Judgment Recovery
The legal system makes it possible for individuals or business entities to bring their disputes before the court whenever there is a dispute involving money and that dispute cannot be resolved through any traditional means. There are many reasons why people find themselves in court asking the judge to issue a judgment requiring the opposing party to pay money. Some examples include unpaid bills, personal loaa ns, tenant evictions, business deals gone bad, unisured auto accidents, etc. If it involves money the matter can be heard in a small claims court or a higher civil court. The difference between the two courts is that small claims court is for cases... While, a higher civil court is for cases that...
When a judge decides in favor of the plaintiff (the party suing) or the defendant (the party being sued) the court will issue a judgment. The judgment declares the court's decison in the dispute. If the plaintiff wins, the judge will usually order the losing party to pay a certain amount of money to the winner. However, if the defendant wins they usually don't have to pay anything and the matter is final.
The winner of the case, if a dollar amount is awarded, is called the "judgment ceditor". The loser in the case has to give money and is known as the "judgment debtor". However, the problem comes when the judgment debtor refuses to pay. The judgment creditor is in a precarious position and is forced to attempt to enforce the judgment on his/her own or to hire an attorney to do it for them. Although these two options seem easy, you must further consider the following:
- Only a small percentage of attorneys provide this type of service. Many attorneys will only touch a case that has a large dollar amount & would require a retainer upfront.
- You have to understand the rules and procedures to enforce judgments. Many court clerks are not permitted to provide legal advice on how you can best pursue enforcing your judgment.
- You have to know how to find and locate assets that the judgment owns that can be seized as payment for the judgment.
You best option would be to allow us to enforce the judgment for you. As the judgment creditor you have the legal right to assign your judgment to someone else for enforcement. We are judgment recovery specialist and we can help you with the following:
- We locate the judgment debtor and their assets. Assets include any money, property, wages, etc. that they own.
- We determine which course of action that would be the easiest and fastest way to enforce the judgment for you so that you can get paid.
- We file the the appropriate forms and documents with the court to enforce the judgment.
- We direct the levying officer (i.e., parish sheriff) to seize those assets of the judgment debtor that will be used to enforce the judment.
- We recieve those assets from the levying officer or the court and pay the money to you.
More about this process can be explained. Contact me for more information.