Fraudulent Transfer lawsuits are Game Changers
In Texas, Lawyers filing Fraudulent transfer lawsuits can change the game. An international company based in California obtained a multi million dollar judgment after a two-week trial against an individual who had defaulted on some obligations related to some real estate investment vehicles promoted by the client. Assistant General Counsel in charge of the case […]
Jurors Don’t Often Go to Jail
Juror Goes to Jail for Lying Gregory Ducas is a 57 year old commercial airline pilot that has been employed by United Airlines for 30 years. He was selected as a juror in one of our cases that was set to go to trial for three days. However, Mr. Ducas apparently did not care to […]
No, we won’t take half to settle. Here’s a writ of garnishment.
A Texas writ of garnishment can be your friend. This is a story of how powerful of a Texas writ of garnishment can be when we have good information. We represent an insurance company that provides group health insurance to large employers. We went to trial on a case for them where the defendant, an employer […]
Can You Handle the Truth?
We are Texas collections lawyers that tell you the ugly truth. If you become a client, you have to be able to hear the ugly truth about your situation. We are not interested in overselling your position or in over promising and under delivering. But some clients just demand that you tell them what they […]
Texas Post Judgment Interest
Texas post Judgment Interest rates are now variable Texas post judgment interest rates used to be fixed at 10%. Interest that accrues on judgments after they are awarded has been changed by a recent act of the legislature. To stay on top of these rates, go here. Also, post-judgment interest compounds annually. Don’t forget that when […]
Directors and Officers Can Be Liable for Corporate Debt
Officers and Directors can be liable for corporate debt under the Texas Tax Code. Officers and directors liability is often overlooked by collections lawyers in Texas. Everyone knows that a corporation is a good shield for liability. Collecting debt in Texas can be tough. Normally, officers and directors are not liable for the judgment. However, whenever […]
Employees Who Steal Are in Trouble
Injunction lawyers in Texas can be creative. Recently we represented a manufacturing client that employed a couple of sales people who were very entrepreneurial. They were so entrepreneurial that they decided to copy the product manufactured by the client and to sell the product on the side, even using a web site of similar design […]
Sometimes You Can Take Their House
Collecting divorce judgments in Texas has become something of a hobby for us. In many cases one party is awarded money to equalize the Propeerty between the divorcing parties. In one of our cases the Court entered a Final Decree of Divorce dissolving our client’s marriage to the debtor and dividing the Marital Estate. In […]
You Really Cannot Hide
It’s fun being a Texas Collections lawyer. Periodically we are faced with debtors that don’t care to be the subject of a lawsuit. Recently we were attempting to serve a corporate debtor that owned a health care facility in North Dallas. They had taken substantial steps to make the usual process of serving a lawsuit […]
Filing Bankruptcy Will Not Stop the Eviction
Lawyers in Texas who represent Landlords cannot be afraid of bankruptcy court. Tenants are often confused by the fact that the mere filing of a bankruptcy won’t stop the eviction for very long. This is especially true if the Tenant continues to fail to make timely payments of rent. One such tenant rented a house […]