Parker Stanbury LLP

Parker Stanbury LLP is by far the most incredible law firm and service. I am a public figure and a target for people to try to take advantage of. I have lawyers I could go to but decided to give them this opportunity. Guess what? I’m more happy here than with a huge law firm with a big name. Mr. Mercado is outstanding lawyer and person. Don’t go anywhere else. They helped settle my case and now I’m unfortunately onto the next clown that is coming after a celebrity. Thank you Parker Stanbury.

I have had LegalShield since 2002. The most recent legal matter I have encountered was I got audited in 2009. The IRS was disallowing my deductions claiming I know owe $ 5,500. I called my provider LawFirm Parker Stanbury and received professional advice. I sent my info to the IRS. They still denied it. So then my attorney from Parker Stanbury made a call to the IRS on my behalf… Guess what? Deductions allowed.
Did you know that if I would of agreed to the IRS terms the 1^st time that they could have gone back another 3 years probably claiming I owe them $ 5,500 each year? So to sum things up 3 phone calls and some professional advice probably saved me over $ 20,000.
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I was assigned with this law firm by Legal Shield. I pay LegalShield weekly a fee! so I expect to be treated like a human. I’m disappointing since I was treated very poorly by an employee name Richard –on their 213−955−0001 number.
Never spoked to an attorney which is why people get this LegalShield.
I looked at all this reviews under me and they all have a different experience. Some to good to be true, I can’t imaged when people who have bigger legal matters would go through using this «law firm». Please Don’t hire this place for your legal matters. Please Please don’t get LegalShield since base on other reviews here done by LegalShield members they get treated the same. I share this because I have a responsibility to my readers on my Magazine, and most importantly with society world wide. To really highlight whats good and bad.
In this case this is the worse place to be in any legal matter.

I have this service through Legal Shield. This review was originally posted under that name but they’ve since «closed» it (through Unilocal). This is their real entity.
Generally speaking, for small business owners this is a great service. They will review up to 15-​page contracts for free and answer legal questions you have. If you’re a business owner, you can add personal service as well, that works the same way.
One thing to remember is that it is all in how you approach the service. If you’re asking questions («What does this mean?» «What are the implications?» «How do I …» etc), then your interaction is covered under your agreement. The minute you ask for work product, you are entering fee-​based work and no longer covered in your general service agreement. It helps to remember this when you’re approaching the attorney.
Overall, the service works very well. They will refer you to specialists (employment law, corporate law, federal, specific states.). On the whole my service has been good. I’ve learned a lot.
One exception: Michael Song: He tends to treat the customers who come in through the service as an annoyance to him. He rushes conversations, he skips important nuances, and generally treats customers (who are not legal experts) as inept and annoying bugs he has to deal with. My every encounter with him has been that way. I now have a note in my file that he should never be assigned to me.
Luckily, if you’re unhappy with the experience with one lawyer, you are totally free to call back and ask to speak to someone else! I haven’t had trouble with any other attorneys at Parker Stanbury.

HUGE SCAM
ATTORNEY’S ARE IRRITABLE, HOSTILE, UNCOOPERATIVE AND DISRESPECTFUL
Their staff are obnoxious, disrespectful, childish and rude. I tried to file a complaint with the law firm over bizarre behavior by one of their attorneys, if you can call them that and I got an anonymous inflammatory/​derogatory email from them and no supervisor ever called me back. This has been the biggest waste of money having to pay $ 20/​month for this Useless service. I’ve had them for 4 years and nothing has changed. Not to mention that when I talk to one of their so called attorney’s, they’re reading through a manual trying to figure out the law while on the phone with me. WOW!

So far so bad, :-(. We recently joined Legal Shield, and shortly thereafter had an issue come up with our business partners. I called them for advice and I feel I was just brushed off in a rather rude manner by the first attorney that I was referred to so I requested a second one. Her demeanor is less brusque but her service has not been anything to write home about. All she had to say was that I was pretty much S.O.L. unless I filed a lawsuit which would cost several thousand dollars. She did say she could write a letter or two which I do understand to be pretty much the extent of what they do for the membership, but my last e-​mail communication was 10 days ago and I don’t think I’ve even received a follow-​up regarding the letter I did request that she send.
Sigh…

After being fined by the IRS for a mistake I made. I called Parker Stanbury and by following their advice the IRS was able to waive my fine saving me over $ 5000.00 I still have that letter the IRS sent me in my office. All this by making a simple phone call.

I have had my LegalShield benefit since 2007, with having Parker Stanbury as my Provider Law firm. Prior to using their attorneys, I had only used an attorney twice in my life. Since being taught that I could call and get advice, letters, phone calls and more without being billed (except my tiny monthly membership fee), my husband and I have used them more than 81 times. They have saved us more money than we have left living! From real estate attorneys, tax attorneys, labor attorneys, trust attorneys and I can’t forget their traffic attorneys and other areas, (yeah, it’s true, we got refunds on 3 tickets over those 8 years and no points, because of their help). So, I will NEVER be without Parker Stanbury attorneys to navigate life. Total peace of mind to know we can pick up the phone anytime without having to think of the financial consequence.

I received a vague letter from Parker Stanbury, on behalf of an organization that took my money without delivering a product or service. The letter seemed unprofessionally written, appeared to be a form letter, randomly referred to statutes unrelated to our conflict, and didn’t seem to have a point or purpose.

