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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): 80.4%
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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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November 2nd, 2023
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With pleasure I recommend Legal Zoom to anyone looking to establish a new business. My experience doing so was expedient and professionally managed by Legal Zoom.

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We appreciate the love, Bill, and for sharing. We wish you the best with your small business.

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June 30th, 2021
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To those who ever use this or have used these services please know, years later you will find out they scammed you into telling you that you owe all this amount of money for services you never authorized that they say you signed up for. They have it set up so that when you do get told that you owe all this money (when you don't actually) and you're in a panic that they will remove the threat to collections by having you pay $99 dollars! WHAT!? They will fear monger you into believing you have to pay this amount, that you agreed to this in the terms, and even if you call and cancelled prior to this like I did because I saw the fine print and what ppl had said, well too bad because they will say this never happened or that it's not on record or someone didn't do something right or will find a way to continue to tell you it was your fault. No. Horrible. Don't allow them to intimidate you. They make it so you feel you have no sense of control in the outcome and try to say did you see the "fine print" to further harm you and repeat like a broken record.

It's cruel what you're doing to people who seek your services for help. You falsify this message and then take advantage of people. If someone who creates this model of business doesn't feel shame for the harm you can cause, I can't understand how you can wake up in the morning and function or how much work you must put into your mind to numb out everything that makes someone human. This isn't something you do to people no matter what power or control you may have. I hope somehow you learn that your greed and harm is not going to get you to a better place.

Tip for consumers:
First off- don't. But if you did buy into it, make sure you do something about it now and advocate for yourself in doing what's right. Even if they send you to collections you can dispute this because they are in the wrong and it's very clear they have crafted this to work in their favor by intimidating you. Just do the work to protect yourself and don't give in to them taking advantage of you. Even after you call and "cancel" know this may not be the end of it...

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May 29th, 2023

Quick Response Chat to help with any questions about starting a new bussiness.
Although I didnt have many questions because their website made it easy to complete.

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We love to hear this, Michael! Thank you for sharing your experience.

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July 25th, 2023
Verified purchase

Very easy to use, very prompt, nice, knowledgeable, respectful staff that got everything I needed done in a couple of hours. Well worth the investment, in fact I consider it a steal of a deal.

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We appreciate you for acknowledging our efforts of being a one stop shop as your success is our success. Thank you for sharing, Michael.

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November 4th, 2023
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The agent was awesome, polite and friendly, knowledgeable and answered questions with confidence and precision. She was excellent. She went beyond to and was so helpful.

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We’re grateful for your positive feedback and appreciate your support. Thank you, Trudy!

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October 21st, 2023

I hired LZ to do my taxes for my new business. I paid for the annual subscription. During the process of completing my '22 taxes, my tax expert left the company. It took several weeks before I was notified and my account was reassigned. During the process, after not hearing back from them, even after sending emails, my current subscription expired. Finally was reassigned to a new expert and got the ball rolling again only to be told he wouldn't be able to submit my taxes now because I no longer had an active subscription. After escalating up to a regional manager, it was decided that I ultimately would need to renew my subscription for another year just to have last years taxes submitted. To say I'm pissed is an understatement. I paid for a service that wasn't completed only to have to repay for a service for a "new" year just to get the previous year taxes filed. I'm struggling to understand why it's my fault when the tax expert left and I was essentially left with no responses on my emails. When I did get a response it was usually weeks later. I wouldn't recommend their tax service due to their business policies.

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June 3rd, 2019
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I'm no longer consulting, so needed to cancel my Registered Agent Services. My LegalZoom files state your call center is open weekends, so I called and they didn't pick up. So I called this morning. I opted for the call-back service. I was putting something in the refrigerator when the call came and by the time I picked up, LegalZoom had already hung up! So I dialed back in and opted for the call-back service again. It took well over the 3 minutes cited to get called back. "Michael" asked me for my phone number (though I had already entered it for the call-back) and email. He asked why I was cancelling and I told him and he didn't respond at all. I thought the call dropped, so I said "hello?" He responded in a testy manner, "I heard you." He proceeded to cancel my services, as requested, then suggested I confirm the cancellation on my account online. I asked if I would get a confirmation email with a confirmation number and he said, "well you might, but I recommend people check their account online." What? You "might"? I waited for him to thank me for my business or my call or something, but he said nothing. So I said, "Well, okay." to see if he might thank me if I prompted him. He did not. He said, "Well, okay, Ms. Jeffries. You have a good day." Michael needs some training. Unless how I feel right now about working with LegalZoom is the customer experience your leadership is going for.

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We really apologize for the poor experience you had. Your comments are important to us and we appreciate your feedback. Please be reassured that we will review our operations and determine where improvements need to be made. Please feel free to also contact us directly via help@legalzoom.com.

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October 16th, 2015
Verified purchase

I can't believe how easy it was to set up a will, power of attorney and living will.
I have recommended Legal Zoom to my four kids and some friends and coworkers.

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Thanks so much Matthew, we really appreciate you!

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June 8th, 2023

Needed to add a DBA name after LLC formation. Sidney was able to help expedite the process and jumped in quick to get me going. He was pleasant and knowledgeable. 10 outta 10 for me!

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10s across the board, we love it, Tracy! We appreciate you for sharing your experience with Sidney.

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February 4th, 2016
Verified purchase

Customer service is an extremely important part of maintaining ongoing client relationships that are key to continuing revenue. For this reason, many companies have worked hard to increase their customer satisfaction levels. And Courtney Buhr has done just that with style, grace and professionalism.

