Meet ‘We The People’ Owner Janet W. Brooks

In her twenties, Janet Brooks was a fine arts major; in her thirties, a technical illustrator for civil engineers; in her forties, she and her husband sailed around the Caribbean; and in her fifties, she is a new business owner. Janet’s business, We The People, is a legal document preparation service, and follows on the heels of Janet working in real estate since her move to St. Petersburg in 1999.

Her husband took an early retirement from Abbott Pharmaceuticals and in 1996 they left the life they knew in Austin, Texas, and simply sailed off for parts unknown. It was the adventure of a lifetime and after three years, the couple felt it was time to get back to work. A year after they first sailed under the Sunshine Skyway bridge, Janet had her real estate license. When the bottom fell out of the real estate market early this year, she looked into buying an existing business but eventually decided on buying a franchise.

Helping people to prepare the legal documents that they need appealed to Janet for the same reasons she enjoyed real estate. “I like giving people something they need and I like demystifying things for people.” Legal documents can certainly require demystifying! Lucky for the rest of us that there are people like Janet and We The People who can offer the right guidance on what forms and procedures are necessary to take care of simple legal matters.

Many folks, says Janet, do not know that they have the constitutional right to represent themselves by filing their own living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, name changes, and incorporations, among other things. Even if they do know they can prepare such documents themselves, facing the task can be intimidating. That’s where We The People comes in. The company is a national chain that was founded in 1985 to serve people who cannot or choose not to pay the high cost of attorney fees. “It is the only national chain providing high quality, affordable, legal document preparation to consumers who choose to represent themselves in uncontested legal matters,” according to their Web site, www.wethepeopleusa.com. 

The big boat is gone, and Janet and her husband of 23 years now have a little run-about from which they can go beaching and fishing. Life at home revolves around two rescued Schipperkes, the smallest of the Belgian Shepard dogs. “They are very smart, very stubborn, and very protective,” says Janet. “We are very happy in our new life here.”

We The People
Janet W. Brooks
3809 Tyrone Blvd. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33709
(727) 343-1400
(727) 343-1402
www.wethepeopleusa.com
wethepeoplestpete@verizon.net