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.

A LegalFix Small Business Legal Plan provides you with a plan for handling the inevitable legal issues in starting and running a successful small business.

Preventing most legal issues—and properly handling those you can’t prevent—are essential to your financial success. 

A Small Business Legal Plan provides security and peace of mind—knowing you have affordable, priority access to local firms to address any legal needs or threats that might arise.

With a Small Business Legal Plan you are eligible to receive initial consultations with our network of handpicked law firms—often at no additional charge (one per legal matter)—plus preferred pricing on additional legal services.

Any small business legal service may be requested under a Small Business Legal Plan.

Commonly requested small business legal services include:

• consultation with an attorney

• formation of a limited liability company (LLC) or a corporation

• review of a lease agreement or a vendor agreement

• creation of a buy-sell agreement or a founders’ agreement

• debt collection letters and lawsuits

• insurance coverage and claims

• intellectual property filings

• license and permits

• franchise and business opportunities

The Small Business Legal Plan is available for $29.99 a month (about 99¢ a day) and at the discounted rate of $311.88 (about 85¢ a day) if paid annually.

The LegalFix member under the Small Business Legal Plan is the business entity that applies for the legal plan and pays the membership fee.

To be eligible for the Small Business Legal Plan the business entity must:

• Be a small business entity

• Have one employee identification number (EIN) or registered number

• Be for profit

• Not be publicly traded

• Be engaged in a legal business

The Consult with Attorney legal service includes a phone consultation with an attorney in your state—or the state relevant to your legal matter, where available.

This phone consultation may last up to 30 minutes, depending on what the attorney believes is required for a preliminary discussion of your legal matter.

The purpose of the Consult with Attorney legal service is ultimately in the professional judgment and discretion of the attorney but generally includes a brief discussion of your question or legal situation, the relevant law, and what your legal options may be. 

The Consult with Attorney legal service may also include a brief explanation of the terms under which the attorney may provide additional legal services.

The terms of engagement or representation for a legal matter that an attorney may explain during a consultation generally include the fee structure (hourly, flat/fixed, or contingent) and any fee deposit/security retainer the attorney will require to begin work on your legal matter.

It is important to remember that the attorney will generally not uncover every fact, review every document, and research every legal issue before the consultation.

For this reason, the Consult with Attorney legal service (consultation) is not a replacement or substitute for additional professional legal services the attorney may provide if you decide to hire the attorney. 

Rather, the consultation is designed to provide you with some helpful information about your legal matter or situation—and for you and the attorney to determine whether you are interested in working together on certain payment and other terms that may be proposed by the attorney. 

The attorney has no obligation to provide additional legal services or to propose terms under which the attorney may provide additional legal services.

Similarly, you have no obligation to hire the attorney to provide additional legal services or to accept a quote provided by the attorney following the consultation.

An initial consultation with an attorney (Consult with Attorney legal service) may be requested by a LegalFix member and provided by a law firm in the LegalFix network at no additional charge.

Please note that some network law firms may charge for an initial consultation with an attorney and it is up to the LegalFix member to accept or decline a quoted fee for such a consultation. A LegalFix member who declines a quoted fee for a consultation may resubmit their request to the network for another firm to consider.

There is a limit of one such consultation per legal matter included in the cost of your legal plan when offered by a network law firm. Additional Consult with Attorney legal services may be requested and provided by a network law firm at reduced rates quoted by a network law firm.

The initial consultation at no additional charge may also be scheduled by a network law firm in connection with a legal service request when the law firm’s attorney, paralegal, or legal assistant deems it necessary.

The attorneys providing legal services under the Small Business Legal Plan are not simply the first page or two of law firm websites you might find in an online search.

Instead, these law firms and their attorneys have been researched and handpicked to provide legal services to LegalFix members. They are selected not only for their knowledge of the law in various legal specialties but also for the quality of legal services they provide—including their customer service in using technology to reduce the cost of legal services, promptly returning phone calls, charging reasonable fees, and delivering legal services on time.

But LegalFix makes no representation or warranty regarding the qualifications or fitness of any attorney or law firm you engage, interact, or communicate with on the LegalFix platform—or that you hire to provide legal services. 

By connecting you with an attorney or law firm that provides legal services LegalFix is not endorsing or recommending that attorney or law firm, or referring you to that attorney or law firm, and does not represent, warrant, or guarantee that the attorney or law firm is the best attorney or law firm to advise you on your legal matter or to handle your legal matter—or that the attorney or law firm is competent to advise on or handle your legal matter. 

Instead, LegalFix facilitates the potential connection of LegalFix members with law firms in the LegalFix network. LegalFix members and network law firms must each independently decide whether to form an attorney-client relationship and work together on legal matters.

The attorney-client relationship is based in significant part on trust, confidence, and open communication and only you as the client can decide which attorney or law firm is the best fit for you and your legal question or legal matter.

