You Have a Judgment, Now What?
You Have a Judgment, Now What? Here’s How You Collect. So, life isn’t always fair. You hired a lawyer. You went to court and won. But, you don’t have your money. Now, you’re frustrated chasing payment after you did the work you promised to do or loaned money, trusting you’d be repaid. The truth is […]
Hard Work Pays Off
Relentless pursuit of the debtor is our playbook for collecting debt. In this case we were stymied by the debtor from learning about his assets. As you will see, we relentlessly pursued the debtor. He even did some time in jail. But the judgment was collected in full. But not immediately… The timeline of events: […]
We represent lawyers
We represent lawyers in collecting fees. An unwritten rule says lawyers should never sue their clients, even if they refuse to pay their legal bills. But at the firm we’ve been blazing a new path by representing attorneys in Texas and across the nation in disputes over unpaid legal fees. During the past 10 years, […]
Injunction rescues a business.
Injunctions in Texas are complex and lawyers need to be on their toes. We work on cases that seek to have an injunction entered. We also work on cases trying to defeat an injunction. In this case, we are defending against the injunction. The client and his prior lawyer went to the temporary injunction on […]
A collections TRO
Some collections matters require a TRO. We were called by the general counsel of a large, publicly-traded company that had a substantial receivable in Dallas against a nursing home. The client’s customer service representative learned from the nursing home’s employees that the owner was planning to transfer the business to another company they owned in […]
When the debtor dies…
Chasing a debtor into probate court. Life as a Texas collections lawyer is rarely boring. Not every lawyer knows the best practice for collecting a judgment. No two situations are the same. Frequently we are retained by lawyers who obtain a judgment and then are stumped. A lawyer in Houston had obtained a judgment against […]
Defeating delay
Sometimes Texas construction lawyers see next level delaying tactics. The client was a demolition company that was hired to demolish the public square of a local college. The job was supposed to take three weeks. However, the client had a backhoe cause some minor damage to one of the college’s existing buildings. The client’s insurance […]
An asset saving TRO
A Texas collections TRO can be used by lawyers to save assets for collection. Texas collections TRO: A lender in Georgia had loaned money to a builder in Houston. The lender hired a large national law firm in Houston who obtained a judgment against the home builder. The builder specialized in large luxury homes. The […]
Federal Court is Fine
Texas collections in federal court intimidates some lawyers. But you cannot be afraid of federal court. Texas collections in federal court: This is another case where a lawyer obtained a judgment and was then unable to collect the judgment. In this case the prior lawyer obtained a judgment for unpaid overtime wages against a tow truck […]
Prepare For Trial
Texas collections lawyers need to be prepared to go trial. The client was in the business of closing loans for mortgage companies. He was paid a flat fee for each loan that he closed. During a difficult period in his life (including a mother passing away) he was distracted and failed to bill a significant […]