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Estate Planning
Probate is the court-supervised process of settling a deceased person's estate: validating the will, paying debts, and distributing assets. Many people avoid it because it is slow, costly, and public. Living trusts, beneficiary designations, joint ownership, and payable-on-death accounts can pass assets outside probate.
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No. LawSensai is a legal technology platform, not a law firm. It provides plain-English legal information, AI-guided answers, and self-help document tools, then connects you with independent licensed attorneys for actual legal advice or representation. It gives general legal information, not advice about your specific case.
Intellectual Property
Trademark monitoring means watching for confusingly similar new filings and uses after you register, because the USPTO does not police the market for you. LawSensai watches for conflicts, sends infringement alerts, tracks renewal and maintenance deadlines, and connects you with an independent licensed attorney to respond.
Personal Injury
A wrongful death claim is a civil lawsuit brought when someone dies from another party's wrongful conduct. Usually a spouse, children, parents, or the estate can sue. Recoverable damages include financial losses and human losses like lost companionship. Filing deadlines are short and vary by state.
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LawSensai lowers legal costs with transparent upfront pricing, flat-fee options for common needs, payment plans for larger matters, and free AI-assisted answers to start. You see prices before committing, so there are no surprise bills. It is not a law firm and connects you with independent licensed attorneys.
Family Law
A prenuptial agreement is a contract signed before marriage that sets how property, debts, and spousal support are handled if it ends. It can protect assets, a business, or an inheritance, but cannot decide child custody or support. Prenups suit couples with complex or unequal finances; rules vary by state.
Workers Compensation
Workers' compensation is a no-fault insurance system that pays for medical care and part of your lost wages after a job-related injury or illness. To file, report the injury to your employer promptly, get medical treatment, complete the claim forms, and meet your state's deadlines. Denied claims can usually be appealed.
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A virtual attorney consultation on LawSensai is a scheduled video or phone meeting with an independent licensed lawyer. You describe your issue, get matched to an attorney who handles it, and book a secure call. Your organized intake is shared ahead of time, and the attorney sets and discloses the fee before you confirm.
Consumer Law
A "lemon" is usually a new vehicle with a serious defect the manufacturer cannot fix after a reasonable number of repair attempts. If yours qualifies, keep repair records, notify the manufacturer, often complete arbitration, then claim a refund or replacement. Rules and thresholds vary by state.
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LawSensai vets marketplace attorneys by verifying each lawyer holds an active license in good standing with their state bar, then matching by practice area and jurisdiction and showing client reviews and transparent profiles. Attorneys are independent professionals, not LawSensai employees, and you can confirm any license yourself before booking a consultation.
Contract Law
LawSensai Contracts gives a business one place to generate common agreements from plain-language prompts, store them together, read plain-English explanations of key clauses, track renewal and expiration dates, and route important documents to an independent licensed attorney for review before signing. It is not a law firm.
Contract Law
A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legal contract in which one or both parties promise to keep shared confidential information secret and use it only for an agreed purpose. You typically need one before hiring, working with vendors, pitching investors, or exploring a deal that exposes sensitive business information.
Business Law
LawSensai's Licenses and Permits tracker helps small businesses identify which federal, state, and local licenses and permits they need, then stores every renewal deadline in one place and sends reminders before each due date so you have time to renew. It centralizes requirements, flags upcoming renewals, and reduces the risk of costly penalties.
Family Law
Child custody comes in two kinds: legal custody, the right to make major decisions, and physical custody, where the child lives. Each can be joint (shared) or sole (one parent). Courts decide using the "best interests of the child" standard, and orders can be modified later.
Criminal Defense
Expungement erases a criminal record while sealing hides it from public view, and both can improve access to jobs and housing. Eligibility and process vary widely by state, but you typically confirm your offense qualifies, wait out any required period, file a petition, and let a judge decide. Some states now clear records automatically.
Consumer Law
LawSensai Credit Defense is a self-help tool that helps you challenge credit-report errors and unverified debts under the FCRA and FDCPA. It helps generate dispute letters and debt-validation requests, tracks response deadlines, and connects you with an independent attorney when needed. It cannot remove accurate negative items.
Estate Planning
A power of attorney is a legal document that lets you name a trusted person, called your agent or attorney-in-fact, to make financial or medical decisions for you. You create one by choosing an agent, completing a state-compliant form, and signing it, usually before a notary or witnesses.
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AskSensai is LawSensai's free AI legal guide. Ask a legal question in plain language and get a grounded, plain-English answer that shows its reasoning and sources, then optionally routes you to a self-help document or a matched attorney. It provides legal information and self-help tools, not legal advice, and is not a substitute for a lawyer.
Personal Injury
A property owner is liable for a slip and fall when they were negligent: a dangerous condition existed, they knew or should have known about it, they failed to fix it or warn you, and that caused your injury. Simply falling on someone's property is not enough by itself.
Small Claims
Small claims court handles smaller money disputes with simple forms and low fees. Dollar limits vary by state, many states need no lawyer, and you file, serve, win, then collect.
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AskSensai Copilot is a signed-in, permissioned assistant that reads and helps act on your own matters and documents, asks before it changes anything, and keeps a licensed attorney in the loop.
Estate Planning
A power of attorney is a legal document letting you name an agent to make financial or medical decisions for you. Durable versions survive incapacity; rules vary by state.
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The LawSensai Licenses and Permits finder lists the federal, state, and local licenses a business likely needs by location and industry, and tracks renewals. Verify each with the issuing agency.
Employment Law
At-will employment lets an employer fire you for almost any reason, but not an illegal one; discrimination, retaliation, public-policy, and contract firings may be wrongful termination.