You Really Cannot Hide
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 very difficult. Their registered agent no longer worked with them and had essentially disappeared.
View EntryFiling Bankruptcy Will Not Stop the Eviction
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.
View EntryCan You Get Arrested in Florida?
Recently we obtained a judgment against a gentleman that moved to Florida. We then proceeded to give him the usual treatment. Interrogatories, Requests for Production and then a Deposition notice.
View EntryOf Debts-and Jerry Jones' Airplane
A client had obtained a judgment using another law firm about 11 years ago. Judgments are only good for 10 years and then they become dormant for two years before they are no longer valid. So after we were hired to work on this case we filed a motion to revive the judgment and began researching the defendants.
View EntryThis Is Why You File Liens
Very often a new construction client will come to see us and have a terrible problem collecting debts. Inevitably we discover that they have been very lax in filing liens. The lien laws in this state are very friendly to contractors, if those contractors follow the law. If they fail to do so, the lien laws are, well, not very kind to the contractors.
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