LegalZoom has a rating of 3.7 stars from 1,787 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with LegalZoom most frequently mention customer service, great job, and new business. LegalZoom ranks 5th among Legal Services sites.
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After four years of not communicating with LegalZoom they were extremely cooperative on getting my account recovered and up to date. When it came to federal law they were prompt to keep me updated on mandates and regulations. Very professional and well mannered business.
The most horrible customer support and the longest wait times I have ever experienced. I purchased an LLC package with all the bells and whistles to include expedited processing. After two months of waiting, broken promises from customer support ("It will be finished today, we are so sorry for the wait..."), many unanswered questions, no contact, hours on the phone and in chat rooms, and a refusal to refund services not rendered, I cannot recommend LegalZoom.
After reading one of my legal documents, I had a question about an agent's authority. Within a day of submitting the question, LegalZoom replied with a satisfactory answer, and offered a telephone discussion with an attorney if needed. I appreciate the timely and relevant response.
Ms. Pamela was so resourceful in being passionate with compassion in being of service to me. I'ma first time entrepreneur and she guided me by being authentically engaged as she coached me each step of the process from beginning to end. Thank you Ms Pamela
We cannot wait to share this lovely feedback with Pamela and the team. Thank you, Tamiko!
I filed for a patent via Legal Zoom, and all I ever received were computer-generated questions. So I abandoned and got the refund... only to find Legal Zoom had re-charged my card the $1098. And they never answer the phone! I want my money back!
Hi Catherine, it is very important to us to try and improve the situation when there has been a misunderstanding or dissatisfaction with our service. We will review your account & contact you directly to discuss a resolution. Please feel free to also contact us directly via help@legalzoom.com.
I received excellent help and advice regarding the above. I was taken through the process, the timing of the process and the estimated cost of the process. Also, my past experiences with Legal Zoom setting up my LLC were excellent and very cost effective.
Your feedback has made our day, Steven! Thank you for your kind words.
I started the trademark process with legalzoom. Seems like they only knew forms but no background information on the process itself. They made me add more and more classes and charged right away. Only AFTER the classes were defined and paid for, they want to charge me another 250$ for a logo search. I called customer service - the impolite rep on the phone tells me "we do not provide legal advice" (how ironic with that company name) and if I am not happy with the service provided I could go somewhere else. Now that really increased my confidence. When I asked him if I missed before that a logo search would be an extra 250 or if that just came up AFTER I paid for all classes, he said it wouldnt have made a difference anyways if they would have told me or not. Another confidence boost! Seems like they cannot give you any information about the actual process at all and jsut collect money for the stuff they talk you into! Sad, absolutely SAD!
We apologize for the experience you've had with LegalZoom regarding Trademark package. Our goal is to make every Customer happy with our products and service; we clearly missed the mark this time. I want to resolve this for you. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have about the package or any other portion of your order. Please contact me via email help@legalzoom.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
If only i can choose a negative star i will do that.
They charge you thousand of thousand of dollars, yet didn't file your annual report and initial report, and your business expired.
And you are even threaten by the Account Manager when you try to confront with them for the root causes.
They even charge you after your business expired because they didn't file your report
This is so far the worst business company i have ever met. I have opened companies in several countries. This is the worst experience.
Hi Julia, we’re sorry that you felt your experience wasn’t the best. Your comments and experience are truly valuable to us and we appreciate your feedback. We’re really interested in knowing what kind of resolution you’d like to see and are willing to do anything we can to improve your experience with LegalZoom. We will review your account & contact you directly. Please also feel free to contact us via help@legalzoom.com. We look forward to hearing how we can make this situation better.
I paid for a PLLC. My documents were sent to the TX comptroller and now they are saying that I have to pay franchise tax. And in there website appears like an LLC not a PLLC. I can't change it. I'm opening a a law firm, not a franchise. I reached out to LZ for 2 days and they refused to help me or escalate my problem. Now I have a situation in which the State says that I have to pay Franchise taxes, when it's a Law Firm I am registering. I will probably have to pay for this to be fixed out of pocket, an error the LZ committed and refuse to assist in fixing.
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I’m still waiting for my EIN number. After I sent the document, They didn’t fax it to IRS for a week. It was when I called following up that supposedly it was fax. Never received evidence of this being done.
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Pro package
You are better off searching for sample documents on the interenet. These are boiler plate, nothing special. From my experience using companies like this only creates problems when you have to hire an attorney to fix it and it cost more money to fix or the attorney can not fix it or worst yet you expose yourself to huge liability that could been avoided by hiring an Attorney in the first place.
