Paralegal Services for Texas Law Firms
PARALEGAL SERVICES
An outsourced paralegal department for Texas law firms, working under your attorney's direction.
Lone Star Attorney Service has supported Texas law firms for over 30 years. Our Rice-trained paralegal drafts pleadings and motions, prepares discovery, e-files, retrieves and organizes records, and prepares cases for hearing and trial. All work follows the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and the local rules of your court. Every assignment is handled confidentially, checked for quality before delivery, and returned to your attorney for final review. You get the capacity of an experienced paralegal team without the cost of hiring one.
HOW IT WORKS
1
Send your instructions
2
We draft or research
3
Your attorney reviews
4
We finalize and file
LEGAL DOCUMENT PREPARATION
Pleadings, motions, orders, and letters drafted to your instructions.
Our paralegal prepares the everyday documents that keep your cases moving. We draft from your templates, instructions, and case file, following the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and the local rules of your court. Every document goes back to your attorney for review, revision, and signature before it is filed or sent.
DISCOVERY & SUBPOENA PREPARATION
Written discovery, responses, and subpoenas prepared for attorney review.
Discovery takes a lot of drafting, tracking, and follow-up. We prepare outgoing requests, draft responses and objections for your attorney to finalize, and keep track of what has and hasn't been produced, so discovery deadlines stay on schedule.
E-FILING
State and federal filings submitted and tracked for you.
We e-file through eFileTexas in any Texas court that accepts electronic filing, and we know the formatting and filing-code requirements that often lead clerks to reject filings. We track every filing until it is accepted and send you file-stamped copies.
RECORDS RETRIEVAL & EVIDENCE PREPARATION
Records requested, collected, organized, and ready to use.
Getting records from hospitals, employers, businesses, and government agencies takes time and follow-up. We request the records, follow up with custodians until they're delivered, and organize them for production, exhibits, or attorney review. Records can be delivered by mail, express mail, or email. Texas Public Information Act (open records) requests are included.
COLLECTIONS & JUDGMENT DOCUMENTS
From the collection petition to the release of judgment.
Collection work is high volume and depends on deadlines. We prepare the documents your attorney needs at each stage, from the original petition through default, post-judgment discovery, and enforcement, using consistent formatting across your whole caseload. Garnishment and turnover support, abstracts of judgment, and satisfactions and releases of judgment are included.
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION SUPPORT
Medical records, chronologies, and demand packages for PI firms.
PI case files often include hundreds of pages of medical and billing records from several providers. We request the records, organize them into clear chronologies and bill summaries, and help assemble demand and settlement packages for your attorney to use. All records are handled confidentially. Medical chronologies, medical bill summaries, preservation letters, and demand packages are included.
SERVICE OF PROCESS LEGAL SUPPORT
Citation, substituted service, and publication paperwork prepared to Texas requirements.
Service problems can hold up a case for months. We prepare the procedural documents courts require when a defendant can't be served in person, drafted to Rule 106 and the standards of your court, and we research the requirements for serving parties in other states and other countries.
LEGAL RESEARCH, CASE SUMMARIES & TRIAL PREP
Research, summaries, and binders for your attorney to use.
We research case law, statutes, and local rules, check citations, and prepare written research memos for your attorney to review. We also summarize depositions and case files and put together the binders and lists your team needs for hearings and trial. All research and analysis is provided to your attorney, who makes every legal judgment.
• Case law, statutory, and local rule research with citation checking
• Research memos for attorney review
• Case chronologies
• Deposition summaries
• Hearing and trial binders
• Exhibit lists and witness lists
WHY FIRMS OUTSOURCE TO US
Experienced paralegal support without adding staff.
- Rice-trained paralegal. Your work is handled by a Rice-trained paralegal, backed by more than 30 years of supporting Texas law firms.
- Attorney-directed. We work from your instructions, and your attorney reviews and approves every deliverable before it is filed or sent.
- Texas procedural knowledge. We draft to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the Texas Rules of Evidence, and the local rules and filing requirements of your court.
- Capacity that scales. We take on overflow, trial crunches, and high-volume dockets without you having to recruit, hire, or train.
- Secure, confidential handling. Client files and records are kept confidential and shared only with your team.
- One point of contact. One contact for every assignment, and we can also handle e-filing and service of process on the same matter when you need it.
All paralegal services are performed under the direction and supervision of the client's licensed attorney and are available to law firms and licensed attorneys only. Lone Star Attorney Service is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent any party. All documents and research we prepare are subject to review and approval by the supervising attorney before signature, filing, or use.
Soha Jivani, Paralegal
RICE UNIVERSITY PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE
Soha leads our paralegal services. She completed the Paralegal Certificate Program at Rice University's Glasscock School of Continuing Studies and has supported litigation work at Lone Star Attorney Service since 2025. Working under attorney direction, she prepares pleadings, motions, discovery, and supporting affidavits, conducts legal and factual research, manages e-filing in Texas courts, and leads the firm's skip tracing and locate research. Firms rely on her for careful handling of confidential documents, tight deadline management, and high-volume casework. Soha is multilingual and is working toward a J.D./MBA.
