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Utilizing ex parte attachments for Massachusetts commercial debt collection

Collections Law

Securing an ex parte attachment to obtain pre-judgment security as part of a collections lawsuit can help to alleviate these concerns. One such strategy is the use of ex parte attachments. What is an ex parte attachment? After all a judgment is just a judgment.

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Utilizing ex parte attachments for Massachusetts commercial debt collection

Collections Law

Securing an ex parte attachment to obtain pre-judgment security as part of a collections lawsuit can help to alleviate these concerns. One such strategy is the use of ex parte attachments. What is an ex parte attachment? After all a judgment is just a judgment.

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Does your debtor own a cash business?

Collections Law

We seek to freeze a debtor’s assets prior to obtaining a judgment so that there is an identifiable resource from which to get you paid. Once you get that judgment, we seek leave of the court to direct the person or entity which is holding the debtor’s seized assets to pay you. At the Law Offices of Alan M.

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Pre- vs. post-judgment collections: What is the difference?

Collections Law

The first major question we must ask is whether we will pursue an attachment to the debtors assets before we have a judgment from the court, known as a prejudgment attachment. Our other option is to wait until after we receive the judgment from the court, known as post-judgment collection. Cohen LLC.

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3 ways you can collect on a bad corporate check

Collections Law

An ex parte bank attachment Once we sue the debtor for the amount due, we have many methods of collection at our disposal. With bounced checks, we often use an ex parte bank attachment, also known as a trustee attachment.

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Recovering Bad Debts With an Aggressive Collections Attorney

Collections Law

Even when the court successfully rules in your favor, you are not guaranteed timely payment of either a Massachusetts judgment or a foreign judgment. Many others wait until post judgment to assess whether a debtor will pay or not and post judgment initiate debt recovery efforts, but not us. Real Estate Attachments.

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Domesticating and Enforcing Your Foreign Judgments With a Massachusetts Collections Attorney

Collections Law

Collecting debts from debtors having assets in Massachusetts while you are in another state or a different country used to be difficult, even if you had a judgment against them. Massachusetts was among the few states that had not adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act. Not Just Domestication — Enforcement, Too.