Small Business Legal Plan Planmember Guidebook

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Part One - Section 4
DEFINITIONS & MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

DEFINITIONS
Please read this section carefully to be sure of all of your benefits.

COLLECTIONS MATTERS is any matter in which the business is owed money by a debtor. This may include calls and letters and court appearances if necessary. 

PLAN/PARTICIPATING ATTORNEYS are licensed and qualified to practice law in your state, are required by the company to maintain professional liability insurance, and have contracted with Legal Club of America to provide legal services to plan members as outlined in this Plan member Guidebook for the law areas that they handle and the cases that they accept.

PLAN MEMBER is any business who has contracted with the Legal Club of America for a membership in the plan and has a current paid membership.

MISCELLANEOUS 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. If this occurs, you may be referred to another attorney on the plan by calling the customer service center of Legal Club of America® for assistance. 

Legal Club of America® reserves the right to terminate your membership if you are delinquent in paying your membership fee. Also, Legal Club of America® may cancel your membership only after ten days notice to you. Further, you may cancel your membership at any time by written notification only. Membership dues are fully refundable for thirty (30) days following the initial enrollment unless otherwise contracted. 

Membership fees, terms, and fees charged by plan attorneys are subject to change only after prior notice to the plan member. 

Attorney fees are paid directly to your plan attorney. Participating attorneys are not employees of Legal Club of America and have no financial obligation to the company. 

Legal Club of America® is not liable to indemnify or reimburse any plan member or participating attorney for any attorney fees or costs generated by the plan member. 

The plan member is to use the plan for business legal services only. Legal work for any personal or family matters is available at discounted rates through the Legal Club of America Family Legal Plan. 

The penalty for deceiving the Legal Club or any plan attorney for the purpose of utilizing the plan for a non-eligible family or business member is automatic termination of plan privileges and immediate notification to the plan attorney about the termination. 

Legal Club of America® Corporation, its subsidiaries, 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 checked by the company with the attorney’s respective Bar Associations periodically, not less than annually, to verify that they are in good standing. 

The plan attorneys in their attorney/client relationship have the sole responsibility for providing legal services to the plan member. 

Legal Club of America® Corporation, is not a law firm, insurance carrier or a provider of legal services. 
Plan members have the right to file a grievance concerning any attorney’s professional conduct with the proper regulatory authority in their state. 

All memberships shall automatically renew at the end of each membership term, unless Legal Club is notified in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the term. 

The term “guarantee” as used in this guidebook refers to the guarantee that Legal Club of America® will find and refer its members to an attorney that will abide by the fee schedule outlined herein. If Legal Club of America® cannot find such an attorney for a member, the member’s only recourse is a refund of their membership fee. 

Legal matters in states where Legal Club is not available are excluded. Plan privileges and pricing schedules may vary by State in accordance with regulatory authority mandates. 

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. 

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