LegalFix

An Employee Benefit for Main Street Americans

Why Legal Plans Matter

  • Over 50% of Fortune 500 companies offer legal plans to their employees

  • 75% of Fortune 100 companies do

  • They see a 96% retention rate among companies that offer them

How Does Offering a Legal Plan Benefit Help Employers?

Offering a legal plan benefit give employers the upper hand in hiring and retaining the best employees.

The Gap

  • 99.9% of U.S. businesses are small businesses

  • Main Street workers often need legal help most but can’t afford it

  • Small issues turn into big, costly problems

Affordable Legal Services for Main Street Employees

66¢ Per Employee Per Day

  • Employers get a more focused workforce with fewer unscheduled absences

  • Employees get peace of mind, financial stability, and less stress in their personal lives

What LegalFix Provides

1,600+ state-specific legal explanations

Hundreds of attorney-reviewed articles

Access to all state and federal laws (statutes)

Direct access to top law firms for:

Phone consultations, traffic tickets, contracts, landlord-tenant issues, defense of criminal charges

Wills, trusts, probate, prenups, divorce, child support & custody, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, creditor/debtor, traffic tickets, & more

Preferred pricing on all personal legal services

FAQ

LegalFix is a legal services platform for the 80% of Americans who don't get the legal help they need—which often leads to financial devastation and emotional distress. 

LegalFix fixes this by offering individuals, families, and small businesses easy, affordable access to our network of handpicked law firms—and preferred pricing on legal fees.

No, LegalFix is not a law firm, is not licensed to practice law, and does not provide legal advice, services, or representation. 

Instead, LegalFix provides its members with easy access to affordable legal services through a network of independent law firms. 

LegalFix, its corporate entity, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and contractors do not practice law or provide legal advice, services, or representation—directly or indirectly. 

Under no circumstances will you and LegalFix form an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship can only be created on or through the LegalFix platform between you and one or more of the independent law firms in the LegalFix network.

The information on the LegalFix site is an overview of the legal plans and on-demand legal services you can purchase—or that may be provided by your employer as an employee benefit—or by your credit union or other membership group as a membership benefit. 

The articles and information on the LegalFix site are not legal advice and should not be relied upon—they are for information purposes only. You should purchase a legal plan or on-demand legal service to get legal advice from one of our network law firms. 

You should not disclose confidential or potentially incriminating information to LegalFix—you should only communicate such information directly to your attorney or law firm after purchasing a legal plan or on-demand legal service.

Yes, a Consult with Attorney initial consultation in which a person is seeking legal advice is generally privileged and confidential—even if the attorney is not ultimately hired—based on the attorney-client privilege and related ethical duties of confidentiality. 

Here is a more detailed explanation of the legal and ethical principles involved:

1. Attorney-Client Privilege

  • What it is: A legal doctrine that protects communications between a lawyer and a client (or prospective client) made for the purpose of seeking legal advice.

  • Who it covers: It applies even to prospective clients—those who consult a lawyer about a possible legal representation, even if no formal attorney-client relationship is formed.

Key Case Law and Rules:

  • Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers § 15 (2000):

A person who consults a lawyer with a view to obtaining legal services is a prospective client.Communications are privileged if made with the reasonable expectation that the lawyer is acting in a professional capacity.

  • Federal Rule of Evidence 502 and similar state evidence rules recognize privilege for communications with prospective clients.

2. Ethical Duty of Confidentiality

  • Lawyers are bound by professional conduct rules to keep information relating to prospective clients confidential.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA):

  • Rule 1.18 – Duties to Prospective Client:

(b) Even when no client-lawyer relationship ensues, a lawyer who has learned information from a prospective client shall not use or reveal that information.

This means that even without being hired, the lawyer must protect the information disclosed during the consultation.

3. Purpose and Policy

  • The rationale is to encourage full and frank disclosure between clients and lawyers.

  • Without this protection, people might hesitate to seek legal advice or might withhold critical information out of fear it could be used against them later.

Important Caveats

  • Privilege only applies if the consultation was for the purpose of seeking legal advice.

  • Communications made with no intent to form a legal relationship, or in a public setting, may not be protected.

  • If a person contacts multiple attorneys about the same matter (like in a potential conflict situation), they must not use the consultations to disqualify lawyers improperly.

Conclusion

Even if no formal engagement follows, privileged and confidential treatment of initial consultations ensures that individuals can explore legal representation safely.

The confidentiality of such communications is supported by both evidentiary privilege law and ethical obligations imposed on attorneys.

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LegalFix

Copyright ©2024 LegalFix. All rights reserved. LegalFix is not a law firm, is not licensed to practice law, and does not provide legal advice, services, or representation. The information on this website is an overview of the legal plans you can purchase—or that may be provided by your employer as an employee benefit or by your credit union or other membership group as a membership benefit.

LegalFix provides its members with easy access to affordable legal services through a network of independent law firms. LegalFix, its corporate entity, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and contractors do not provide legal advice, services, or representation—directly or indirectly.

The articles and information on the site are not legal advice and should not be relied upon—they are for information purposes only. You should become a LegalFix member to get legal services from one of our network law firms.

You should not disclose confidential or potentially incriminating information to LegalFix—you should only communicate such information to your network law firm.

The benefits and legal services described in the LegalFix legal plans are not always available in all states or with all plans. See the legal plan Benefit Overview and the more comprehensive legal plan contract during checkout for coverage details in your state.

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