The attorneys and their law firms providing legal services on the LegalFix platform are independent professionals that are not employed by or controlled by LegalFix. 

And the professional conduct of the attorneys in the LegalFix network is governed by the laws, rules, and regulations in the state or states in which the attorneys on the LegalFix platform are licensed to practice law—not by LegalFix. 

Instead, the network law firms and their attorneys exercise their own independent, professional judgment and discretion in all matters related to their interactions with LegalFix members, including the decision of whether to provide legal services to any LegalFix member. 

The independence and autonomy of network law firms and their attorneys are mandated by state laws, rules, and regulations—not by LegalFix. And LegalFix is prohibited from interfering with or attempting to influence the professional decision-making of the network law firms and their attorneys.

Any complaint you have about the professional conduct of attorneys and law firms you engage, interact, or communicate with on the LegalFix platform—or that you hire to provide legal services—should be directed to the attorney, their law firm, and possibly the state bar association in the state or states in which they are licensed.

Upon your request for a legal service under the Small Business Legal Plan, a network law firm may provide a quote for the requested legal service.

If a network law firm provides a quote for your requested legal service, you may then accept the quote, sign an engagement letter or fee agreement provided by the network law firm, and pay any fee deposit or security retainer required by the network law firm. 

Payment of fees for legal services will be made by you directly to the network law firm through a payment link provided by the network law firm (or by other means agreed to by you and the network law firm).

Or you may choose to decline the network law firm’s quote for the legal service. If you want to hire a different provider law firm in the LegalFix network, you may resubmit your legal service request to the LegalFix network. 

A network law firm that has agreed to provide your requested legal service will usually place a payment link in the LegaFix app that you can click to make a payment—typically through a legal payment processing app such as LawPay or Clio Payments.

Such a payment processing app will generally accept payment by credit card, debit card, eCheck, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Pay Later, or other payment system. Some law firms may provide a link for payment through PayPal or Stripe.

The payment systems available will vary and are in the discretion of the network law firm. The network law firm may also agree to accept payment by other means.

If you receive a Consult with Attorney legal service (consultation) and decide you don’t want to hire that attorney to provide additional legal services, you may decline any quote provided by the attorney/network law firm and resubmit your legal service request to the network. 

And if the attorney/network law firm with whom you consulted does not provide a quote for additional legal services you can simply submit a new request for the legal service.

Yes, if you and the attorney providing the Consult with Attorney legal service (consultation) agree to meet by video you may do so.

For example, the network law firm may send you a link for a scheduled video call.

But video calls for Consult with Attorney consultations are not always available and are in the discretion of the attorney providing the consultation.

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

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 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 legal services 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 or business 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. It is supported by both evidentiary privilege law and ethical obligations imposed on attorneys.

The purpose and scope of a Consult with Attorney initial consultation is ultimately in the professional judgment and discretion of the attorney but generally includes a brief discussion of your question or legal situation (one legal matter per consultation), the relevant law, and what your legal options may be. 

It is important to remember that the attorney will generally not uncover every fact, review every document, and research every legal issue before a Consult with Attorney initial consultation. For this reason, a Consult with Attorney initial consultation is not a replacement or substitute for additional professional legal services the attorney may provide (including more comprehensive legal advice) if you decide to hire the attorney.

Some attorneys may emphasize that the information they provide during a Consult with Attorney initial consultation is not legal advice, in part for the reasons explained above.

But whether you call it legal advice or legal guidance or legal information, you will generally receive valuable information during a Consult with Attorney initial consultation. 

Remember, a Consult with Attorney initial consultation is not intended to be a final legal solution or the complete information on which you should rely.

Instead, it is designed to provide you with some initial expert information and recommended next steps—and for you and the attorney to determine whether you are interested in working together on certain payment and other terms that may be proposed by the attorney.

LegalFix provides free access to state-specific explanations of nearly 1,600 legal topics. Most law is state-specific, so it can be helpful to select the legal topic you are interested in and then select your state to read an explanation of the relevant law before you consult with a network law firm or request legal services on the LegalFix platform.

You can find this state-specific legal information by clicking on Legal Information in the navigation bar on the homepage of the site. Then click on a topic such as Child Custody and select your state from the dropdown. 

LegalFix also provides access to the laws (statutes) in all 50 states and the federal system, with professional-quality tools to easily navigate these databases. Scroll down on a legal topic page, past the additional legal information articles, to see the state statutes. And for the federal statutes, click on the Site Map in the footer at the bottom of the site and then under Statutes & Regulations, click on US Code.

State and federal statutes are the primary sources of law that govern our daily lives, so having easy access to them is a powerful resource—and one that is unmatched among legal plan providers.

Finally, LegalFix provides free access to hundreds of articles written and edited by attorneys on legal issues of interest to individuals and small businesses.