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Rating Distribution

LegalShield has a 1.8 star rating from 84 customer reviews and consumers are mostly dissatisfied; 67% would likely recommend the service despite frequent issues.

Positive Feedback

Some members cite attorney expertise, perceived integrity, and occasional helpful outcomes as reasons to consider the membership.

Negative Feedback / Risk Areas

  • Repeated LegalShield customer complaints about unreturned calls and poor customer service.
  • Frequent billing and refunds disputes with continued charges after cancellation.
  • Instances of limited or delayed attorney support and inconsistent service across providers.

Key Takeaways for Future Customers

  • Read multiple LegalShield reviews and document all interactions when using the membership.
  • Monitor subscriptions and payment methods closely to spot unauthorized charges and request refunds promptly.
  • Expect variable customer service and confirm provider availability before relying on the plan for urgent matters.

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Armando L Xor

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Worst service

They offer little to NO HELP at all. basically work for the other party.

If you sign up under G. Williams and need help he might be at the Golf course so good luck.

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Pros:
  • You will get some help
Cons:
  • But will never complete the case

User's recommendation: Stay away! You will end up paying for legal help anyways…. I had a case going and when the requested final information to provide a solution/ Compensation I was then told by the firm that I had ran out of letters and or help for that matter and from there on they would send you to a discounted attorney that you will never be able to prove that their is a real discount anyways.

Malie Nje

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Fraud on my Legal shield account

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They accept your money, dont return calls in 8 business hours even if you pay a premium. They arent interested in cases that are too inconvenient for them.

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User's recommendation: Beware it seems tempting but the service is subpar at best

Jerri C Tuu

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I need Help

This is the third month in a row y'all have charged me when I asked to be a non-member. I don't want the service anymore; I told you that 3 months ago.

Why am I still being billed?

This is Jerri Copes.

Please help.

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Loss:
$117

Preferred solution: Full refund

Anonymous
map-marker Victorville, California

Unfair treatment

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Been with this company for over 10 years. When they transitioned from prepaid legal to legal shield.

Attorneys are rude, representatives are rude, they don't give you enough time to submit information before closing out reference cases. They don't reasonably accommodate you. Repeatedly violate ADA laws. They refuse to give me information regarding the CEO/VP/president.

I was a victim of identity theft and fraud, instead of assisting me and my spouse, a service we pay for that is included with our membership, they tried to make us resubmit the information we already provided, due to the company (kroll) they are no longer with. Not only is this their error (ID shield, affiliate of legal shield), this puts our personal information at even more of a risk, because where is the information we already provided? They refuse to guarantee our information was not compromised. These individuals falsified information provided to the BBB, until I stated otherwise and showed proof.

I pay for services and have been for over 10 years, only to repeatedly be mistreated, offered no help, have my disability rights violated with no reasonable accommodation whatsoever offered. The corporate office is the same way. I stand by what I said and I can prove all the above allegations. This company has no problem taking payment every month for years, however, has an issue reasonably accommodating me and my family, has an issue providing me with the owner/vp/president/CEO etc, information.

Has the audacity to violate my rights, frustrate and annoy me by staying if I want to talk, I'm welcome to call, after I've explained that I prefer correspondence in writing via email due to several rude, unprofessional, annoying and stressful incidents, such as , being yelled at, contact information being removed against my will, rude representatives on recorded calls, with absolutely nothing being done. This company, it's affiliates, and representatives are disgustingly offensive, rude, obnoxious and awful. Not interested in arguing/bickering via phone, if this company gave any ounce of caring, they would honor my wishes, be appreciative for the continued patriotism as a valued customer, assist correctly with the identity theft/fraud, reasonably accommodate me my family, check the so called monitored /recorded calls, and correspond via email. They choose not to, this is why my review is detailed and the rating is 1 star.

I will only change and or update when and if progress is ever made, which I doubt. Ever since I started with this company I have been experiencing customer service issues, and disability discriminatory ongoing issues.

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User's recommendation: Documentation, take names, keep good notes

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Lukus Hbi

Not what the use to be, pre-COVID. I use to highly recommend the Georgia provider law firm, but not anymore, and this truly breaks my heart because, if for no other reason, I relocated back to Atlanta because years ago their attorneys were professionals and the back office was ran properly.