They help me get out of a red light ticket that I didn’t deserve. They help me get my pay that my former employer was holding back. I don’t understand a lot of lawyer language in the contracts so they translate it to my English that I can understand. And so much more. It’s so nice to have a «big brother» that can help me with the small and big problems and can’t talk about it.

I have to share how amazing my LegalShield law firm is! I call Parker Stanbury about once every other week, for contract reviews on my event planning business. I always get the same attorney (wish I remembered his name to show more love) and he is always so enthusiastic about helping me with my situation. Who would have thought I would be under 30, using a law firm daily, and loving my experience? What a paradigm shift. Kudos to the attorneys at Parker Stanbury for making my life less stressful. Thank you

I’ve been a LegalShield member for close to 7 years. I used attorneys before getting my LegalShield membership and it cost me over $ 100,000. I use my LegalShield membership frequently because I now know how to proactively instead or reactively use the legal system. This is a phenomenal membership. I’d rather have it and not need it than to ever need it again and not have it.

This law firm represents me all the time. The lawyers actually call within hours of receiving your message. You can also do a phone consultation on any legal questions you have, they have tax legal representation as well as child support… I intend to keep them for a long time as I know there are a lot in a law that needs a layman representation. They answer quick and patient to hear your case. I am glad they are my legal representation! Highly recommend !

On my fifth attempt over 30 days to reach someone, anyone, at Delta Airlines, I was told my item was not in lost and found anymore because it had been «purged from the system.» When I naturally asked that they reimburse me, I was told, «Sorry ma’am, that’s not our policy,» So I decided to call Parker Stanbury.
They returned my call the same day, and 2 days after I they received my documentation, I got a copy of the letter they sent to Delta’s legal department.
Ten days after that, lo and behold, Delta’spolicy had magically changed and I had a check for $ 285.61. Thank you John Cariati!

My husband and I have had a LegalShield membership for over 7 years. We have used our membership 27 times and they have saved us over $ 45,000.00. Last week, an attorney helped advise me regarding my auto accident. I wanted to know if I should sign a medical release to the other company’s insurance. She was so nice, helpful and knowledgable. She provided me with her version of the medical release and created a portal that I could download and upload documents for her to review. I did not pay one dime for all this help. I will never be without my LegalShield membership! Thank you Parker Stanbury LLP.

I’ve been a Prepaid Legal member with Parker Stanbury since 2004. Like what some other members had said, through the years I’ve talked to some very good lawyers, and some that are either impatience, condescending, or just simply don’t want to do their job (I recall only one really bad one over these years even though he’s a relatively nice guy) — but hey, you can always request a different one if you don’t like yours. I’m probably among the high volume callers and overall, I must say that (1) whether you get a good or not so good lawyer for your particular situation, they always have someone who’s specialized in your area and they’re always responsive — as far as I can recall, they always return my call within four hours even though they’re obligated to an 8-​hour window. At one time their lawyer called me back at 8pm in the evening! (2) The fact that you can get many of your legal questions answered in a moment’s notice, including those that would have kept you up all night worrying if otherwise, which happened to me a few times, is priceless. (3) At least for me, their service has more than paid for itself through the years (and the same package used to cost $ 45/​month way back then!), and I’m not even counting the intangible benefits of the peace of mind from having a legal counsel at a moment’s notice for whatever legal problems that your life encounters.

Hi I have been a member for way over a year now and I have several law suits and legal matters in the process some carrying on almost a year with no progress and No settlements or enough updates to me and i feel abandoned would like to print my success story right here on the front page But, It has not happened yet I am sad and indecisive about my Parker Stanbury membership
respectfully GloryLeCurtis

The reader has to be shocked at seeing all those 1 and 2 star ratings especially for a law firm!
They have been responsive when they feel like responding having given good insight and good advice. They have generally been good when I needed a second opinion.
However, they do not always respond. I asked for an opinion on a draft I needed to send, but never got an answer. How very disappointing! The quality of any entity is really depended on the negatives vs the positives. Sadly for this outfit they do not at all rate well! I think I need to cancel these guys.

the worst of the worst! the attorneys are extremely rude and are not helpful at all!
do not sign up with them. it is really a scam!
i talked to two attorneys over the last four months, alex shia and hans chen, and both are the worst attorneys i have ever dealt with.
be aware!

I’ve had the misfortune to deal with this firm because it is apparently the ONLY firm in California that provides services under Prepaid Legal, now Legal Shield. Which services I will shortly be cancelling.
The final straw is that having asked the firm to write a letter to my HOA and management company (essentially providing the letter, which could have been completed with very little effort on the attorney’s part), late on Friday afternoon I received a copy of the letter — which got essential information wrong, lacked crucial information, failed to provide the two things I specifically asked for — citing codes to support my provision and providing a deadline by which the HOA and management company had to response before I took legal action. There was a sentence which made no sense whatsoever, to the effect of if they didn’t provide me with reason why I couldn’t take legal action against X (when it should have been Y), I would have no recourse but to take legal action against X.
There were also typos, including my name being misspelled.
I immediately emailed the firm to say that I needed to know if this had been sent, and to advise them that if it had, it needed to be revised and resent. No response. I called yesterday and asked to speak to the attorney. Left a message; no response. Called this morning and left a message. No response.
It was essentially a form letter. I could have written far better myself. The same was true of the only other letter I asked the firm to write in the five years in which I have stupidly paid for services. No more!
Do yourself a favor — if you’re thinking about signing up for Legal Shield, don’t. If you’re thinking about dealing with Parker Stanbury — don’t. Put aside $ 20 a month in case you need a lawyer, and then deal with a real law firm.