Types of Prepaid Legal Services
Over 100 million Americans are signed up for pre-paid legal services. Also called legal insurance, these plans are similar to those provided by Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and cover the legal needs of the member, spouse and any dependent children.
In a prepaid legal service plan, the customer pays a fixed monthly subscription fee of up to $25 for the services of pre-selected lawyers. The most basic plans provide advice and consultation by telephone. Plan members receive a few hours of free office consultation with their assigned attorney. They may also include review and advice on simple legal documents, preparation, drafting or an update of a simple will. Phone calls and letters can be written on behalf of members, a service helpful for credit problems and consumer protection.
More comprehensive plans cover clients' personal legal needs ranging from services that require more time and effort on the part of your attorney, such as contracts, wills and deeds, to legal representation in negotiations and courts cases related to family matters, bankruptcy and real estate issues.
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Legal Services News Articles:-
- DHL Selects DataCert's AIMS to Lower Legal Services Spend and Enhance Metrics Reporting (Centre Daily Times)
DataCert, Inc., the leading provider of legal and IP spend and matter management solutions, announced today that DHL has chosen DataCert's Advanced Invoice Management System (AIMS) to help the worldwide express delivery and logistics company simplify the legal invoice payment process and control its legal spend.
- St Albans law firms Turner & Debenhams and Ottaways solicitors have agreed to merge from September (Business Weekly)
Turner & Debenhams has been in St Albans since 1850 and Ottaways since 1905. The merged firm will be able to provide a wider range of legal services in greater depth to the local community.
- Maryland Law Firm Announces Formation of 1000 Hours Project to Assist with Nation's Foreclosure Crisis (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The suburban law firm of Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, PA has created the 1000 Hours Project, designed to assist local homeowners adversely affected by the expanding foreclosure crisis. JGL, which just celebrated its 40th year in business, will donate 1000 hours of Pro Bono legal services to help local homeowners. The project is led by JGL shareholder, Barbara Jorgenson.
- Heller Ehrman, Public Interest Law Project, and Bay Area Legal Aid Announce Successful Order Sustaining Challenge to ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----The Public Interest Law Project , an Oakland, Calif.-based advocacy group, Heller Ehrman LLP, an international law firm, and Bay Area Legal Aid, the largest provider of free legal services in the Bay Area, announced today that the subsistence benefits for thousands of indigent people in Alameda County, which were scheduled to terminate on July 1, 2008, will not be discontinued ...
- Commissioners approve legal services agreement (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise)
The Board of County Commissioners approved a legal services agreement for bond counsel services with Tom Hilborne and Carlos Johnson at their weekly meeting on Monday.
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