SEPTEMBER 22, 2008-
Opposition Launches Attack in Attempt to
Discredit CCPSAT Lawsuit.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
TPSA leaders misinform their members.
The Texas Process Servers Association (TPSA) recently held its annual
convention in Austin, Texas. It has been reported by several individuals who
attended the convention that TPSA leaders circulated the membership roster
of The Certified Civil Process Servers Association of Texas (CCPSAT.) In
conjunction with this list, TPSA leaders reportedly gave the attendees the
erroneous impression that the names on the list had been included as
plaintiffs in a lawsuit the CCPSAT filed against the Texas Supreme Court and
the Process Server Review Board. THIS IS UNTRUE! The Directors of the
CCPSAT are solely responsible for the filing of the lawsuit. No members are
included as individual plaintiffs. This explains why, on the Monday following
the convention, several CCPSAT members called our offices and demanded
we filed an amended complaint removing their names from the suit. This is
not possible because no names have been included. Scare tactics,
psychological manipulation and misinformation are the normal course of
business for the leadership of the TPSA. If asked, a representative from the
CCPSAT would have gladly been present at the TPSA convention to explain
the lawsuit and answer any questions. Unfortunately, because of the
differing political views of the TPSA leadership, presenting the truth routinely
takes a back seat to supposition and innuendo. They would have process
servers believe that the goal of the CCPSAT is to destroy the industry and not
the truth which is to protect ALL process servers and their constitutional
rights, including all TPSA members. Anyone having any questions about the
lawsuit or what was said at the TPSA's convention can call me, Tod
Pendergrass, CCPSAT Founding Director, at 800-205-3007, or email me at
ccpsat@yahoo.com.
Note: Below is the email sent to all CCPSAT members on September 26th.
If you already received this email, please click here to read more about the
TPSA letter and the pending lawsuit.
Dear CCPSAT Members,
This message is in response to a letter many of you received from the state’s
other process server association, the Texas Process Servers Association
(TPSA.)
It is important that you understand the letter you received is not from the
members of the TPSA. It is from the TPSA leadership. The membership of
both the CCPSAT and the TPSA are hard working process servers who all
want the same thing: statewide authority to serve civil process. Very few
process servers actually want government regulation. The large majority
simply wants to be able to serve citations and writs with the same ease as
they do subpoenas and federal court process.
It’s unfortunate that Mr. Johnson would lash out at our association. His letter
is an attempt to psychologically bully our members with scare tactics and
misinformation. Mr. Johnson has attempted to sabotage your association,
the true watchdog of the private process serving industry. Don’t fall for it.
As a member of the CCPSAT, you are well aware of the principles upon which
your association was founded. The CCPSAT home page states that we are
“dedicated to protecting the rights of process servers.” We are committed
to, “less government intervention, no state fees…” and “opposing the pro-
regulation special interest groups who want to make training a yearly
requirement.” Your association will do whatever it takes to protect the right
of all process servers to conduct business; and to expose those who would
seek to harm or restrict our careers. These principles are the basis for the
lawsuit filed on September 5th.
For three years, your association’s directors sought every conceivable
means of achieving a remedy within the normal function of government; but
to no avail. Laws have been broken, constitutional rights have been violated,
process servers’ careers have been destroyed, and all our careers are at
risk. This must be rectified. We made every effort to prevent the necessity
of filing a lawsuit; but we could not, and would not stand idly by while the
PSRB persisted in its lawless rogue conduct; with the Supreme Court giving
its tacit approval.
We ask each of you to have courage and stand by the principles on which
your association was founded. We would never do anything to harm process
servers in Texas. After all, we are process servers too.
Please go to www.ccpsat.org for more on this issue including a further
analysis of Mr. Johnson’s letter and details on the lawsuit.
If you wish to contact me, please do not reply to this email. Please email me
at ccpsat@yahoo.com.
Thank you,
Tod E. Pendergrass
Founding Director, CCPSAT
Please email me with any questions at ccpsat@yahoo.com.
Please click here to read more about the TPSA letter and the pending lawsuit.
Please also visit www.TexasProcessWatch.com for more industry
information.