Redemption franchise in self help legal
The signs in the windows look Fang: “No lawyers, to save money.” “Divorce: $ 189 - $ 349″. “Bankruptcy: $ 199. Consumption: $ 399.” Living Trust $ 399.
They are an invitation to walk in the people we have, more than 60 franchises in Florida and 10 other countries have been the turning point in the main do-it-yourself des droits de l’aide in a fast-growing company. Dozens of stores open more than be the only one in Florida in the next two to three years.
Ira distention Field, president of the umbrella company, we have the people Forms & Service Centers USA Inc. - based in Tampa, which is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California and named after the preamble of the Constitution - said the franchisor do not provide legal advice, but only the information supplied by customers in the legal form of submission.
“We offer the man’s ability to represent obstacles to eliminate,” he said.
The company’s approach is not new, independent parties to the trial Paralegals have helped fill out forms for years. But what makes We, the people are different from the visible emergence and strong national presence.
The franchise is not anti-lawyer, distention Field said, but are aimed at people manage uncontested legal matters, the profession say, you get the simple divorce agreement or a personal bankruptcy.
“People with this type of question,” he said, “should not be denied legal access, because it can not pay the freight by a lawyer.”
But Bar state officials and other experts say that the boundary between “information” and “legal advice” is illusory. They accused the stores and other concerns of document preparation for the exercise of fraud and non Practice of Law, a standard that varies from state to state. The Florida Bar cited documents and information clients, Sarasota in March from a franchise of State and other bar owners, investigations into complaints about illegal practices.
“Yes, they have branches in Florida, even the cases were examined, and yes, there is a study on the right side now,” said Lori Holcomb, director of the Florida Bar’s practice of open division of law. We the People’s lawyers try to block the subpoena.