20 LAWYER MONTHLY JULY 2023 How did you get your start in law and process services? I was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2011 I found myself filing paperwork at a law firm as I started to attend some classes at the College of Southern Nevada. My brother worked at this law firm – he was actually the one paying me to file paperwork and clean up some large files for some large cases that were going on. He had the idea of starting a process serving company, and I did not even know what one was. Nevada is one of the very few states that require that someone have 4,000 hours of experience before they can even apply for a process serving license. When applying, you also have to show your tax returns, your W2s. They also require you to take a test and carry a certain amount of insurance. The reason I bring that up is because the process to take the license took some time. I worked under the direction of attorneys and a process serving company for two years to get my hours and experience, then applied for the license. The private investigation licensing board reviewed my application after I had completed my hours. I was able to get my license and grow my business. The process serving job was very convenient while I was going to school. I was able to serve documents between classes, at odd times, after hours, etc. For many years I was either in class or serving documents. While I was attending business classes at the College of Southern Nevada, I was applying what I was learning in those classes to the business I was growing. I later went to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and pursued a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. My journey followed the same suit: I was able to study business and business principles while growing my company and starting to hire employees as the workload got greater. I only worked
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