return persons.Where(p => p.Name.StartsWith(filterModel.Term ?? String.Empty, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
   .OrderBy(c=>c.Name)
   .Skip((filterModel.Page-1) * filter.Limit)
   .Take(filterModel.Limit);


public static class PaginateClass
{
    static readonly MethodInfo startsWith = typeof(string).GetMethod("StartsWith", new[] { typeof(string), typeof(System.StringComparison) });

    public static IEnumerable<T> Paginate<T>(this IEnumerable<T> input, PageModel pageModel, string columnName) where T : class
    {
        var type = typeof(T);
        var propertyInfo = type.GetProperty(columnName);
        //T p =>
        var parameter = Expression.Parameter(type, "p");
        //T p => p.ColumnName
        var name = Expression.Property(parameter, propertyInfo);
        // filterModel.Term ?? String.Empty
        var term = Expression.Constant(pageModel.Term ?? String.Empty);
        //StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase
        var comparison = Expression.Constant(StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
        //T p => p.ColumnName.StartsWith(filterModel.Term ?? String.Empty, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
        var methodCall = Expression.Call(name, startsWith, term, comparison);

        var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(methodCall, parameter);


            return input.Where(lambda.Compile()) //tried adding this and did not work .OrderBy(parameter)
            .Skip((pageModel.Page - 1) * pageModel.Limit)
            .Take(pageModel.Limit);

    }

public class PageModel
{

    public int Page { get; set; }
    public int Limit { get; set; }
    public string Term { get; set; }

    public PageModel()
    {
        this.Page = 1;
        this.Limit = 3;
    }

    public object Clone()
    {
        var jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this);
        return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString, this.GetType());
    }
}

void Main()
{
    var queryableRecords = Product.FetchQueryableProducts();

    Expression expression = queryableRecords.OrderBy("Name");

    var func = Expression.Lambda<Func<IQueryable<Product>>>(expression)
                         .Compile();

    func().Dump();
}

public class Product
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }

    public static IQueryable<Product> FetchQueryableProducts()
    {
        List<Product> productList = new List<Product>()
        {
          new Product {Id=1, Name = "A"},
          new Product {Id=1, Name = "B"},
          new Product {Id=1, Name = "A"},
          new Product {Id=2, Name = "C"},
          new Product {Id=2, Name = "B"},
          new Product {Id=2, Name = "C"},
        };

        return productList.AsQueryable();
    }
}

public static class ExpressionTreesExtesion
{

    public static Expression OrderBy(this IQueryable queryable, string propertyName)
    {
        var propInfo = queryable.ElementType.GetProperty(propertyName);

        var collectionType = queryable.ElementType;

        var parameterExpression = Expression.Parameter(collectionType, "g");
        var propertyAccess = Expression.MakeMemberAccess(parameterExpression, propInfo);
        var orderLambda = Expression.Lambda(propertyAccess, parameterExpression);
        return Expression.Call(typeof(Queryable),
                               "OrderBy",
                               new Type[] { collectionType, propInfo.PropertyType },
                               queryable.Expression,
                               Expression.Quote(orderLambda));

    }


}