what is pre legal

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. develops, underwrites, and markets various legal service plans for customers in all states and the District of Columbia. Because of the increasing need for legal services in many areas of life and the increasing costs for attorney consultations, Pre-Paid Legal makes available plans based on monthly payments similar to insurance for health care or car accidents. If needed, customers then can access a network of selected lawyers or in some cases choose any attorney they wish. Since this company was created in 1972, it has paid over $140 million to more than 100,000 lawyers who have aided Pre-Paid Legal customers. Pre-Paid Legal promotes its services in various ways, but network marketing has been one key to its success. One of the first firms in the U.S. to provide prepaid legal services, in 1997 Pre-Paid Legal remains a leader in a rapidly expanding industry. It is the nation's only public corporation devoted entirely to developing and marketing prepaid legal services.