Houston’s Shrader & Associates has been experiencing things lately that seem more like the plot of a legal thriller than reality at a small toxic-tort firm.

In 2011, a former office manager at the firm, Tara Robertson Stevens, was charged with and indicted for felony theft for allegedly taking more than $200,000 from Shrader & Associates from May 16, 2007, through Aug. 17, 2011. Stevens’ arraignment has been reset three times, and she has a court appearance set for Feb. 7, described on Harris County’s online filing document system as a “disposition.”