Member
Since 1993
Family Legal Plan
Members will have access to a nationwide network of plan attorneys that have contracted with Legal Club to provide free and discounted legal services. Upon contacting our Member Services Department, members will be referred to a plan attorney based on language, area of law, and location.
Legal Plan Benefits
The following services are provided to our members by our plan attorneys:
Free Legal Services
The following nine (9) services are available at no charge from your plan attorney.
- Initial phone consultation for each new legal matter (no time limit)
- Initial face-to-face consultation for each new legal matter (no time limit)
- Review of independent legal documents (6 page maximum per document, no limit to the number of new independent documents)
- Plan attorneys will prepare a free Simple Will for you and your family, as well as update the Will annually for free
- A state specific, web based, free Living Will form is available to Members. This form can be taken to a plan attorney and completed by the attorney for free
- Plan attorneys will help Members represent themselves in small claims court
- Plan attorneys will provide assistance solving problems with government programs, such as INS and welfare
- When deemed appropriate by your plan attorney, he or she will write letters on your behalf (one letter per legal matter, with no limit on the number of new legal matters)
- When deemed appropriate by your plan attorney, he or she will make phone calls on your behalf (one phone call per legal matter, with no limit on the number of new legal matters)
Deeply Discounted Legal Services*:
The following are eight (8) commonly used legal services for which plan attorneys have agreed to charge a one-time, deeply discounted fee.
Legal Services |
Member
Rate |
Non-Member
Rate |
 |
| Traffic Ticket Defense |
89.00 |
199.00 |
| Name Change |
155.00 |
365.00 |
| Simple Will with Minors Trust |
250.00 |
530.00 |
| Chapter 7 Bankruptcy |
750.00 |
1,500.00 |
| Non-Support (Spouse/Child) |
275.00 |
1,490.00 |
| Simple Divorce |
275.00 |
1,100.00 |
| Regular Incorporation |
295.00 |
585.00 |
| Personal Real Estate Closing |
250.00 |
675.00 |
*Court costs and filing fees additional. Detailed Legal Services definitions can be found in Section three (3) of the LCD Family Legal Plan member guidebook.
Guaranteed Low Hourly Rates:
This is where tremendous savings is realized. After the free letters, calls and consultations take place, members and their attorneys will have to decide what course of action to take next. In some cases, members will have no choice and litigation will ensue. If this happens plan attorneys will either charge $125.00 per hour, or when appropriate, give members a 40% discount off their usual and customary hourly rate.
Retainers:
In the case of extended legal care, plan attorneys may ask you for a retainer. Any retainer sought will be computed by multiplying the number of hours a plan attorney believes a case will take, by the appropriate discounted hourly plan rate. For instance; 10 hours x $125.00 = a retainer of $1,250.00. Any unused portion of the retainer will be returned to the member.
Contingency Fee Discounts:
The contingency fee discount will be a 10% reduction of the state maximum rate or the attorney's usual rate, whichever is lower.
