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When can a reach and apply injunction help you collect bad debt?

Collections Law

Even once you have a judgment in hand, many debtors still do not pay willingly. If a third party owes them money, you may be able to reach across to that third party and apply their debt to your judgment. Although you can use a reach and apply injunction for many types of debt, you cannot use it in all circumstances.

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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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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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What Business Owners Need to Know About Their Foreign Judgment Rights

Collections Law

Cohen LLC domesticate and enforce foreign judgments for clients outside Massachusetts. We’ve created this blog as a primer on how we handle foreign judgment cases, as well as examining the tools that we use to help business owners like you to collect their accounts receivables. Domesticating Your Judgment.

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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.

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Using Reach and Apply Injunctions to Recover Debt in Massachusetts

Collections Law

Have you won a judgment in court and are unsure what to do next? Even if it is won, a judgment is a mere piece of paper that can easily be ignored and rejected by the debtor. On top of this, each judgment comes with a time limit. What is a reach and apply injunction?

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Effective Methods of Post-Judgment Litigation

Collections Law

Cohen LLC , we fight to get your business paid on your judgment debt as well as for the services and materials you have provided for which debtors have failed to pay in a timely manner. Our debt collection services can help collect judgment debt for business owners throughout Massachusetts including, but not limited to, Hampden County.