Avvo Brings Simple, Fixed-Price Legal Help for Everyday Needs to Connecticut, Nevada, South Carolina, and Utah

SEATTLE, Aug. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Online legal services marketplace Avvo today announced that local residents in Connecticut, Nevada, South Carolina, and Utah now have access to fast and transparent legal help with the availability of Avvo Legal Services, a shopping experience designed to make hiring a local attorney for a clear price as easy as the click of a button. Avvo Legal Services starts at $39 for a 15-minute legal advice session or $99 for a legal document review.

Covering routine legal scenarios for business, estate planning, family and real estate matters in the four new states, Avvo Legal Services delivers on-demand, fixed-price offerings from a local, experienced attorney of the buyer's choice. Legal services offered in these states include an advice session with a business attorney ($39), review of a power of attorney document ($99), creating a last will and testament ($295), creating a residential lease agreement ($399), or filing for an uncontested divorce ($995).

With today's launch of Connecticut, Nevada, South Carolina, and Utah, Avvo now delivers over 25,000 individual legal services in 26 states, which covers nearly 85 percent of the U.S. population. These states are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Avvo Legal Services initially launched in February 2016 with 18 states available.

"We're thrilled to be able to connect more Americans with experienced, local attorneys to help provide the legal help they need, in an easy, transparent, and cost-effective way," said Sachin Bhatia, chief product officer at Avvo. "With Avvo Legal Services, people can take care of their everyday legal needs on their own time with the local attorney of their choice to help them accomplish their goals."

All attorneys providing legal services through Avvo are Avvo-rated and have detailed profiles explaining their background, for a level of openness not found in other legal service offerings. Participating attorneys only offer services in their areas of professional focus. Additional geographies, practice areas, service offerings, and more will become available in the coming months. All legal services come with a satisfaction guarantee.

In addition to offering on-demand legal services, Avvo has a selection of no-cost legal forms for family, business, immigration, estate planning and real estate, and offers countless legal guides and searchable content on a variety of legal topic areas. Avvo lawyers also answer questions in the company's free Q&A forum every day, and are featured in the Avvo directory, which includes consumer reviews and detailed profiles for 97% of licensed attorneys in the United States.

To learn more about Avvo Legal Services, visit www.avvo.com/legal-services. Attorneys interested in offering legal services through Avvo can visit www.avvo.com/partners.

About Avvo, Inc.

Avvo helps people find and connect with the right lawyer through industry leading content, tools and services. Founded in 2006 in Seattle, Avvo provides transparent information about attorneys, with Avvo-rated profiles for 97% of practicing lawyers in the United States. A free Q&A forum with more than 8 million questions and answers and on-demand legal services that provide professional counsel for a fixed cost, make legal faster and easier. For more information on how Avvo helps people through legal issues from research to resolution, visit www.avvo.com.

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