101 Reasons to Use LegalShield

Get legal advice when you need it most. As a LegalShield member, you now have access to a provider law firm who are available to assist you whenever life’s unexpected events arise. With your LegalShield plan, you can not only solve today’s legal issue but can also take comfort knowing you are proactively protecting your future.

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LegalShield offers legal help through it all

Plato once remarked, “Everything changes and nothing remains still.” And this couldn’t be truer about our everyday hectic lives.

In fact, no matter how much planning we may do, we can never quite predict or determine how even the next moment may unravel, let alone the rest of our time here. Life is unpredictable. Even though life can be filled with joyful moments, there can, and most likely will be, incidents that occur. Sometimes those incidents will not be pleasant. Luckily for our LegalShield members, we’re here for you when you might need legal advice from an experienced law firm.

You can’t predict, but you certainly can be better protected.

Explore 101 reasons you’ll want a LegalShield lawyer on your side

  • You want to understand the difference between a Trust and a Will.
  • You want to have an up-to-date Will.
  • Family members challenge your parent’s Will.
  • Your landlord raises rent in violation of your verbal agreement.
  • You are selected for an audit.
  • Your parents die and leave you executor of their estate.
  • You are tired of hidden cell phone fees.
  • You do not have a retirement savings plan.
  • You lose your personal identification.
  • You receive a speeding ticket.
  • You are buying or selling your home.
  • Your driver’s license is suspended.
  • You don’t understand your health insurance plan or new legislation.
  • Your teenager is accused of shoplifting.
  • You have made the decision to change your legal name.
  • Your new washing machine doesn’t wash.
  • Creditors threaten to take action against you for your ex-spouse’s debts.
  • A neighbor or school reports you for child abuse.
  • A friend or neighbor is injured on your property.
  • You need help enforcing payment on child support.
  • A friend owes you money and then files bankruptcy.
  • A caller demands money or damaging information will be released.
  • Your car is damaged by a hit-and-run driver.
  • You accidentally back over your neighbor’s garbage can.
  • A hairdresser damages your hair with harsh chemicals.
  • Your car is repossessed unjustly.
  • You are subpoenaed or served with legal papers.
  • You are called to jury duty.
  • Your long drive off the tee injures another player.
  • You need a lease agreement reviewed.
  • You adopt a child.
  • Your son is injured in a football game.
  • A neighbor trips over a rake in your yard.
  • A jeweler sells you defective merchandise.
  • A car dealership gains illegal access to your credit history.
  • You are hit by a bottle at a baseball game.
  • A tenant falls down stairs and sues you.
  • You need help with credit card liability resolution.
  • You are injured when you slip on a wet floor in a public building.
  • Your livestock tramples a neighbor’s garden.
  • Your neighbor’s dog barks for hours every night.
  • Your teenager gets a speeding ticket.
  • Your landlord enters your apartment without permission.
  • Your child throws a baseball through a neighbor’s car window.
  • You don’t have a Living Will or Medical Power of Attorney.
  • Your boat is damaged while in storage.
  • Your landlord refuses to refund your cleaning deposit.
  • You lose an expensive watch in a hotel and the manager denies liability.
  • A speeding car nicks your bumper when your car was parked on the street.
  • A merchant refuses to honor a guarantee.
  • You have an accident driving your friend’s boat.
  • Your spouse claims a right to your earnings.
  • A record club sends merchandise after you cancel your membership.
  • You are refused service at a restaurant.
  • A property manager refuses to rent to you.
  • You are denied credit for no apparent reason.
  • An online auction goes sour.
  • The repair shop threatens to take you to small claims court for money you don’t owe.
  • Your car insurance is cancelled when your teenager has an accident.
  • Your child needs special education in public school.
  • You made a sizable gift to charity.
  • Angry words result in a slander lawsuit.
  • You need a patent for an invention.
  • You need a copyright for your manuscript.
  • You are wrongly accused of committing a crime.
  • Your right to privacy has been invaded.
  • Your car is vandalized in a parking lot.
  • You care for your elderly parents.
  • A postal carrier slips on your unshoveled walk and breaks his or her leg.
  • You have questions about escrow in a home purchase.
  • You are stopped for speeding and a passenger is in possession of marijuana.
  • Your teenager wrecks the car and a passenger is injured.
  • You receive disability.
  • You are cheated by a door-to-door salesman.
  • A repair person charges more than a given estimate.
  • A creditor tries illegal collection tactics.
  • An accident results in a personal injury.
  • You are scheduled to appear in small claims court.
  • Your new house has bad plumbing and a leaky roof.
  • You take a vacation and your room has a view of the trash dumpster.
  • A minor is caught breaking into your home.
  • You have a fender bender while driving a friend’s car.
  • You have liability questions in launching a new business.
  • You have a question about an easement on your property.
  • Your neighbor’s dog bites your child.
  • You have a property line dispute over a newly installed fence.
  • You are asked to testify as a witness to a crime.
  • You need a premarital agreement.
  • You’re buying or selling a car.
  • Your child’s school demands a drug or alcohol test.
  • Your spouse uses physical force against you.
  • Your bank sends a foreclosure notice after one house payment is late.
  • A retail store won’t accept your return of defective merchandise.
  • A repair person won’t stand behind his work.
  • A trespasser is caught poaching on your land.
  • You are leasing property.
  • You receive a letter from a creditor and it is not your debt.
  • A bank reports bad credit activity unjustly.
  • You need advice concerning a divorce.
  • You can’t make heads or tails out of the new tax forms.
  • You own your own small business.

You became a LegalShield member for a reason, but as you can see, there are hundreds of ways you can keep using our services. We’re here for you no matter what may happen. Regardless of your legal question—from Estate Planning to Traffic issues, and so much more. Just give us a call and we’ll connect you with your provider lawyer who will get back to you within 8 business hours after initial contact.

Sure, as Plato said, “nothing remains still,” but you’ve got legal protection for anything that may come your way.

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