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About CPS Companies

Hi, my name is Lee Russell and I formed CPS Companies twenty five years ago to support my efforts to finish my graduate work at the Doctoral level in marriage and family therapy. I had worked in the public sector for a number of years, and decided to open my own practice. I went back to school and worked as a process server on the side. At the end of my class work I decided that I liked the business that I had built even more than practicing counseling, so I gave up the idea of a private practice and immersed myself in the business of serving process.

In the course of the first few years I learned that there were more areas that I could become proficient in and thus make my services more valuable to the litigation attorney.

I quickly learned how to retrieve documents from the courts as well as the non-party witnesses that I was serving. I became a notary, which allowed me to conduct the depositions by written questions. I also took the course work required to become a Certified Legal Video Specialist, so I am qualified to take depositions on video tape for clients. Because of the unique laws and rules that govern service of process in Texas I have spent much time learning the rules of civil procedure, as well as the federal rules so that I am very familiar with both the documents that I serve as well as prepare.

As the Texas Process Servers Association grew, I got involved in teaching other process servers in the rules and laws that impinge on our industry. I have served in several offices over the years in this association. Recently I helped the association put together a test to certify process servers here in the state. That way people are assured that they are hiring quality people who know the business of serving process.

Lisa Beaver joined my organization about fifteen years ago. She has proven to be a wonderful and necessary asset to the company. She not only has learned most of the rules of civil procedure, she has learned to prepare documents of all sorts so that the law firms can utilize us to get process both prepared and served. She also is an instructor in the training that Texas Process Service association (TPSA) offers four times a year for those who wish to learn the business and do the job professionally and is the Business Manager of TPSA.