ELIGIBILITY
All eligible members may take advantage of this program's benefits and services. See the Definitions Section for a complete description of “Eligible Family Members".
To Receive a Plan Attorney Referral or Access your other Plan Benefits
Contact Legal Club’s Member Services Department (MSD) at (800) 305-6816 8:00 am to 8:00 pm EST, Monday through Friday. There is no limit to the number of attorney referrals you may receive.
When contacting MSD, a Service Advocate (SA) will ask you to identify yourself and the method by which you became affiliated with Legal Club.
If you are calling for an attorney referral, the SA will ask you to briefly describe your legal issue, for the purpose of referring you to a plan attorney that practices the appropriate area of law, speaks your language and is conveniently located.
If the appropriate plan attorney cannot be immediately provided, the SA will escalate your issue to a Manager. In some situations this additional step is appropriate to help ensure the best possible referral. For example, your particular need may require additional review or we may need to confirm certain information with a specific plan attorney or participating law firm. A Manager will contact you to ensure you are provided the best available referral.
If you are calling to utilize any of the other services included in your plan, the SA will connect you directly to the appropriate service professional.
CONTACTING PLAN ATTORNEYS
When contacting a plan attorney identify yourself as a Legal Club member. If for any reason the plan attorney is unable to assist you please call MSD for another referral.
Plan attorneys may be out of the office, or otherwise attending to their existing clients. Therefore, please allow up to 3 business days for the plan attorney to respond to your call(s).
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DEFINITIONS
BANKRUPTCY CHAPTER 7: Includes preparation of the petition, documents, and scheduling of a 341 hearing. Filing fees, court appearances and costs are additional. Attorneys may charge one fixed rate, which would include the basic fixed fee plus costs, court time and expenses.
To qualify for the one-time, deeply discounted fee, income cannot exceed the state's median income in which the bankruptcy is being filed. If income exceeds state’s median income, plan attorneys can assist at the deeply discounted hourly rate.
DIVORCE (SIMPLE): Includes review and preparation of the documents and/or petitions necessary for a simple divorce, and one time representation at the final hearing. To qualify for a simple divorce, spouse is not represented by separate counsel, there are no minor children under age 18, marital assets are less than $70,000 and all issues are agreed to without aid of counsel.
Additional court appearances, mediations, the filing or preparation of documents affecting property, costs, or separation agreements, are not included and would be handled at the deeply discounted hourly rate.
ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBERS: Includes spouse or domestic partner, dependent children and any categorically dependent individuals living in the plan member’s home such as a parent or grandparent.
INCORPORATION (REGULAR): Includes preparation of the incorporation documents, (articles of incorporation, by laws, and the minutes). This does not include filing fees, costs or the corporate kit. Any extended work for the new corporation is not eligible for family plan discounts. Not-for-profit organizations, limited liability companies (LLC’s) and limited liability partnerships (LLP’s) are not included in this definition. Plan attorneys can assist members choosing to set these entities up at the deeply discounted hourly rate.
NAME CHANGE: Includes preparation of the petition, attendance at the hearing, and preparation and review of the final judgment document when name change is not contested or challenged by another party. This fee does not include additional court appearances, filing fees, or the attorney’s travel time to and from court.
NON-SUPPORT (SPOUSE/CHILD): Includes the preparation for and attendance at a single hearing for judgments or contempt citations for non-payment of alimony and child support maintenance. Also includes one hour of collection efforts after the hearing, which may include an initial phone call made and/or a collection letter written.
Preparation does not include obtaining discovery evidence, extended court time and extended collections work. All extended legal care will be provided at the deeply discounted hourly rate.
PLAN/PARTICIPATING ATTORNEYS: Must be licensed and qualified to practice law in their state, maintain professional liability insurance if required by their state, and have contracted with Legal Club to provide legal services as outlined in this Plan Member Guidebook for the law areas that they handle and the cases they accept.
PLAN MEMBER: Any person who has purchased a Legal Club membership and is current with payments.
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE CLOSING: Includes a free initial consultation and review of the purchase or sales agreement. Also includes one hour of representation at the closing for the purchase or sale of residential real estate. Additional hours will be billed at the deeply discounted hourly rate.
All research including Title insurance, liens, deeds, property judgments, flood, hazard, or mortgage insurance, and fees associated with filing real estate documents in your state are not included in the definition or covered by this discounted rate. Additional work will be billed at the deeply discounted hourly rate.
SIMPLE WILL (NO CHARGE WILL): A will that distributes personal property and homestead, not involving trusts, specific bequests, real estate, tax matters, guardianships, living wills, health care proxies or partitions.