The deceased founder, Mr. Harland Stonecipher, is turning over in his grave; got to be, because they have ran his legacy into the ground. A travesty! Your serious legal matters won't be given serious attention unless you fight your own provider law firm to do their own job.

It seems, in my opinion, they no longer even read the factual data you send in, but instead the Georgia provider law firm might be using CHATGPT to write 3 or 4 sentence letters containing various typographical errors, then they send it to the LegalShield member without even looking at it. NO true ADVOCACY for clients.

This is a joke. You end up managing the advocacy process and writing your own letter, when you didn't even go to law school; they SUPPOSEDLY did, but I honestly can't tell anymore; LegalShield's services have gone completely off the rails downhill.

Anonymous
map-marker Lexington, North Carolina

Information regarding aWill

I want to talk to a live agent and not just a written chat. I have located a company that I feel will give me the information and advice. I need person to person verbally.

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Evan R Qtk

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To report a member of staff

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Updated by user Dec 12, 2024

Nothing at all!,,

Original review Dec 05, 2024

I have been dealing with an agent called Adam Kochan, and he has been stealing money from my Coinbase wallet.

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Loss:
$250
Cons:
  • Steal your money

Preferred solution: Apology

Anonymous
map-marker Hesperia, California

Customer Service

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Nothing nothing nothing nothing, nothing nothing nothing, nothing, nothing nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing nothing, nothing, nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

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Maxon E

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I am calling the lawyer there are no response

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I have a case I discussed with the lawyer, then I had to gather some information. I've been trying to call them for over a week but I can't find anyone, just voicemail.

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Pros:
  • Legal services at hand
Cons:
  • Cant talk to noone when needed the most

Preferred solution: Need better service

Anonymous
map-marker Atlanta, Georgia

I need help

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LegalShield help me out with my traffic ticket that was a blessing but the second lawyer I gave him a one he was not helpful at all with my Amazon lawsuit. It seems like he didnt even care.

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User's recommendation: I will recommend people

Jarome Ubf

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Great service

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Everything is handled as promised. I enjoy getting answers that I can apply to making better decisions

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areweinheavenyet.-1

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LegalShield - Review in Lawyers and Legal Services category from Bradford, Ontario

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This total *** answered the phone and this is what she did?

The phone system knew me and that i needed to update my credit card.

1- this bich asked me 5 questions and then she said i needed an app to pay?

2-i said i never had any problems to update my card

so the bch hangs up and cancels my service!!!

this is what the sob did and didn't take care of my issues to update my credit card either!?

what an ashole company after 5 years of patronage.

maybe i don't need them after all.

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Dodd Iiq

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They repeatedly fail to contact me or help me

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As of November 2023, Legalshield has yet to come through for me.

They NEVER call back.

They always promise to call, and NEVER do.

The local law firm David Miles, AND the corporate office.

They have repeatedly said there was a conflict of interest, and pass me onto another department that sometimes emails me the contact info for another lawyer; which may or may not return my calls or want to charge me ridiculous amounts to represent me.

The Conflicts department does not answer any questions as to why there's a conflict.

I did have a joint account with my ex-wife, and I can understand that being a conflict, but that account was cancelled but yet they still claim there's a conflict of interest.

I had to call them, and ask again why nobody returns my calls, to which all they will say is there was a conflict of interest and it needs to be handled by the Conflicts department.

No answers other than that; they never even gave me an intake number or ANYTHING.

I have repeatedly called their corporate office to file a complaint, and even they don't return my calls as promised.

David Miles law firm is absolutely no help; and neither is Legalshield.

I NEVER got the legal help I desperately needed at the end of 2023 and start of 2024.

I now don't have custody of my children, because I could not find legal help to help me with the paperwork and response to the divorce.

And now again, when I am illegally being kept from even seeing my children,

David Miles and Legalshield don't even have the decency to return my calls or email me or message me through their stupid useless web portal.

I had to go through the EAP program at work with the legal services handled by CLC.

THEY returned my calls.

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Cons:
  • Do not value customers whatsoever
  • Do not answer questions
  • Do not handle complaints seriously

Preferred solution: The services that I am paying for.

User's recommendation: Good luck

Thursty T

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Ripped off

After 15 years of paying the fee. I called to use the service but was told that I couldn't because I was the SECONDARY member on their records.

