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LegalShield has 416 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforLegalShield

    Legal Services
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Pattern of Complaint:
    BBB files indicate that this business has a pattern of complaints concerning billing/collections issues, and customer service issues. Customer service issues such as not answering the phones or emails, and not receiving a call or email back. Billing/collections such as cancelling their memberships and continuing to get money drafted out of their accounts. On April 18th, 2024, the BBB submitted a written request to the business encouraging them to address the pattern of complaints. 

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.55/5stars

    Average of 172 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    374 complaints closed in last 3 years

    119 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 10/4/1995

    Years in Business: 48

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Products & Services

    This company markets legal service plans that include attorney consultation, will preparation, traffic violation defense, automobile-related criminal charges defense, letter writing, document preparation and review and a general trial defense. Additionally, the firm offers programs to protect members from identity theft and other security services.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    LegalShield has 416 locations, listed below.

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      Headquarters
      1 Prepaid Way Attn Regulatory Compliance, Ada, OK 74820-5813
      BBB File Opened:
      1/1/1977
      Years in Business:
      48
      Business Started:
      1/30/1976
      Business Started Locally:
      1/30/1976
      Business Incorporated:
      1/30/1976
      Accredited Since:
      10/4/1995
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Number of Employees:
      664
      Alternate Business Name
      • IDShield
      • Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
      Business Management
      • Anna Wood
      Contact Information

      Customer Contact

      • Anna Wood
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (580) 436-7409
        Primary Fax

      Email Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      374 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      04/21/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Order Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      In 2005 I've called Legal Shield 1 time and they continue to take money over the years without me knowing. I never received anything from them. Now they taking ***** from *****. This company has a habit of auto pay drafting without services of any kind. I'm asking for be refunded all monies taking from my accounts. This company never provided me with no service. Please correct this behavior and pattern of practices to deceived the citizens of UNited State. This is Unfair Trade Practices and fraud. If filed a claim with my bank and they are only going back 4 months. Unfair! I will be speaking with an attorney if this is not resolved
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      Customer Reviews

      172 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Lawrence S

      1 star

      05/07/2024

      This company is horrible. More directly, their customer service is horrible but there's no way customer service is like this unless they are directed to be this way from the top. I called in to upgrade my plan from a personal plan to a business plan and I made it very clear that I wanted to cancel my personal plan. Instead they've been charging me for 2 plans at the same time. Ok, not a big deal, a simple misunderstanding I thought. I was able to figure this out because I had recently canceled my business plan and was wondering why I was still being charged. I was informed that I was being charged for the personal plan. Again, not a big deal, a simple misunderstanding I thought. Since I never wanted both plans I asked to be refunded the charges that have occurred since I've had the 2 simultaneous plans. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, customer service has been trained to act like a bunch of ridiculous thieves. They are literally refuting that I asked to cancel my plan. Even if there was a miscommunication on the call where I switched plans, you would think that in this day and age, they would realize there was a miscommunication and immediately do what was right without hesitation, not argue, saying I must not have requested to cancel my personal plan - A legit company would simply apologize for the misunderstanding and refund your money; It's not that difficult. At the end of the call I was informed that my plan would be canceled and I would be getting a refund (for the last payment only; they're like thieves you can negotiate with; however there is no confirmation so we'll see. Wow, just wow. I'm still in disbelief that a company does business like this.

      LegalShield Response

      05/08/2024

      ********, thank you for bringing your concern to our attention. We apologize; that is not an experience we want our valued members to have. We want to provide you with clarification to help you get the support you need. We are sorry to hear that you are choosing to lose your affordable legal services. LegalShield is a pre-paid monthly subscription service, and our members have the right to cancel at any time. Per our company policy, cancellation requestsmust be provided in writing.The easiest way to do so isby ************************************************** with your name,membershipnumber, phone number,and your request to cancel the membership. With the info that you provided, we confirmed that your personal membership is suspended. However, your business membership is still showing active. If you have not submitted your cancelation request via email, please do so with the original date you requested the cancelation to get that processed asap.If you have further questions, want to verify that your request was received or would like to speak to someone directly on this matter, please get in touch with our ************** Team at ************** via our LegalShield app, or chat at www.legalshield.com between 7-7 CST Monday-Friday, and a member of our team will be happy to assist you. Thank you.

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