Avoid Legal Forms Companies
It is generally a bad idea to buy legal forms from an online document or form company. Although Legal Zoom is probably the best-known online legal document company, there are many others. The quality of those online services and documents varies wildly from company to company. None of those online companies provide the advantages of lawyer-created and lawyer-reviewed documents that are state-specific and written just for you, the client. Nearly all online form companies are a bad choice for several reasons.
By contrast, IndianaVirtual Law and other virtual law offices are different. A virtual law office is a service offered by a licensed law firm in a convenient and affordable media. Here are just some of the differences between an online document company and a vitual law office, like IndianaVirtual Law-
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online legal forms (like LegalZoom) |
Indiana Virtual Law |
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Conforms to State Bar Ethics Rules |
No |
Yes |
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Conforms to American Bar Association's "Best Practices Guidelines" |
No |
Yes |
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Lawyer-created, lawyer-reviewed documents |
No |
Yes |
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Protects Attorney-Client Privilege |
No |
Yes |
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Required to check Conflicts of Interest |
No |
Yes |
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Malpractice Insurance |
No |
Yes |
