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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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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 79.9%
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Top Positive Review

“Reliable Service”

Robert T.
3/22/24

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.

Top Critical Review

“Long wait times, bad customer support, and no refunds.”

Samuel A.
8/5/24

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.

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February 4th, 2023

I tried to use legalzoom to create an LLC. Upon creating an account, applying, paying, I was notified that it would take 2 to 3 weeks. After 3 weeks I called them to find out what was happening and was notified they needed more information. They have my phone number and email as evidenced by the numerous and unrelenting offers I started to receive from them almost daily BUT they never notified me that there was a problem. The representative also stated it would take at least another 20 business days so I cancelled my order and went with Swyft instead. Swyft was less expensive and they sent me an email explaining the process. I am sorry I even tried legalzoom it was a huge, costly, unprofessional waste of time.

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June 6th, 2023
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I really appreciate legalzoom and especially Michael for reaching out and helping to get me started. This dude called me immediately upon setting up my account online. He walked through everything with me and was just cool you know. It's nice to get a real person to talk to when you have no idea WTF you're doing and trying to start a business. I've never done this before and I needed to talk to a dude like Michael. Many thanks Mike and and legalzoom…so far, so good. I look forward to using your services in the future.

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This makes us so happy to hear, Clinton! We appreciate you for taking the time to share your experience with Michael.

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August 18th, 2023
Verified purchase

I had a package in the cart but delayed due to a few lingering questions I had. I received a call without prompting - A Legal Zoom agent named Byron walked me through all of my questions. He was clear and spoke in a detailed manner to allow for full understanding of what my options were. We went through several variables to which he remained consistent and professional without the 'too-pushy' salesman attitude. It was a pleasure. 10/10 customer service!

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We love 10s across the board, thank you, Chae, for sharing your experience Byron.

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August 30th, 2016

I filed for what should be the easiest DBA process with Legalzoom and the process has been so painful. Address was incorrect on the first set of paperwork (which was partially my mistake) but it took them 10 precious day to realize and advise they needed additional proof/documents. It has been 4 weeks I have filed and I still havent received my documents to sign (not even sure how long the DBA will take after that). Every time you call, there is at least 5 to 10 min wait to speak with someone. You have to repeat the same story to every customer service rep. You speak with and then they place you on hold for another 5 to 10 minutes for nothing; they are never able to give you a clear solution to your issue or a clear order status update. Extremely frustrating!

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Hi Bettina, I would like to extend my sincerest apology in regards to your less than great experience with LegalZoom. We would like an opportunity to try to make this a better experience and help you resolve all your concerns. Please feel free to contact a manager directly via help@legalzoom.com.

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April 17th, 2020
Verified purchase

Aimee was very patient and effective in answering all of my questions related to technical difficulties that we were having on the legal zoom website as well as assisting with other matters related to my father's Estate Planning. Thank you again Aimee for all of your help!

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Hi Jacqueline. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this excellent review. Please let us know if we can help with anything else.

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August 3rd, 2016
Verified purchase

Have used LegalZoom before, and it turned out to be a good buy at the time. Needed to revise, and this time found the site to be very confusing up front (before input). If you are putting together a Living Trust, the biggest problem is making revisions. In many instances, there is just no way to navigate back solely to the items you want to revise without having to click through the entire document. Very time consuming. Lastly, there is the constant push for $$$ everywhere you turn!

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January 10th, 2024

On 11/9/2023 Legal Zoom charged me $299.00 for an annual subscription for registered agent services. On 11/11/2023 (2 days after the initial charge) I changed my registered agent and cancelled the Legal Zoom Subscription. Legal Zoom is no longer my registered agent and therefore unable to provide registered agent services. However, even though they are no longer providing me this service and I cancelled my subscription 2 days after the charge, they are unwilling to issue me a refund for a renewal on a yearly automatic subscription. I do not believe this is good business practice and is highly unfair to the consumer.

Do yourself a favor and avoid this company.

