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LegalShield Celebrates Excellence of Midwestern U.S. Provider Law Firms Dedicated to Justice for All

ADA, Okla. - April 1st, 2019

One Law Firm and Twelve Attorneys in Midwest Recognized at Awards Ceremonies During LegalShield’s “A Better World” Annual Convention in Dallas 

April 01, 2019 10:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time 

(BUSINESS WIRE) — LegalShield, one of North America’s leading providers of affordable legal plans for individuals, families and small businesses, honored the company’s top firms and attorneys in the Midwestern U.S. during its annual international convention, themed “A Better World,” this past weekend in Dallas, Texas. 

“Our dedicated provider law firms and their attorneys are focused on delivering quality legal advice and top service to LegalShield Members in the most affordable and efficient manner. In 2018 alone, our providers received nearly 1.74 million requests for services, saving or recovering approximately $23.6 million for our LegalShield Members”

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LegalShield CEO, Jeff Bell and Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel, Keri C. Norris honored the company’s affiliated law firms and attorneys with awards for superior performance and customer service. Recipients include: 

For the Award of Excellence, which is the most prestigious annual award and recognizes the highest-ranking law firm in all areas of the service (Members Choice, Net Promoter Score (NPS), Outstanding Service, Difference Maker), the winner is: 

  • Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd. (MN, WI, SD, ND) 

For the Supervising Attorney of the Year Award, which recognizes outstanding attitude, superior leadership skills, response time, individual performance within their firm, and overall performance with LegalShield and our members., the winner is: 

  • Laura Berlin at Dubail Judge (MO) 

“Our dedicated provider law firms and their attorneys are focused on delivering quality legal advice and top service to LegalShield Members in the most affordable and efficient manner. In 2018 alone, our providers received nearly 1.74 million requests for services, saving or recovering approximately $23.6 million for our LegalShield Members,” said Keri C. Norris. 

At a special awards luncheon, the Individual Member’s Choice Award, which honors individual attorneys from the provider law firm who holds the highest Net Promoter Score (NPS) ratio to the total number of surveys received, was given to the Midwest winners: 

Faith Stover     Powers Chapman (MI) 
Kammey Mahowald   Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd. (MN) 
Linda Brown-Reed   Dubail Judge (MO) 
Robert Carlson   Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd. (ND) 
John Grear   Riling, Burkhead & Nitcher (KS) 
Socorro Caballero   Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd. (SD) 
Richard Lilly   Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd. (WI) 
Stephen Dowil   McEnroe, Gotsdiner, Brewer, Steinbach & Rothman, P.C. (IA) 
Jerome Lubelchek   Shimanovsky & Moscardini, LLP (IL) 
Andrew Joyce   Morrow, Poppe, Watermeier & Lonowski, P.C. (NE) 
Joel Thorp   O’Koon Hintermeister, PLLC (IN) 

“LegalShield is revolutionizing the practice of law by working with law firms and attorneys who are focused on client outcomes instead of billable hours. Our attorneys review client feedback and implement improvements based on an attorney and law firm rating system. The average Net Promoter Score (NPS) for LegalShield is currently 58, rivaling top global brands including Samsung, TurboTax and Apple. When you learn that 29 is the average NPS for the legal services industry as a whole, you realize that LegalShield is truly the gold standard,” said Jeff Bell. 

About LegalShield 

A trailblazer in the democratization of affordable access to legal protection, LegalShield is one of North America’s largest providers of online legal subscription plans covering more than 4.375 million people. IDShield’s identity theft solution for individuals and families has more than one million members. LegalShield and IDShield serve more than 141,000 businesses. In addition, 34,000 companies offer LegalShield and IDShield plans to their employees as a voluntary benefit. Both legal and identity theft plans start for less than $25 per month. 

LegalShield’s legal plans provide access to qualified law firms and their attorneys with an average of 22 years of experience in family matters, estate planning, financial and business issues, consumer protection, tax, real estate, benefits disputes and auto/driving issues. Unlike other legal plans or do-it-yourself online services, LegalShield has dedicated law firms in 50 states and four provinces in Canada that members can access at a fraction of typical law firm hourly rates. 

IDShield provides identity monitoring and restoration services and is the only identity theft protection company armed with a team of Licensed Private Investigators to restore a member’s identity. 


Contacts

For more information:
Scott Tangney
LegalShieldpr@icrinc.com
646-277-1299