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     Kirk French began serving legal papers as a deputy constable in Dallas County Texas in 1972. In 1980, Kirk was looking for a business venture that would allow him to spend more time at home with his wife, Jackie, and their six children.  Kirk was approached by two attorneys in the Dallas area with the idea of opening a Private Process Business in Dallas.  It seems that the two attorneys, Ken R. Davey and Reagan M. Martin had done their research and found that in California, private process servers were "serving". Kirk located a gentleman in Houston, Texas, H.J. "Bud" Herren who was in fact serving in Harris and surrounding counties.  Kirk spent a few days in Houston with Bud, where he was briefed on the necessary papers to be filed in a cause that would allow a private individual to serve process. 

     In September of 1980, Kirk and Jackie French founded Lawyers Civil Process, the first Dallas private process company. Business was very slow, however, many attorneys stopped by the office to ask the question, "What are you guys all about?"  Slowly, we built up a clientele.  Then a bolt of lightening struck in 1982, the Dallas County Constables filed suit against Lawyers Civil Process in an attempt to make them cease serving papers in Dallas Texas.  Our attorneys responded with more legal papers and off to court we went.

     After seemingly endless depositions and court hearings the ruling was rendered by a visiting judge that private servers could only serve subpoenas.  We appealed to the Fifth Court of Appeals.  The three judge panel ruled that the constables were in fact suing the wrong people.  Their findings were that the State District Judges, who signed our orders to serve process, would have to be sued.  In 1982, Kirk became a founding member of the National Association of Private Process Servers (member #35).  Subsequently, he then helped to organize and form the first Texas state association and the local association as well.  In 1988, after several attempts at lobbying the legislature had failed, Kirk went to the Supreme Court with a request.

     In 1988, the Supreme Court reversed the Rule 103 to allow disinterested persons to serve process.  Throughout the ordeal of the law suits, Kirk was assisted by California Association of Private Process Servers membership.  At this time, Kirk continues working with the state association in an effort to get a bill passed through the legislature for Texas process servers; in addition to working with Judge Nathan Hecht of the Supreme Court of Texas to change the law to govern and license Dallas Texas private servers.
 

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