Get easy, cost-effective access to attorneys through a legal plan provided by your employer.
Whether it's a traffic ticket or finally getting around to making a will, learn more about MetLife legal plans.
Plan Highlights
Save money
Costs less annually than the average hourly attorney fee1, and payments are deducted from your paycheck
Reliable expertise
Network attorneys have an average of 25 years experience in common legal matters, like estate planning and buying/selling a home
Less hassle
No retainer contracts, deductibles, or claim forms to fill out for in-network attorneys
Unlimited access
Consult with an attorney as many times as you need to for covered legal issues—talk in-person or over the phone
A legal plan provides fully covered services for many of the most frequently needed personal legal matters, in addition to advice and consultations on an unlimited number of personal legal issues.
If you are a legal plan member, you can quickly access the member site to view coverage for the legal plan offered by your employer, or call our Client Service Center at 800-821-6400 (8 am - 8 pm EST, Mon - Fri).
If you are thinking about enrolling in the legal plan offered by your employer, visit our information center. Your Human Resources (HR) or benefits department can provide you with an access code to log in.
You can also visit the Covered Services section to view examples of covered legal matters.
MetLife Legal Plans offers a range of plan options, including customized legal plans for employers with more than 3,000 benefit-eligible employees. The legal plan provides a consultation benefit for most personal legal matters. What’s more, many personal legal matters are fully covered. For a list of fully covered services in your organization’s legal plan, please log in or call the Client Service Center at 800-821-6400. The following matters are excluded from all plans:
Enrolling in a legal plan is like having a lawyer on retainer on your side. When you use a Network Attorney for covered services, all attorney fees are covered by the legal plan. Payments for the plan are made through payroll deductions.
For about $20 a month, our legal employee benefits program offers value, convenience and confidence by giving you easy and cost-effective access to attorneys for a wide variety of personal legal services including advice and consultations on an unlimited number of personal legal matters.
Legal issues arise when you get married, you have a baby, you buy a home, you lose a loved one, or you need to have legal documents drafted. For example, with lawyers typically charging $370 an hour for services, the value of a prepaid legal plan is easy to see.1
Yes, MetLife Legal Plans encourages members to use the plan to resolve as many legal issues as possible, even if they are pre-existing matters. The only pre-existing matters that are not covered are those for which you retained an attorney before becoming eligible for plan benefits.
MetLife Legal Plans is the only provider to cover office consultations and telephone advice for an unlimited number of covered and non-covered personal legal matters, so long as they are not excluded. These services are offered by local Network Attorneys.
“Fully covered” means that all attorney services related to the covered matter are paid for by the legal plan when you use a Network Attorney. There are no co-pays, deductibles or claim forms when you use a Network Attorney. Also, you are entitled to advice and consultations for matters not fully covered by the plan, so long as they are not excluded. (See terms of service for a list of excluded matters.)
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1 Based on the average hourly rate of $370 based on years of legal experience, National Law Journal and ALM Legal Intelligence, Survey of law Firm Economics (2018).
2 Digital notary and witness capabilities not available in all states. saves money stat sourced from infographic
Group legal plans provided by MetLife Legal Plans, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. In certain states, group legal plans are provided through insurance coverage underwritten by Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company and Affiliates, Warwick, RI. Some services not available in all states. No service, including consultations, will be provided for: 1) employment-related matters, including company or statutory benefits; 2) matters involving the employer, MetLife and affiliates and plan attorneys; 3) matters in which there is a conflict of interest between the employee and spouse or dependents in which case services are excluded for the spouse and dependents; 4) appeals and class actions; 5) farm and business matters, including rental issues when the participant is the landlord; 6) patent, trademark and copyright matters; 7) costs and fines; 8) frivolous or unethical matters; 9) matters for which an attorney client relationship exists prior to the participant becoming eligible for plan benefits. For all other personal legal matters, an advice and consultation benefit is provided. Additional representation is also included for certain matters. Please see your plan description for details. MetLife® is a registered trademarks of MetLife Services and Solutions, LLC, New York, NY.
