Podcasts about professional process servers

Click here to view Teas' "10 Essential Tips for Paralegals to Ensure a Successful Process Service"   About the Guest: Tea Godfrey is a former litigation paralegal who now owns her own company, Solid Serve Legal, where she provides process service and private investigation in the state of Oregon. With her background in litigation and her expertise in investigation and surveillance, Tea specializes in serving hard-to-reach defendants and conducting workplace investigations, civil litigation, and criminal defense cases. She is also the Vice President of the State's Association of Professional Process Servers and regularly volunteers with several legal aid organizations.   Episode Summary: In this episode, Ann interviews Tea Godfrey, owner of Solid Serve Legal, about the importance of hiring a reliable process server and shares a checklist to ensure a smooth process. Tea discusses her experience as a former litigation paralegal and how she transitioned into owning her own company. She also provides insights into the world of surveillance and investigation, highlighting the precautions and challenges involved. The conversation focuses on tips for hiring vendors, including process servers, and emphasizes the need for clear communication, comprehensive instructions, and thorough research. Listeners gain valuable insights into the process serving industry and learn how to avoid common pitfalls when hiring a process server.   Key Takeaways: Conduct thorough research and obtain multiple bids when hiring a process server or any vendor. Price should not be the sole determining factor when choosing a process server; consider responsiveness, communication skills, and attention to detail. Provide comprehensive instructions and relevant information to the process server, including photos or physical descriptions of the person to be served. Understand the rules and limitations of your role as a paralegal when hiring vendors and ensure compliance with state laws for out-of-state cases. Effective communication and documentation are crucial for successful outcomes when working with vendors.   If you're looking to level up your paralegal investigation skills, check out our Paralegal Investigations Boot Camp: https://paralegal-bootcamp.thinkific.com/bundles/investigative-paralegal-boot-camp     Are you a paralegal who wants to skip the learning curve and kickstart your career? The Paralegal Boot Camp offers online courses to fast-track your paralegal career and cut YEARS off the typical learning curve that most new paralegals encounter when starting their careers. View our course offerings to see how we've helped thousands of paralegals like you. Website:  https://Paralegal-BootCamp.com  For more free paralegal resources, visit our Paralegal Resources page on the website.   

The Financial Services Compliant Accreditation Program is an exclusive benefit for members of the National Association of Professional Process Servers. Learn more at https://napps.org/

The National Association of Professional Process Servers, commonly known as NAPPS, is a Worldwide Organization of professional process servers and the first resource for credible information regarding the profession. Learn more at https://napps.org/

The National Association of Professional Process Servers, commonly known as NAPPS, is a Worldwide Organization of professional process servers and the first resource for credible information regarding the profession. Learn more at https://napps.org/ Learn about upcoming NAPPS events: https://napps.org/UpcomingEvents.aspx   All links below are provided for your reference only and should not be considered an endorsement or approval of any products or services. Be sure to review all your options, do your research, and talk to trusted friends and other professionals to help you decide on service providers. Here are some examples of places to domain names and website hosting: https://www.godaddy.com/ https://www.siteground.com/ https://www.bluehost.com/ https://www.hostgator.com/ There are lots of YouTube tutorials which can walk you through the process of setting up a website - search for "wordpress" or "godaddy wordpress" etc for some great tutorials. Need to create a Facebook Page for your business? Visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/creation/ Need to create a LInkedIn Page for your business? Visit https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/company-pages Need to claim or set up your Yelp business page? Visit https://biz.yelp.com/ Need to set up your Google business listing? Visit https://www.google.com/business/ Learn about the laws and rules for commercial emails from the FTC: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business   Here are some examples of services to manage your e-mail subscriber list or direct mail marketing: https://mailchimp.com/ https://www.postcardmania.com/ https://opknockcards.com/

The National Association of Professional Process Servers, commonly known as NAPPS, is a Worldwide Organization of professional process servers and the first resource for credible information regarding the profession. Learn more at https://napps.org/

Episode #1 - Michael Kern Our guest today has been a Professional Process Server for over 30 years, Michael Kern has just been elected our 2017 President of the National Association of Professional Process Servers (www.napps.org) and is a proud and longtime board member of the California Association of Legal Support Professionals (www.calspro.org) and since its inception, formally known as CAPPS, CALSPRO was founded on the simple principles of providing continuing education, membership, legislative protection and improving on the professionalism to the process serving the industry.

As the use of various social media platforms grows in prevalence, process servers and investigators alike are benefitting from using social media as a skip tracing tool. In this ServeNowEDU webinar, Joseph Jones of Bosco Legal will discuss the difference between a basic Google search and real OSINT searching, how to locate accounts, hidden photos and the other various pieces of information to help you locate your subject, even when it’s not obvious. Joseph will also discuss non-public information and how it can be located, how online searching for skip tracing purposes differs from a true social media investigation, and will explain supplemental skip tracing techniques and tools. Joseph Jones is a licensed private investigator and the Vice President of Bosco Legal Services, Inc. Joseph has worked in every position at Bosco, starting with taking out the trash and sweeping the parking lots and as such has an intimate knowledge of all aspects of investigations, process serving, records retrieval and various other attorney services. Joseph has a degree in psychology from California Southern University, is a member of the California Association of Licensed Private Investigators, the California Association of Legal Support Professionals, the National Association of Professional Process Servers, and the National Council of Investigation and Security Services, and has received specialized training from the military, various law enforcement agencies and the nation’s top private intelligence firms. He is also a CALSPro Certified Process Server.

Ethical and moral dilemmas occur within every profession including process serving. This discussion will explore different scenarios when working with clients, attorneys, individuals being served, and competitors. Being prepared is the key to maneuvering through these scenarios while guiding you towards making solid, ethical decisions for you, your company and all who are involved. Kimberly Hamilton is a private investigator in North Carolina and owns Female Agents, Inc. She was a founding member of NCAPPS (North Carolina Association of Professional Process Servers) and currently is President of the association. She has previously served on the board for NCAPI and has been very active in both the private investigative and service of process professions since 2000. Kimberly is a former deputy with the Alamance County Sheriff’s Department and currently teaches classes on Ethics; Process Serving; and Human Trafficking.