support (resolving technical issues that require access to customer content), or service-customization purposes for our firm specifically. Anthropic personnel are subject to confidentiality obligations.

Johnson Legal PLLC is the controller of your information. We will update this section if the terms governing our use of Anthropic's services change. Full AI-disclosure language is presented in the engagement letter you sign before representation begins, consistent with KBA Ethics Opinion E-457.

5. How we protect your information

Information you submit is transmitted over encrypted connections (HTTPS/TLS). Stored information is held by our service providers under their security commitments. Access to your information is limited to Elton Johnson and to the services necessary to deliver what you requested. We do not share, sell, or rent your information to third parties for marketing purposes. Information protected by attorney-client privilege remains so under Kentucky law and Kentucky Supreme Court Rule 3.130(1.6).

6. Engagement-letter formation

When your matter requires Johnson Legal's substantive representation — drafting a deed, a multi-owner agreement, a trust, or any other document the firm delivers — we form an attorney-client relationship by execution of an engagement letter following a conflict check. The engagement letter describes the scope of representation, the fee, the AI-augmented practice disclosure, your file-retention rights, and the firm's communication and confidentiality obligations under the Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct.

7. Retention

Document drafts, your intake answers, and matter records are retained for a minimum of six years after the matter concludes, per the firm's record retention policy. Trust account records, where applicable to your matter, are retained for at least five years per Kentucky Supreme Court Rule 3.130(1.15)(a).

Server logs are retained for a rolling 90 days for security and troubleshooting purposes.

8. Your choices and your file

You may request a copy of your client matter file at any time during or after the engagement; we will provide it without a payment gate, consistent with SCR 3.130(1.16)(d) regarding return of client property on termination. You may request correction of inaccurate information by contacting us at the email address listed below. We respond within thirty days.

You may request deletion of waitlist and contact-form records at any time. Document-matter records subject to the firm's six-year retention policy (and trust account records subject to the SCR 3.130(1.15)(a) five-year retention floor, where applicable) cannot be deleted before the retention period expires; we can suppress them from active use on request.

9. Children

Bluegrass Cornerstone is not directed to children under eighteen. We do not knowingly collect information from children under eighteen. If you believe a child has submitted information, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Changes to this policy

We update this policy when our practices change. The current version is always at this URL with the "last updated" date at the top.

11. Contact

Privacy questions: contact form at /contact. Or by mail: Johnson Legal PLLC, 19 Fairway Drive, Elizabethtown, KY 42701.