Harland C. Stonecipher, a life-long southeast Oklahoma resident, business giant and the founder of Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (now LegalShield), passed away on Monday afternoon. He was 76 years of age.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley; oldest son, Allen, and his wife, Karen; and two grandsons, Greg and Zane. He was preceded in death by his parents as well as his youngest son, Brent, daughter-in-law Tina, and granddaughter, Nikki.
Stonecipher grew up in Centrahoma and attended Tupelo Schools before being the first in his family to attend college. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada in 1959 and became a teacher and debate coach at Chandler and Okmulgee high schools. He soon left his teaching career and became an insurance sales. In 1969, he was involved in an automobile accident while making a sales trip. Legal bills from that accident led him to create Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. in 1972
Stonecipher often commented he “would’ve given up on the company if he had known how broke he was” but, with the help of his wife, Shirley, saw his idea grow from a single-room operation to being listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company sold for more than
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John And Laura Millen Are LegalShield’s Newest Millionaire Club Members
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Jeff Bell, CEO of LegalShield, has announced two new Millionaire Club Members: John and Laura Millen.
John and Laura are Directors and have achieved as high as a Platinum Executive Director. They are recipients of the $100K LegalShield Ring, the Platinum Jacket and are also consistent Performance Club and Power 20 qualifier. The Millen’s are also recipients of the 6,000 Membership Level of the Production Achievement Award.
Michael and Amy Dorsey are John and Laura’s upline Platinum Executive Directors.
LegalShield is an American corporation that sells legal service products through network marketing in the United States and Canada. The company was originally founded August 8, 1972 as the Sportsman’s Motor Club.
In 1976 it was incorporated as Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., and made its initial public offering in 1984. Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. was acquired by MidOcean Partners in 2011 and changed its name to LegalShield.
LegalShield develops and markets pre-paid legal service plans through a network of more than 50 independent provider law firms across the U.S. and Canada. The Company also markets an identity theft monitoring and restoration services through its partnership with Kroll Inc.
The company’s service plans are sold through network marketing. Products are also sold as an employee benefit through payroll deduction. The company has legal service plans
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LegalShield Elects New CEO, Jeff Bell
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LegalShield, one of the nation’s leading providers of affordable legal plans and identity theft solutions for individuals, families and small businesses, announced today that Jeff Bell has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bell succeeds Rip Mason, who will now serve as Executive Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Bell comes to LegalShield with over 20 years of corporate leadership and consumer marketing experience for global brands including Microsoft, Chrysler, Ford and NBCUniversal. While serving as Corporate Vice President, Global Marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business (Xbox) for Microsoft Inc., Mr. Bellsaw tremendous success, leading the business to its first profitable year in its existence, and garnered industry recognition launching and marketing a number of successful video game franchises including “Halo 3,” “Gears of War,” “Madden,” and “Rock Band.”
In addition, he led the growth of Xbox LIVE from four million to 12 million members in two years. While serving as Vice President of the Chrysler and Jeep Divisions for DaimlerChrysler, he launched the Chrysler 300, and the ‘Grab Life by the Horns’ and Town & Country with “Stow ‘n Go” seating and storage marketing campaigns.
In 2012, NBC Senior Vice President, Kim Niemi, called upon Mr. Bell, to lead NBCUniversal’s marketing efforts in the health and fitness market. In this role, Mr. Bell developed the “Challenge