ATG LegalServe, Inc., a subsidiary of Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc., and It’s Your Serve, Inc. (IYS) have combined to create a single, full-service litigation support company offering services to lawyers and law firms throughout Chicago and beyond, the companies announced in a news release. Effective Feb. 11, 2016, the blended organization is doing business under the name ATG LegalServe. Each organization will remain at its current downtown Chicago office until they relocate to a new corporate headquarters.
The accurate and timely service of litigation documents as well as the delivery, retrieval, and filing of documents by companies such as ATG LegalServe and It’s Your Serve are essential to the legal process, they said. In addition to process serving, the two companies also provide related services such as skip tracing, background checks, surveillance services and court filings.
Current ATG LegalServe president and CEO Arden Miner said, “With the blending of the two companies, the new ATG LegalServe will offer a full range of process services with the benefit of a greater reach, a bigger and more diverse client base, and more hands-on experience.”
It’s Your Serve was founded by Kelly Ann Kienzle in 1993. It’s Your Serve has developed a reputation as a full-service process service agency with outstanding communication. Today, the company has an extensive client list including many of Chicago’s top firms. IYS handles a variety of diverse state and federal cases including white collar, personal injury, domestic relations, probate, commercial, and corporate litigation. Kienzle serves as secretary on the board of directors for the Illinois Association of Professional Process Servers, and is a licensed private detective.
Miner worked as an attorney in ATG’s legal and underwriting departments before being promoted to senior manager of the underwriting and escrow departments, and then president of its subsidiary, ATG LegalServe. She is a licensed private detective.
Miner added: “When ATG LegalServe was started in 2010, ATG already had a 40-year relationship with thousands of Illinois lawyers, and process serving was a logical next step. We believe It’s Your Serve to be a great fit with our mission and welcome Kelly and her staff to the ATG family.”
Combined, the company will have a staff of 20-25, more than 40 years of leadership experience in the industry, and will continue to serve lawyers in the Chicago area, throughout Illinois, and nationwide through its network of service providers.