Dean Touchberry, LegalShield Independent Associate

“I got a traffic ticket about a month ago. I took a photo of it with my LegalShield app and uploaded it to my provider law firm here in Michigan. This was on Friday night. On Monday morning, a lawyer from my law firm called and asked about the details, which I shared. He said the attorney who would represent me would call me soon. He did, but I missed that - he left a message saying he filed an appearance at a pretrial hearing and would let me know when the date would be. A week later I got another call (which I missed) and he said the date was set and he’d be appearing for me...and I DID NOT NEED TO BE THERE. The day before the hearing he called to remind me he was going. The following day, he left me a message which said, ‘MR PRICOPIO, I went to court on your ticket. I was able to get the original ticket dismissed and have it put in as a parking ticket, so the fine is substantially less. I was also able to get you two weeks to pay, which you can do online. I hope this will work for you. Let me know if there are any questions.’ I LOVE my LegalShield! I had absolutely no stress over this ticket. I barely even spoke to my attorney - he communicated with me through voicemail, went to court on my behalf which saved me time, saved me a bunch of money, kept points off my driving record so my auto insurance won’t get increased the next few years ... and it all cost me NOTHING extra!”

— D. Pricopio, MI

"I've been a LegalShield member for a few years. The service is awesome and it has helped me and my small business out in many ways. I love it! Most recently my law firm helped me on a case where a client refused to pay an invoice for helping them out after the recent hurricane in the Gulf. LegalShield sent out two letters, and after the 2nd certified letter we received our $5,600.00 check. Before I found LegalShield, it would have cost me almost this amount just to collect so I would have just been out the money. This is just one of many, many ways I've used LegalShield. I own a small repossession company and I really want to help people know about this service because everyone needs it - especially every business owner."

-- J. Ivan, Arizona

"I had an issue with my landlord here in TX, so I called (legal plan). My attorney wrote a letter to try to mediate the issue but my landlord refused to respond. My attorney then advised me to refuse to pay rent to the landlord and put the rent into an escrow account instead. After 2 months of not paying rent, the landlord filed to evict me from the property. Thanks to the trial defense hours provided and covered by my membership, my provider law firm hired a local attorney to represent me in my town. We went to court together, the attorney explained my rights as a tenant and what the landlord’s legal responsibilities are to the tenant and everything turned out in my favor: The judge ordered that I didn’t have to pay 3 months’ rent for the neglect of the landlord and that the landlord had to fix the issues immediately! I never paid anything over my simple monthly membership to (legal plan) and I got to keep 3 months of rent in my pocket totaling $3600 - that covers 10 years of my (legal plan)! THANK YOU!!!”

-- Another Happy Member

“Our member bought a replacement diesel engine for his 1981 Mercedes, including a fuel injector set. The motor and injectors never arrived, despite many reassurances that they would be sent. We sent a demand letter to the opposing party, insisting on a full refund. They immediately refunded our member’s payment in full. That’s a whopping $8,350 success!”

— Shared by LegalShield’s Minnesota Provider Law Firm

“We originally subscribed to LegalShield with the intention of getting our Wills done. We never realized how having lawyers to refer to as often as we wanted would help us out. We work on a contract basis in the film industry, and we sign a new contract on every show — a contract that is thoroughly reviewed by lawyers representing the big companies we contract with, but not us. Now, having lawyers of our own, and a second set of eyes on every contract, we have so much more confidence in negotiating. Recently, we were successful in collecting an unpaid bill from a production company totaling many thousands. It was a situation we never would have pursued, let alone won, without the legal clout and support of our lawyers; in fact, in the past, we likely would have let that one go since we had no real ability to fight back. We realize now how often we operated from a position of weakness before we had the strength and knowledge of a whole law firm behind us. Thank you, LegalShield.”

— Another Happy Member

"My wife has had ongoing health issues and was given the ultimatum to go back on disability or lose her job last October. She has several issues and several doctors... three of whom said she needed to go on permanent disability.

After hoping her condition would improve and praying about it, my wife decided to file for Social Security Disability. While gathering the documentation and doing research, we learned that one big challenge with filing for SSD is that lawyers typically get a big chunk of the initial payment because most requests are not approved the first time they are submitted.

My wife called LegalShield and discussed her case with an attorney who is an expert in this area of law. The attorney advised her to file on her own the first time, and, if needed, their firm would join in on the appeal. He told us upfront that only about 1/3 are approved on the first request, and that it was in our best interest financially to go ahead and file ourselves. Knowing our attorney wasn't looking at us as a dollar sign, knowing what to expect going in, and knowing our law firm had our back if needed provided great peace of mind.

Well, my wife was approved the first time. We didn't have share a large percentage of her payment with our lawyer, and we did not have to pay anything more than our regular, low monthly fee.

Thank you, LegalShield."

“LegalShield was there for me through the roughest patch of my new day spa business opening. I had access to attorneys and information on laws that I wouldn't have otherwise had. Although I did not like looking at the flaws in my business, these lawyers gently forced me to look at certain things that can and will protect me and my business in the future. They provided legal documents for me, reviewed and edited them for me, and helped me create working contracts for my private contractor staff members; and, while I did have to let one employee go who was unwilling to follow contract rules, it ended up being for the best, since having that staff member gone allowed me to open a couples room which resulted in more income per week than the room had produced the four months she was there. Everything happens for a reason and I'm so grateful I have (legal plan), its attorneys and the small business consultants to answer questions. Not to mention, the perks and discounts being a member provides.” — Another Happy Member