1 Average hourly rate of $370.00/hour based on years of legal experience, National Law Journal and ALM Legal Intelligence, Survey of law Firm Economics (2018).
2 No more than a combined maximum total of four hours of attorney time and service are provided for the member, spouse and qualified dependents, annually.
3 Effective July 1, 2020 the MetLife Legal Plan will also include digital estate planning solution to complete wills, living wills and living trusts online. Some services not available in all states.
4 When using a network attorney for a covered matter.
5 MetLife research fielded by ORC International, between June and July 2017.
6 You will be responsible to pay the difference, if any, between the Plan’s payment and the attorney’s charge for services.
7 For more specific information, please refer to info.legalplans.com.
- For the MetLife Legal Plans, enter access code: 9903873
- For the MetLife Legal Plans Plus Parents, enter access code: 9903874
- For the Retiree MetLife Legal Plans, enter access code: 9903682
Nothing in these materials is intended to be advice for any particular situation or individual. MetLife Legal Plans is not sponsored or administered by IBM or the IBM Plan Administrator. 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. Please see your plan description for details. MetLife® is a registered trademark of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY. 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.