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February 17th, 2016

I needed too do a will for my son who is special needs. Carrie the specialist online from legal zoom was so helpful and so friendly. She was so understanding to my needs. She explained every question too me in elementary terms so I could make sure I got what I needed written down right. I feel so good knowing my son will be with the right people if I should go first. Carrie deserves a gold star for sure. I will call on her for help in the near future. Legal zoom is an awesome real will making sight.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Hi Shelley, thank for your kind words & sharing your experience. We will be sure to let Carrie know!

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August 23rd, 2023
Verified purchase

LegalZoom is easy, pleasant, and professional. They handle everything from A-Z with no hassles, and if you deal with customer support, you will be happily surprised by the "ease of use" provided by their staff.

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Thank you for recognizing our efforts and sharing your experience, Salvatore.

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February 5th, 2023

They are to put it mildly crooks. They sneak a bunch of reoccurring fees unless you are careful and monitor your accounts like a hawk they will milk you for everything they can. The fees don't appear right away it is only after two weeks that they start charging you. I shut my account down so they can no longer get more of my hard-earned money.

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June 8th, 2023

I used Legal Zoom for the first time and it was easy breezy! The representative was excellent. He understood what I wanted to do and walked me through the steps. Stayed on the "chat" line while I completed the document. All around excellent service and knowledgeable agents. It was quick and the price is great. I will have my documents in 2-3 days versus hiring a lawyer and paying so much more and waiting for the documents to be drawn up. So glad I used Legal Zoom.

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We're touched by your kind words and grateful for your feedback. Thank you, Darlene!

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August 23rd, 2023
Verified purchase

LegalZoom was a quick and easy way for me to register my new business, Heart Centered LLC. Ben is amazing to work with. He answered all of my questions and took the time to explain everything that I needed to feel comfortable moving forward. I appreciate how considerate and understanding that he was based on my time constraints. He promptly called me back to finish our intake at a time that better suited my busy schedule.

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We appreciate you for this wonderful feedback, Dave!

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February 14th, 2022

If you can help it, do not use this service.
I have been going on 2 months since I filed my LLC.
They lost my order once, forgot about it another time, hung up on me 2 times.
I wanted a simple LLC but they have been stringing me along for two months. They claimed that one of their representatives forgot to put the order through and assured me it would. That was a month ago and It still has not gone through. I have attempted to contact them and the wait time is sometimes well over an hour then they "mysteriously" hung up on me during the call. Horrible horrible horrible customer service!

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October 16th, 2015
Verified purchase

I applied for a trademark. I paid the extra to talk with a "REAL" trademark Attorney. Just about everything he told me was incorrect and any Attorney should know that filing the way I did would have never be accepted. After being rejected I hired an outside Attorney that, while expensive, change everything he could on my filing and got it to pass. He was laughing about filling a descriptive product name and expecting it to pass. This is the last time I am using LegalZoom.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

We’re sorry that you felt your situation wasn’t properly addressed. Your comments and experience are truly valuable to us and we appreciate your feedback. We’d like to learn more about your situation. Please contact us via help@legalzoom.com. We look forward to hearing how we can make this situation better.

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October 16th, 2015
Verified purchase

I just needed a simple, straight forward will with nothing special.
With just a few tweaks, it was finished and for a fraction of what the competition would have charged. If you're prepared, you should progress smoothly. I would definitely recommend Legal Zoom.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Thanks Paul, glad we could help!

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April 17th, 2020
Verified purchase

My customer service rep. (Carrie) did everything she could to assure me she would take care of the problem. She was kind and courteous and extremely helpful. She fixed my concern in a quick efficient manner. If this is typical of the experience at Legal Zoom then you all are doing it right. I assure you that in 4 to 6 months when I am going through the motions of opening my insurance agency I will be using Legal Zoom products to do so. I move from a company agent to a 1099 contracted agent at that time. The goal of my trial run experience was to get a feel for the products offered and the level of service available. I am more than happy and I will for sure be using the monthly membership during my transition from employee to career agent later this year. I want you to know that Carrie is as much a part of me becoming a member later as is the quality of the products you. Bravo Carrie and Bravo Legal Zoom "A future loyal member". Thank you all again and be safe during this outbreak.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Hi Steven. 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.

