American legal technology company
LegalZoom.com, Inc. LegalZoom logo
Company type Public Industry Founded March 12, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-03-12 ) Founders Headquarters Glendale, California , U.S.Area served
United States Key people
Revenue US$ 661 million (2023) US$21.1 million (2023) US$13.9 million (2023)Total assets US$448 million (2023)Total equity US$169 million (2023)Number of employees
1,190 (2023) Website legalzoom .com Footnotes / references [ 1] [ 2]
LegalZoom.com, Inc. is an American online legal technology and services company launched in 2001.[ 3] It helps its customers create legal documents without necessarily having to hire a lawyer . Available documents include wills and living trusts ,[ 4] business formation documents,[ 5] copyright registrations , and trademark applications. The company also offers attorney referrals and registered agent services.[ 6]
Cited as a disruption to traditional consumer legal services,[ 7] the company asserts that this disruption benefits people who otherwise could not hire a lawyer by expanding their access to legal services.[ 8]
LegalZoom was founded by Brian S. Lee ,[ 9] Brian Liu ,[ 10] Edward Hartman,[ 11] and Robert Shapiro .[ 12]
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^ Sonderegger, Dean (June 27, 2017). "Want To Know The Future Of Legal Tech? Ask Your Accountant" . Above the Law . Retrieved June 9, 2022 .
^ Li, Victor (March 17, 2017). "Avvo, LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer CEOs say their products help bridge access-to-justice gap" . ABA Journal . American Bar Association. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
^ Chang, Andrea. "Entrepreneur Brian Lee is business partner to the stars" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2017 .
^ "Starting a Business in A Down Economy: The LegalZoom Story" . legalzoom.com . December 1, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2022 .
^ "Edward Hartman" . LegalZoom . May 2, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022 .
^ "First online dating, then online wedding planning, now this" . USA Today . January 22, 2004. Retrieved 2023-02-19 .