Harland Stonecipher met a car accident and he was unable to find legal service at that moment. Hence in 1972, he started ‘The Sportsman’s Motor Club’ with the concept of ‘Legal expense reimbursement services’.
In 2011, LegalShield has become a private company when it was acquired by MidOcean Partners and they changed its name to LegalShield. Jeff Bell is the current CEO of LegalShield.
In September 2011, LegalShield rebranded from Prepaid Legal. Compared to 2009, in 2010 decrement of 25.6% in new associate enrollment and 11.5% in new membership sales, was considered the main reason behind it.