LegalZoom

LegalZoom.com, Inc. is an American online legal technology and services company launched on March 12, 2001, and headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was founded by Brian P.Y. Liu, Brian S. Lee, Edward R. Hartman, and Robert Shapiro with the mission of making routine legal services affordable and accessible by combining legal expertise with software-driven document automation.

The company offers a broad range of online legal services including LLC formation, wills, intellectual property filings, nonprofit formation, and real estate legal documents. It operates through a blend of self-service technology, care specialists, an independent attorney network, and LZ Legal Services — the first law firm owned and operated by a publicly traded company in the United States. LegalZoom trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LZ.

For full-year 2024, LegalZoom reported revenue of approximately $681.9 million (up 3.2% year-over-year) and net income of $30.0 million, reflecting a growing shift toward subscription-based recurring revenue. The company has long held a market-leading position in online business formation and has served millions of customers. In July 2024, Chairman Jeffrey Stibel was named CEO, succeeding the prior leadership structure.

As a pioneer in legal tech, LegalZoom is directly relevant to innovations in AI-assisted document automation, legal service delivery, and access-to-justice technology — areas where new tools could further reduce costs and expand its addressable market.