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Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:30 am
by bigoak
Anyone on here used Legal Zoom? Good? Bad?
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:49 am
by deltadukman
Like for legal documents and such?
US Legal forms is a locally(MS) owned company that I can vouch for.
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 10:23 am
by Hambone
Do you perform your own surgery after looking at surgical videos on Youtube?
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:24 pm
by deltadukman
Hambone wrote:Do you perform your own surgery after looking at surgical videos on Youtube?
Outside of a pretty litigious situation, I think for standard forms that get "drawn up" such as home closings, wills, deeds, and the like which are composed on fill in the blank form letters, exactly like on these sites(Ive checked the verbage), I see no need for some esquire to charge me $400-$500 to have a para legal fill in the same blanks as I can. I currently have a couple that have been waiting for 3 months to close on a piece of property because someone typed an incorrect descption way back when and the deeds are all messed up.
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:17 pm
by GulfCoast
And I have seen multi-million dollar estate issues because someone thought a "form service" would cover what they were doing versus having an attorney do it. Pick your poison.
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:28 pm
by Hambone
Considering that home closings and wills are some of the most significant transactions of many people's lives, relying on a "standard form" that may not have even been drafted by a Mississippi attorney is fraught with peril. For instance, executing a will is pretty simple, executing one incorrectly is also pretty simple, and it voids the will. I have seen on-line irreconcilable differences divorce pleadings that were not valid - and which led to very unhappy pro se (do-it-yourself) divorce parties when the judge refused to grant the divorce - meaning they had to hire me to clean up the mess.
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:42 pm
by bigoak
So someone recommend a good Intellectual Property Attorney to help get a Trademark registered?
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 3:21 pm
by GulfCoast
I sent you a PM about the only IP attorney I know about.
I hope its a big success for you.
Mark
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 3:36 pm
by gps4
pay me a little now to do it right, or pay me alot later to fix the problems you didn't prevent to begin with.
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 3:39 pm
by bigoak
GulfCoast wrote:I sent you a PM about the only IP attorney I know about.
I hope its a big success for you.
Mark
Got it. Thanks!
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 1:26 am
by 4dawgma
Is there a cheap form deal to set up a trust for a suppressor?
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 3:31 am
by dukhntn
4dawgma wrote:Is there a cheap form deal to set up a trust for a suppressor?
Word on the street is that a certain local fireman can write you one up for $50.
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 5:36 am
by kb7722
Next thing you know you guys are going to be telling me that I shouldn't use Turbotax to do my own taxes.

Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 8:25 am
by MemphisStockBroker
there are times where the basic forms will work, other times you need someone who knows what they are doing to guide you.
this is true with legal matters and financial matters...
the problem is.... knowing where that line is.
I guess you can build your own house, and repair your own air conditioning system too.
Re: Legal Zoom
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 9:32 am
by randywallace
Hambone wrote: I have seen on-line irreconcilable differences divorce pleadings that were not valid - and which led to very unhappy pro se (do-it-yourself) divorce parties when the judge refused to grant the divorce - meaning they had to hire me to clean up the mess.
Or worse yet the judgment is signed by the court, but actually void.