She was simply breath-taking from her ability in answering our questions to providing us with EXCELLENT customer service. In this fast-pace era of getting things done yesterday and the need to have things done in an expeditious manner.

Courtney has hit a HOMERUN for us. Her product knowledge, attention to detail, her ability in making our EXPERIENCE a WONDERFUL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE has sedated us, in what was to be considered overwhelming, has turned out to be simply REFRESHING.

Thank you Courtney from all of us here at SEIMITSU CONSULTING, LLC for a job well done!

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Hi Adrian, we appreciate your kind words very much. Thank you for sharing & we will be sure to let Courtney know!

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March 28th, 2016

Starting a business should be the easy part, right? Been waiting on a DBA form signed by my registered agent " United States Corporation Agents, Inc. " aka Legalzoom for about a month. You can receive emails stating we have reviewed your order and should be ready within 2-3 business days. Which is understandable, BUT! They've given me excuses like its has incorrect information( understandable). Resent the email with the correct information then 2-3days later I get a response stating they couldn't open the attachment. Resent the email again and I don't get a response this time. I contacted customer service to "discuss" the issue with the rep and all she stated was the registered agent didn't think the form was legit which was the reason why they didn't sign. After I sent them the link to where I downloaded the form they finally responded with a " thank you. Your inquiry has been received by our customer care team... I have yet to receive the document I need by EMAIL! Can't start my business without the form being signed from the registered agent. It seems to me I'm getting the "RUN AROUND", due to the county clerks office here in town charges me $27 to file this DBA and legal zoom wants around $100. Seriously, I don't recommend legal zoom to anyone.

Good luck fellow Entrepreneurs

P. S i'll give you guys an update on the outcome

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Hi Kris, we are sorry you haven't had the best experience with us; you deserve better. We will review your account & contact you directly to resolve your concerns. Please also feel free to contact a manager directly via help@legalzoom.com.

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November 1st, 2023
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The experience with the agent was very entertaining and very comfortable and very loving she was very helpful and she really needs a lot of arrays her name is Tatiana

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We are delighted to hear this, Jermaine, thank you!

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July 24th, 2023
Verified purchase

I received a scammer mail from Florida collecting compliance fees. I called Legal Zoom. The agent is very knowledgeable. He saved me from being tricked by the scammer.

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Thank you for allowing us to be there for you, Melody, and for sharing.

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August 19th, 2023
Verified purchase

The guy I talked to Jonathan was awesome & super helpful explaining everything in a way I could understand it. Took a lot of the stress out of the whole process

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This is awesome, Zack, and it means a lot that you took the time to share.

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December 30th, 2015
Verified purchase

Samuel Woodward is an excellent representative for your company. He was thorough, efficient, professional. I will certainly contact him for any future needs I have from your company.

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Thank you Kathryn - this means so much to us. We certainly try.

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July 26th, 2023
Verified purchase

My experience today at legal zoom was so seamless and pleasurable. DyQuan made it efficient, easy and expedient! I highly recommend Legal Zoom for all your non-profit needs.

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This makes us so happy to hear about your experience, Sharon. We thank you for sharing.

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December 3rd, 2015
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Needed guidance to provide support documents for copyright. Immediately connected to human voice. (wow) Five minutes and the proper documents were on their way to the govt. Office.

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Congratulations Gresham! So happy we could help you with your copyright needs!

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April 20th, 2016
Verified purchase

Laura answered every question that I had and more! She was personable, informative and I would feel welcome coming back to the LegalZoom site and using the services.

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We are very happy to hear of the superb service you received. We thank you for sharing your experience & welcome you to come back any time!

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October 16th, 2015
Verified purchase

I used them to draw up my will and power of attorney. The service I received was exceptional both via telephone and online.

I will definitely used Legal Zoom for any other legal issues I may have.

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Hi Kittie, glad we could provide you with excellent service. Thank you for being a valued customer!

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July 25th, 2023
Verified purchase

I called not knowing much except what I had researched, but I wasn't really sure how credible random info could be so I across LZ and decided to call it was very informative couldn't ask much any of anything but the agent more or less understood Im not the most knowledgeable and was able to listen when needed.

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Thank you for taking the time to provide me with such positive feedback, Eric. It means a lot to us.

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June 29th, 2023
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I have been a member of Legal Zoom for about eight years and I have use them for everything from real estate law to family law. I love the service I highly recommend it.!

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Your willingness to share your experience has been greatly appreciated, Bonnie. Thank you for being a part of the LegalZoom family.

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December 13th, 2019
Verified purchase

Aimee helped with this very quickly. Super helpful, as this was a time-sensitive request! It was nice she sent me a confirmation email to show it's in process! She was great!

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Hi Sarah, thank you so much for taking the time to share this excellent review. We're here for you any time.

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September 27th, 2019

The chat folks are very helpful and professional. They didn't hesitate to admit that their website had a hiccup and apologized. I appreciate the candid and helpful responses to my questions.

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Hi David, we try to be as transparent as possible. We're so glad to hear about your experience with our chat team. Thank you for sharing.

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November 20th, 2017
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She was very patient and thorough she Walk me through the process. She was super friendly! When i asked additional information she found answers. Also helped me set up new order

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Hi Eric, thank you very much for sharing your experience. We work really hard to make our customers feel satisfied with our products/services. We're happy to see that you feel you were in good hands. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help!

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February 7th, 2024
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I'm starting a business and needed to s/u a LLC. The agent was there to answer any questions I had, staying in the chat window until I was finished.

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We are delighted to hear this, John. Thank you for sharing!

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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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