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November 29th, 2015

Set up LLC for my wife. We have made about $2000 through the company and have paid legal zoom almost all of it as setup fees and as legal agent. They hit us with $150 and $299 recurring annual fees. Wife tried to cancel but until we can provide proof of change in agent (underway) they refuse to return the money. They do NOTHING to earn this money. Get someone else to help you set up your LLC and for goodness sake, do not make those crooks at legal zoom as your legal agent.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Hi Roger, 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 contact us directly via 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.

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October 2nd, 2023

During our setting up a Living Trust, Through no fault of Legal Zoom we had a problem with some of our properties. I called and a Nadia M. Account representative was so patient and helpful directing me on what/how to resolve all. She was AMAZING. Everyone there seems to be trained to be more than patient with you. Great customer service.

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November 25th, 2019
Verified purchase

I took some time to look again at the legal documents that I started this time last year. My partner and I realized we have to finish this since it was not completed over a year ago. The agents at LegalZoom were very helpful in providing information on what the next step I had to take, would be.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Hi Juan, happy to help. 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.

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April 6th, 2016
Verified purchase

I was not expecting a customer service representative to be so knowledgeable about business formation and dissolution. Thom was able to answer every single question that I had with ease and thoughtful in his explanations.

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Glad to hear we provided you the help you deserve Emily. Thanks so much for sharing!

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August 17th, 2023
Verified purchase

Legal Zoom is one of the best investments I have ever made. I had legal questions and they answered for a flat fee. They referred me to an excellent attorney who got me a settlement pf $80,000 and he only charged a thousand!. Also I was able to trademark my business name.

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This is awesome feedback, Jacqueline! Thank you for sharing your experience.

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November 5th, 2016

The dashboard is sleek and the sales people amazing. But once you start the process you end up spending too much time correcting the staff (wrong data entry), deal with conflicting information (name available but then not available etc...) and receive conflicting information from different customer service staff; can get EIN, cannot get EIN...
I used the service to make my incorporation faster, ended up spending twice the amount of time compared to doing it myself directly with the state.

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don't do it unless you want to view a beautiful dashboard and sleek web site.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Hi Sebastien, I am sorry to hear you didn't have the best experience after you placed your order. You deserved better and I would like an opportunity to try and make things right. Please feel free to contact a manager directly via help@legalzoom.com

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March 13th, 2019

In the first part of the info they do mention the additional $159 that you will be charged. But when you are looking at your final cart the price tag shows $0 with a note (Will not be charged until filed with State). Very misleading with the 0 dollar sign. Then on top of that they charged us $249. I called in and got the extra $90 reversed. Not happy with being misled like that on both accounts.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Hi Brianna, we are very sorry for any misunderstanding or miscommunication on our part. Please note the questionnaire explains the initial payment will not include the registered agent fee and is not billed until the entity is filed with the state; reason being is because the service does not begin until the entity is submitted - this means your initial invoice will say $0 for the service because it is not being billed at that time. In your order confirmation, there is also highlighted information that explains when the service is billed. If you wish to discuss this further, please feel free to contact a manager directly via help@legalzoom.com.

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January 14th, 2016
Verified purchase

He was so helpful, understanding and He should be promoted to teach others
His style of customer service. Give the man a raise or vacation for his wonderful
Work and customer service methods. I give him 10 stars Happy employee's make better workers Like a wife keep m happy

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Thank you for your kind words & sharing your great experience. So happy we could help you!

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August 30th, 2020

I have no issue with the legal direction of the program, it is the antiquated user interface that will drive you crazy. Once you start it, there is no way to move backward or forwards to a different section with out clicking each individual page, 15-20. It is just maddening. If you end up having questions or need to check on something you will kill hours just trying to see if you included something or not. An then when you want to review it, you have to complete it to even take a look, no preview. So you end up with a revision for every time you make a change. Made me just want to tear my hair out. There is no reason to have such a horrible user interface in this day and age. Felt like using a tax program 20 years ago.

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LegalZoom S. – LegalZoom Rep

Hi John. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this review. We appreciate the feedback and we'll work on making this a better experience. Please let us know if we can help with anything else.

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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.

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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.

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