SIMPLE WILL WITH MINOR’S TRUST: Includes preparation of a Simple Will with a Minor’s Trust for surviving minor children of the plan member. This document will contain information related to minor children (specifically; name, date of birth, social security number), real estate, specific bequests, and information pertaining to the appointed guardian of the estate.
This fee does not cover extensive information regarding retirement plans, investments and their tax treatment, other kinds of trusts, complex tax matters, or estate planning. Counsel for these additional areas of law will be billed at the deeply discounted hourly rate.
TRAFFIC DEFENSE: The discounted fee applies to first time non-criminal traffic infractions including but not limited to; violation of traffic control device, failure to stop at a stop sign, improper change of lane, illegal turns, improper or unsafe equipment, expired tag, no proof of insurance, unlawful speed, improper passing, failure to use turn signal, failure to yield the right of way and safety belt violations.
This rate applies to each individual non-criminal traffic infraction. The discounted fee includes the preparation of any necessary court documents and attendance at a single court hearing to settle a single, first time, non-criminal traffic infraction.
The discounted fee does not include court costs, fines imposed by the presiding judge, additional scheduled hearings or other traffic matters that the court deems to be criminal in nature.
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MISC. INFORMATION
- Participating attorneys are bound by their state’s professional code of ethics. They will advise you if they have a conflict of interest in taking your case. Attorneys have the inherent right to decline a case for any reason. However, plan attorneys have agreed not to reject any eligible plan member seeking services by reason of the amount of fees to which he or she may be entitled to charge under the Legal Club plan. If a plan attorney is unable to assist you, please contact Legal Club’s Member Services Department for further assistance.
- To cancel membership, contact Member Services at (800) 305-6816 or send written notification to Legal Club. A full refund of the initial month’s fee may be requested if cancelled within 30 days of receiving membership materials
- Providers are subject to change without notice.
- Attorney fees are paid directly to plan attorney. Participating attorneys are not employees of Legal Club and have no financial obligation to the company.
- Legal Club of America Corporation and any of their agents, officers, or subsidiaries are not liable to indemnify or reimburse any plan member or participating attorney for any attorney fees or costs generated by the plan member.
- Legal Club of America Corporation and any of their agents, officers, or subsidiaries, as well as State Bar Associations and other regulatory agencies, do not guarantee the quality or quantity of legal services that are provided by plan attorneys. However, all participating attorneys are required to provide certificates of liability insurance if required by their state associations, and background checks are performed periodically to verify that they are in good standing.
- Plan attorneys have the sole responsibility for providing any and all legal services to the plan member.
- Legal Club of America Corporation is not a law firm, insurance carrier or a provider of legal services.
- The membership term is one year and shall automatically renew at the end of each membership term, unless explicitly cancelled
- The term "guarantee" as used in this guidebook refers to the guarantee that Legal Club will use its best effort to locate and refer its members to an attorney that will abide by the fee schedule outlined herein. If Legal Club cannot find such an attorney for a member, the member’s only recourse is a refund of the most recent month’s membership fee.
- Court filing fees, expert witness fees, court costs, court reporter fees, transcript expenses, photocopying costs, postage, telephone toll charges and any other incidental expenses incurred by the plan member are excluded from discounted rates under any of the three pricing formulas described in this guidebook. Travel expenses are not eligible at discounted rates when the attorney must travel to represent a plan member’s interests.
- Information available at legalclub.com will contain the most up-to-date plan benefits, definitions, terms and conditions, etc. In the event of a conflict or discrepancy, the website content shall be considered the most up-to-date and correct.
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TERMS & CONDITIONS
The following matters are excluded from your plan privileges:
- Legal matters involving the laws of jurisdictions outside the United States or its territories.
- Legal matters where the plan member has already retained participating counsel at their usual and customary rates prior to enrollment in Legal Club.
- Frivolous legal matters as determined by the plan attorney in accordance with the professional code of ethics in their state.
- Any action involving Legal Club, plan attorneys, affiliated companies or any of their company’s or affiliated company’s directors, officers, employees or agents in any matter in which they have interests adverse to the plan member's.
- Legal matters against the plan sponsor, employer, directors, officers, agents or employees, where Legal Club membership was gained through the sponsor or employer’s efforts.
- In matters where the plan member and eligible family member have adverse interests, only the original plan member is eligible for plan discounts and not the family member unless both parties provide written authorization and consent otherwise.
®© Legal Club of America Corporation 2016. The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision. Before you decide to hire the lawyer to whom you are referred, please ask the lawyer for written information about the lawyer’s qualifications and experience. All legal services are provided by contracted, licensed attorneys. Plan benefits administered by Legal Club of America Corporation.
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