Hi Cynthia, we're disappointed to hear you’ve had a less than satisfying experience with us, and we want to have an opportunity to make things right. We'd like to learn more about your situation. Please kindly submit your contact information to: help@legalzoom.com. We look forward to speaking with you and hope to make your experience with LegalZoom a better one.
Answered all of my questions with experience. It wasnt a question that couldn't be answered. Mj was very polite and respectful. I would definitely like to speak with mj again.i can't wait to finish my product with legal zoom so I can continue the good courtesy that I received and would recommend this services to everyone.
We love this feedback and we appreciate you for taking the time to share it, Curtis.
Michele did a great job quickly answering my questions and got me what I needed fast. She was able to assist me with a package that got stolen off my front porch and got the package recorded for me. Thank you Michele keep up the great work!
Hi Tim, we 're so sorry about your original package being stolen and glad we were able to help where you needed it. Thanks for sharing and please let us know if we can help with anything else.
As above. I got through my will and trust OK, but every time I needed to make a revision, I had to go through the whole questionnaire process again. The form should allow one to jump to a specific section.
Thanks for taking the time to share and we really appreciate your feedback.
Aimee was great! Very fast and polite. My order reflected an incorrect address that did not exist, but Aimee assured me on the back end my corrected address was associated with my order and would be filed appropriately. Thanks, Aimee!
Hi Katherine, thank you so much for this great 5-star review. We really appreciate you being a loyal customer and helping to share the word about us. We’re here for you anytime.
They put my order on hold already 3 times to ask more info. I understand that certain things show up during the process though I feel that they missed to ask enough details at the beginning. What is the real painpoint is they neither call nor email you once the order has issues! They say "we have a robot to call you, there must be something wrong with your phone". Not the case! I do not have a single missed call! Not to mention they could email me. Instead of saving time I have to check the order status everyday just in case.
Hi Dmitry, we're so sorry about your experience with LegalZoom. We are constantly striving to ensure the satisfaction of each customer and it seems we fell short of that goal in this situation. We will review your order to determine how we can resolve things and make this a better experience. Please also feel free to contact a manager directly via help@legalzoom.com.
I order ( order # *******) to register my firm to be registered to in the state of California and paid over $300.00 for expedited service and send all the documents by over night service one of the certificate the staff member kept the certificate in wrong file. I spend over 5-6 hours over the phone and even after that the work was not done finally I have ask for refund after 5-6 weeks and I have to do myself all over again the process is only 3-4 days. I will never use them again
Hi Akbar, we'd like to learn more about your situation. We will review your order & follow up with you directly. Please also feel free to kindly submit your contact information to help@legalzoom.com and we will review your order history. We look forward to speaking with you and hope to make your experience with LegalZoom a better one.
I really enjoyed interacting with Robert IV Martel. His tone of voice, his knowledge, his willing to help, everything was just amazing that's why I took the time to write this review. I look forward to speaking with him again for future endeavors.
We definitely appreciate you, Macarena, for taking the time to share your experience with Robert.
Had Legal zoom do the Standard LLC. Also had legal zoom do the standard initial reports, paid 394.95 confirmed on 8/27/15 for a report to be filed by the end of sept 2015. Paid for the services, they collected the state funds but failed to pay the state. I called legal zoom 30 days later since they sent me a reminder email. The legal zoom person on the phone verified I had paid the everything, and in order and legal zoom will be taking care of the filings. End result Legal Zoom did not pay the state fees they collected even though I paid them 30 days prior and they verified everything was all taken care of 30 days later. Talked to the state and I was fined 175.00 in late fees due to legal zoom not filing. Legal Zoom states they record calls I guess they won't listen to the calls when they are at fault. Ended up legal Zoom refunded my 394.00 on 10/19/2015 and I had to take care of it thru the state. Cannot recommended a service such as this to anyone.
We are constantly striving to ensure the satisfaction of each customer and it seems we fell short of that goal in this situation. We're sorry about what occurred with your LLC order and with your customer service experience. Usually orders go more smoothly and we apologize that you experienced us at less than our best. Your comments and experience are important to us and we appreciate your feedback. If you wish to discuss this any further, please feel free to contact me directly via help@legalzoom.com.
The lawyer I spoke with was informative, easy to talk to, and most of all very patient with me and my questions. She made sure that by the time our conversation ended that I felt satisfied and enpowered. Thank you for your compassion
Hi Abdon, thanks so much for your kind words and for being a valued customer!
I hired Legal Zoom to be our registered agent. Our new renewal notice came, and I noticed they had nearly tripled the price from last year. I hired someone else for $99 (instead of $399 legalzoom was charging.) I notified them to cancel on Dec 11,2018, they refused. I notified them again on Dec 27, they again refused. I notified them in writing on Jan 1. My renewal date is supposed to be January 3, but they charged me 6 days early so they could rip me off for $400 by refusing to cancel my service. I have filed a BBB complaint against them since changing the due date was done deliberately to steal money from a customer instead of allowing the customer to cancel. Do not do business with these theives under any circumstance.
