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. Legal Shield is a company founded in 1972 by entrepreneur and visionary, Harland Stonecipher. Mr. Stonecipher founded the company after being involved in a serious vehicle accident. Although he had car insurance to assist in his vehicle damage as well as health insurance to cover his hospital bills, he was completely unprepared for the legal expenses he quickly incurred.

Mr. Stonecipher quickly realized that although the United States has long had one of the world's most advanced legal systems offering “justice for all”, often times that justice comes at quite a steep price that the average American unfortunately struggles to afford.

He decided to create a solution and thereby offer top legal services to Americans everywhere at a fraction of what those same services would normally cost. Pre-Paid Legal Services was born.

The company expanded quickly and was even listed on the New York Stock Exchange where it was a consistent top performer. In June of 2011, Stonecipher and his shareholders completed the sale and managerial transfer of the company to Midocean Partners, making it a privately held company for the first time in a long while.

The decision to re-brand and rename the company, Legal Shield, was officially announced at the company's convention in Dallas, Texas on September 10, 2011. Legal Shield provides its services throughout the United States as well as in 4 Canadian provinces.

Legal Shield Service Summary

Legal Shield services are available on a month-to-month basis. Members have access to a multitude of service offerings that are tailored specifically to their needs. For $26 a month, one of the most popular plans the company offers members is called the Family Plan. It provides members with 5 main areas of coverage.

The first area of coverage is preventive legal services. Members receive access to premier law firms in their state for unlimited phone consultations. Members can have wills prepared for them as well as letters or phone calls written or placed on their behalf by the law firm.

The second area coverage is for motor vehicle incidents. Members can receive representation and consultation for moving traffic violations as well as for incidents of manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, and other vehicular homicide charges.

The third coverage area is trial defense. Members receive 75 hours of their law firm's time for civil or criminal suit consultation and representation. Additional hours are available at a significant discount of the law firms' regular hourly rate.

The fourth area is IRS audit coverage. Members have access to up to 50 hours of a tax attorney's assistance in case they are audited by the IRS. The fifth area of coverage provides members with a 25 % discount of the law firm's regular hourly rate for legal issues that do not fall within the four areas of coverage.

Legal Shield also offers its members 24/7 access to an attorney should they be detained by police, be involved in a car accident, etc.

Another one of Legal Shields more popular services is its Identity Theft Shield. For a monthly fee this service provides continual monitoring of a member's credit profile as well as full forensic restoration services in case their identity is compromised.

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