BiggerPockets

I would like some feed back ladies and gentlemen to let me know what you think about the site and if you think it will help with your legal matters. Thank you for your time.

Loki005:

My personal feeling on pre-paid legal services is that they are good for individuals but not businesses. Often, as a business owner, so much is at stake in certain scenarios that I want a lawyer who I can " reach out and touch" so to speak.

Also, I'll make analogy for you that explains another reason I don't prefere pre paid legal. I work for a firm that outsources some work. We then have to take the product that was done by the outsourced provider and review it. If we need to talk with the person who did the work, we usually have a hard time because they use a pool of talent. This is the same type of premise that pre paid legal works on....there is a pool of talent there and the person I talk to at any given time will most likely not be the person who is familiar with my situation.

Just basing these comments on my experience with pre paid in the past...

I have not had a business account for pre paid before. I'm just saying I don't like the idea of it for business.

This is an update-

I have had many indivduals come up to me and tell me that their feeling was a negative one due to the fact that they are paying a lot less for attorney access. They told me they felt that they would rather pay more and get a better attorney on their side when the time came (it would be better to pay a lot more than to suffer the loss in court).

But I recently found out that attorneys are graded by a system called:
Martindale-Hubbell system;

There are two components to each Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating:

1. Legal Ability Ratings Legal Ability Ratings take into consideration the standard of professional ability in the area where the lawyer practices, the lawyer's expertise, and other professional qualifications. If a lawyer's practice is limited or specialized, Peer Review Ratings are based on performance in those specific fields of law. Legal Ability Ratings are: C - Good to High B - High to Very High A - Very High to Preeminent

2. General Ethical Standards Rating The General Ethical Standards Rating denotes adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, diligence and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities. The General Recommendation Rating is: V - Very High A lawyer will not receive a Legal Ability Rating unless he or she has been endorsed for a " V."

CV Peer Review Rating — an excellent first Rating and a statement of a lawyer's above average ability and very high ethics.
BV Peer Review Rating — an indication of an exemplary reputation and well-established practice. A typical lawyer is in mid-career, with a significant client base and high professional standing.
AV Peer Review Rating — shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence. He or she has usually practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.

I have looked up provider lawyers of Pre-Paid legal and have found out that most of them are AV rated Lawyers!

Thoughts?

I signed up for PPL for a personal and business account in the past.

While the service was useful for some VERY basic stuff, beyond that it was of no use to me or my businesses. I believe you get a free will drawn up upon sign-up, BTW.

Anything I was going to do with them would require I hire the firm on retainer, so why pay the extra membership fee every month? I also had experiences where the advice I was given went counter that of other attorneys I consulted and trusted.

If you want to have a lawyer handy just in case, I'm sure it is well worth it, but if you're looking for a firm to represent your business or to deal with constant complicated matters, I feel that you can likely do just as well or better by hiring a local firm instead.

LOL your too much James.

Normally I would take the time to paraphrase the whole thing but I am really tied down with my site right now, sorry fellas.

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Agreed. Just point people to the site, which you've done, and they'll find it.