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Find a Location

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".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.62/5stars

    Average of 181 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    363 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.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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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

      363 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      07/31/2024

      I was seeking employment with Legal Shield, but the training and process took too long. I needed something that I will be paid right away. Therefore, I decided to quit and continued to look for employment elsewhere. In the meantime, I was unaware Legal Shield automatically enrolled you in their membership. I thought when I have them my checking account information it was solely for payroll. Legal Shield debited $14.95 from my account. I was unemployed and could not afford it. I would never agree to work for an employer that I have to pay membership before I received a paycheck. I would like the $14.95 they debited out of my account to be refunded. A couple of weeks ago I called to cancel my membership and for my refund. The representative I spoke with assured me she canceled my membership and the funds will be returned in 5-10 business days. via US mail. Today I received a text stating my membership is in jeopardy of canceling, so I called Legal Shield and was told something entirely different. I was instructed to send an email. I asked to speak to supervisor since I was getting conflicting information. I was transferred to supervisor line and held on the phone for over 20 minutes and nobody never came to the phone. Therefore I got frustrated and decided to write a complaint to BBB
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      Customer Reviews

      181 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Allie P

      1 star

      08/22/2024

      THIS COMPANY IS AWFUL AND THEY SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN. Why on earth do you even have a monthly service anymore? You don't help and you don't offer ANY legal advice for the monthly payment. Legal shield has put me in dangerous legal situations and causes so much stress because they can't provide a good service anymore. I am finally putting an end to this madness. It used to be that you could call and actually get peace of mind and some good legal help for $30 bucks a month. Now you're literally paying that for them to treat you like you're an idiot and tell you they can't help you or give you any legal advice... WHY AM I TALKING TO AN ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ANY LEGAL ADVICE? The monthly service is now just them selling you more services you don't need. I am dealing with such a simple legal matter and the woman I spoke with yesterday treated me like a literal DOG. I have never been treated in such a rude way especially when I am PAYING you to listen to my legal matter. If you can't pay your attorneys enough to be civil on the phone with your customers... SHUT DOWN THE COMPANY. Basic customer service is not hard. The woman I spoke with yesterday should be fired, she just cost you a customer. This company ***** now and it's so dangerous for people who actually need simple legal help. They can't even handle basic questions anymore- why have a service that does NOTHING but scam people into spending more money?!!??? Karma will come for all of you who got greedy and ruined a really good service. I have tried 3-4 times over the past few years to give you guys another shot and it's asinine that you can't help your customers anymore. Your call system doesn't even work anymore- it used to be that you guys actually called when you said you would. Now it's a game to get a hold of anyone. Stop SCAMMING your customers. I want a full refund from the money that has been stolen for ZERO help. Don't even think about coming to this company with a serious legal issue.

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