UPDATE- I have now been going round and round with them for over a month. They will not respond to emails at all.
Hi Lily, we're so sorry about your experience. Our registered agent subscription fees have recently increased to include additional services that many of our customers find beneficial. Having our registered agent service is always optional and if a agent change has been made, we are more than happy to cancel your LegalZoom subscription. Please feel free to reach out to a manager directly via help@legalzoom.com with your account information so that we may resolve things right away.
I am taking moment to express my sincere thanks to Joseph Kim, Legal Zoom CSR, who has been invaluable is in providing his knowledge and guidance in setting up an LLC. While he did not dispense legal advise, he did help in my understanding of setting up an LLC and walked me through the step-by-step process. This was on several phone call. His energy level, attention span and follow through was truly an Olympic Gold performance. Thank you, Joseph!
Hi Gilbert, thanks so much for your kind words & sharing your experience. We will be sure to let Joseph know how happy you were with his service.
What, only 1 consultation on a subject, as I had previously consulted various times on a matter seemed like a mid stream policy change, my policy requires of a vendor more of a under promise and over delivery, as this wasn't the case membership was terminated.
We wanted to let you know that we saw your tweet about your experience with LegalZoom. We do our best to make sure every customer is happy and it seems we fell short of that goal in this situation. We’d like to learn more about how we could have improved your experience with us, or if you just wanted share exactly what happened so we can do a better job for other customers in the future. Please feel free to contact me at your convenience via help@legalzoom.com.
I have been useing legal zoom now for about a week maybe two and they are flat out amazing! Everyone that ive been in contact with, Brian, and just now Melanie have been just the sweetest most helpful agents ever. I am truly amazed at how in tune and communication oriented the whole company has been. I will defiently be useing them in future businesses that we are going to be opening up! Y'all are right up there with chick fil a with just how amazing your customer service is! Great job keep it up!
We really appreciate you taking the time to share your review. We aim to please so we're overjoyed to see this reflecting in your experience. Please let us know if we can help with anything else.
My experience was NEGATIVE. I filled out the form with the required information and ordered a will and the printing. When I got the will and read it through, one of the paragraphs did not apply to my circumstances. It was not contemplated in the form I filled out beforehand. I asked for it to be changed and they would only send me am email copy of the corrected will. I lost the money for the printing on special paper and the shipping. They should have sent me the will and asked me to read it through before sending me the printed version. Time and bother would have been saved.
Hi Jill, it is very important to us to try and improve the situation when there has been a misunderstanding or dissatisfaction with our service. We’d like an opportunity to try to turn this experience around. If you’re interested in discussing this further, please contact a manager directly via help@legalzoom.com.
If I could I would leave an extra star! I so appreciated being able to have my questions answered with a representative who did not add any pressure to the conversation whatsoever. As a result, I did use the service to establish my LLC and I recommend to anyone who needs the kind of products and services LegalZoom offers to work with them as well. I'm looking forward to using more of their products as I scale my business.
Your feedback has truly made my day! Your positive feedback motivates us to keep doing our best, thank you, Georgina.
Michelle was the 4th person that i attempted to chat with. I could tell right away she was going to be able to solve my problem. It was something about her introduction that I felt immediately assured.
Hi Robbyn, thank you so much for this great 5-star review. We really appreciate you being a loyal customer and helping to share the word about us. We’re here for you anytime.
It's a Scam. Use an accountant to start your business instead. LegalZoom will charge you $299.00 per year for "Register Agent" fee and they will renew this every year so you will have to pay them every year of $299.00. In order to cancel this payment, you will have to call your state to change the "Register Agent" of your business and then call LegalZoom to cancel their service. If you use your accountant and register your own name as "Register Agent", you do not pay a dime every year as "Register Agent" for your business. It's a Scam. After they charged you the $299.00 as renewal one year after, they do not give you a refund after. You will have to call them and cancel this service BEFORE they charge you.
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do not use LegalZoom
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Opening an LLC
LegalZoom is the best way to get legal help for your family and business. Ask business and personal legal questions, get advice on specific situations, have an attorney review your legal documents and more.
Every year, Americans spend millions of dollars on routine legal services such as forming a business, applying to register a trademark or creating a last will. Others simply do not create essential legal documents because of the inconvenience and high cost. LegalZoom was established to provide an easy-to-use, one-stop online solution for people to handle common legal matters.
Hi David, we are always happy to help in any way we can. Thanks for sharing.