The Primary member is my ex-wife. The fee was taken out of my single owner bank account all those years (after the divorce) and now they are telling me the membership isn't mine. I paid for it but it isn't mine. I asked them, in what world is it right that they could take those thousands of dollars from me, refuse the service and not refund the money.

Of course there was no answer for that.

They are perfectly happy to be a bunch of thieves.

Don't be fooled by their robo reply inviting me to call. Calling was how I found out about this in the first place and they insisted there was nothing they could do about it, federal reserve rules blah blah blah.

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Loss:
$4500
Cons:
  • Theives

User's recommendation: Save your money, stay away.

2 comments
TheLGuy.com

Paying for something doesn't give a person ownership. Paying for your spouses car insurance wouldn't necessarily cover your car.

But your spouse's LegalShield would cover you at no additional cost if they had included you when they signed up and didn't delete you. You should have been provided services if your spouse hadn't removed you.

If you asked for service involving your spouse, you would be referred to another attorney given the conflict of interest but you would have received the same benefits and discounts with the referral attorney. I am a retired insurance broker and was so amazed at how much protection is provided at such a low cost, I recommend everyone have the service.

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You wrote: "But your spouse's LegalShield would cover you at no additional cost if they had included you when they signed up and didn't delete you. You should have been provided services if your spouse hadn't removed you." You might think so but that exactly describes my case.

I was included when we signed up. Somehow I was put down as the secondary name instead of the primary. When my ex-wife left I didn't relaize that anything needed to be done. They continued to withdraw the monthly automatic payment.

When I asked for a lawyer they told me they couldn't provide the service because I was the secondary person even though all the payments were made through my single woner bank account. They wouldn't tell me how many times my ex-wife had used the service. Her name was still on it as the primary account holder and I could only use it if I got her permission.

I have no idea how to contact her. Now try to explain to me how, after I paid those thousands of dollars that they were in the right in denying me the coverage I had paid for?

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Winter R Khi

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Complete rip off

The attorney assigned to me was never available once she realized I was a Legal Shield client. I called them to cancel, but they refused to do so.

They continued to offer me a callback from a manager, but no one ever called me back. Never again!

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Loss:
$183
Cons:
  • Lack of communication

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Do not use this company

Robin W Sjr

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WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

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I was never given earnest legal advice. I questioned the so-called attorney and found that he had no legal background whatsoever.

I canceled my subscription according to their instructions, yet they continued to bill me for the next ten months. Legal Shield is a scam.

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Loss:
$296

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: FIND ANOTHER SERVICE.

Sheron B Alu

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Useless and continued to charge me for membership for three months after cancellation.

My experience with Legal Shield was they were really good at giving the customer the run-around with what information they needed multiple times, really good at charging the membership fee, and really terrible at actually providing useful service.

The "legal advice" provided was no more than I could find with browser search. There was no actual advice on how to handle my legal situation.

After I finally realized that I was paying for NOTHING, I tried to cancel my membership.

This was on Feb 19, 2024.

I got a written confirmation of cancellation request.

Then came three months of membership charged to my bank account.

I asked the person who signed me up about what was going on and she said that I wasn't even in pre-cancel status.

When I checked my account on the website, it showed that I was cancelled.

So I called in and spent an enraging 45 minutes with a CS rep insisting that I wanted my money back, that I had written confirmation of my cancellation, and that I wanted a written proof that they intended to refund the three months of fees.

It took an amazing amount of shouting and insisting,

But I did get it in writing.

But my stomach is shot, I feel like I'm going to throw up. I can't believe how angry I got.

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Loss:
$90
Pros:
  • It makes you feel like you have legal help
Cons:
  • You do not have legal help

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Stay away.

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Summary

Legal Shield was founded in 1972 by Harland C. Stonecipher. It specializes in marketing legal service products in Canada and the USA. Headquarters of Legal Shield is located in Ada, Oklahoma. Having a few subsidiary companies, this company offers its services to the residents of such states: Georgia, Montana, Arizona, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas and Nebraska. Legal Shield sells pre-paid legal services plans by means of a network of about 50 independent firms providing law across the USA and Canada.

LegalShield reviews and complaints

LegalShield is ranked 130 out of 4691 in Lawyers and Legal Services category

Owner

Jeff Bell

Motto/Slogan

We’re making smart legal coverage simple

Founded

1969

Type of Business

Online, Offline

Area Served

USA

Payment Methods

VISA

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