Most people leave the legal speak to lawyers and CPAs who know
better than they do, but advice and services from these professionals come at a
steep price. Legal issues are usually what make start up businesses stumble,
whether it’s not filing the correct forms or failing to submit the reams of
legal paperwork required for the business. Luckily, there’s a company like LegalZoom.
LegalZoom is not a law firm, but more of a middleman between clients
and qualified attorneys. Clients log on to LegalZoom’s website and pay a low,
flat fee for the particular legal advice that they need. LegalZoom uses a tech
platform to connect clients to its network of licensed lawyers and law firms to
give them the services they need. Aside
from business services, they also offer legal advice for individuals such as
filing for bankruptcy, divorce, and creating a living will or a last will and
testament. Other services such as patent and copyright registration are also
available for both individuals and businesses.
If a client needs a legal document, LegalZoom also helps simplify the
process for a small fee. All a user needs to do is choose what document is
needed and answer a simple questionnaire to fill in the necessary blanks and
LegalZoom will take care of the legal wording that people outside the legal
profession don’t store in their vocabulary. LegalZoom’s services do not end at
just creating the document; they also file the documents for their customers,
so there’s no need to fall in line to file the necessary legal paperwork. All
the client has to do is to wait for the final approved copies to be mailed back
to them. This innovative way of streamlining the tedious and intimidating
process of filing legal paperwork has earned LegalZoom a spot in FastCompany’s
50 Most Innovative Companies of 2012.
Though there are a few legal experts who are skeptical about the
quality of the documents and services LegalZoom offers, LegalZoom documents
have been accepted in courts and government agencies in all of America’s 50
states.
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