LegalZoom's forms are almost always just the Secretary of State's forms with LZ's logos plastered on them. This means you can save yourself the cost of LZ and just go straight to your SoS's website and download the forms yourself.
The value of an attorney:
- Structuring your business entity to best handle your management preferences and to minimize investor concerns (i.e. VCs).
- Pitfalls to avoid, and how to avoid them
- What to do, and when, and why.
Basically, an attorney will draft customized documents that fit your situation rather than just the limited subset of situations that the LZ/SoS forms can handle.
The value of an attorney:
- Structuring your business entity to best handle your management preferences and to minimize investor concerns (i.e. VCs).
- Pitfalls to avoid, and how to avoid them
- What to do, and when, and why.
Basically, an attorney will draft customized documents that fit your situation rather than just the limited subset of situations that the LZ/SoS forms can handle.