Excel Investigations Saves Default Law Firms Time & Manpower

Tinley Park, Illinois-based Excel Investigations—a company specializing in process serving, skip tracing, foreclosures and subrogation—is helping one Illinois County Courthouse save time and manpower by successfully implementing a procedure designed “to simplify service of process”—a concept better known as “Standing Orders.”

The model, which approves certain vendors to function as process servers at the courthouse, essentially streamlines and expedites the foreclosure process for courts and law firms by eliminating the need for an appointment motion to be made on every single case.

More Charges Filed Against Tow Truck Operators

Another 15 criminal charges have been filed against a family of tow truck operators accused of gaming the small claims court system.

In its second amended felony complaint, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office accused Vincent Cardinalli Sr. of lying on court forms and convincing a person who delivers legal papers to submit false documents to the court. All but two of the felony counts were leveled against Cardinalli. Prosecutors also charged Cardinalli's son, Paul Greer, with attempted grand theft and with lying on court forms about the number of cases he filed in a year.

Courtney Love Settles the Last of Her Nirvana Money Disputes

"I understand," she says in a King County court declaration, "that the process server states that I was handed a Summons and Complaint [in L.A.] and that I dropped it on the ground and that Mr. [attorney Howard] Weitzman picked it up and acknowledged I had been served with a Complaint. I never received any such document and deny that this occurred."

In that 2005 L.A. case, she admitted to using drugs while on probation from an earlier drug case that had temporarily cost her custody of her daughter. A judge sent the rocker and sometimes-actress to rehab for a month; after she re-violated she was locked down in rehab for six more months. (Love recently said she has cleaned up her act and slimmed down following a healthy, drug-free diet).

Legal Services Firm Growing

For Stephanie Sayler, 46, a part-time college job provided the inspiration for a highly successful long-term business that she operates in Marina.

After graduating from King City High School, Sayler attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she majored in international business. While a student, she worked part-time as a process server.

Fairfax Officers Cleared In Lawsuit

Three Fairfax County police officers did not violate a planning commissioner's civil rights or harm him after a loud confrontation in the Sully district police station two years ago in which the commissioner said he was assaulted, a federal jury in Alexandria ruled yesterday.

The jury deliberated for about three hours before ruling against Ronald W. Koch, 62, on all counts, which included allegations of assault, battery, false arrest, defamation, unnecessary use of force and conspiracy.

Koch has been the Sully District planning commissioner for 22 years and a highly-praised community leader and volunteer. He was acting as a private process server when he walked into the Sully police station July 27, 2005, to serve a subpoena.