Category: debt collection

Debt collection is a pretty broad topic. Run an internet search on the phrase and you will find enough information to keep you busy for a long time. As for judgment collection, it is a bit more specific. That’s important to us for the simple fact that we are not general debt collectors. We...

Every kind of competition involves players employing their individual strategies to win. Apply this concept to debt collection, and particularly judgments, and you discover something interesting: some strategies are more successful than others. Our big thing is knowing how and where to look for...

General debt collection and judgment collection are two separate things. However, one can morph into the other. It happens so often that people are confused over whether debt collectors can file judgments. If you have ever wondered yourself, step back and take a breath. Obtaining a judgment...

Bad debts are a risk that every business faces. Moreover, the smaller the business, the greater the risk. Companies can find themselves investing so much time chasing bad debts that they are not actually serving their own customers properly. That says nothing of the financial resources they put...

We recently published a rather detailed post explaining why it’s necessary to understand garnishment laws in your state. That post led to another question: is wage garnishment the only way to collect an outstanding judgment? In short, no. While garnishment is an effective tool in some cases,...

We want to go on record as saying we appreciate attorneys and the hard work they do. We know that the clients we serve depend on their attorneys to win the judgments they seek. But when the gavel falls and a judgment is entered, an attorney may not be the best person for the...

Going to court to win a judgment against a debtor is the first step in collecting money you are rightfully owed. Hopefully, the debtor cooperates fully with you and your attorney at the time the judgment is entered. If not, you will have to decide how to pursue payment moving forward. Here at...

Last month we published a blog post discussing why so many companies fail to collect on their judgments. This month, we want to expand on the topic by looking at it from the debtor’s perspective. Suffice it to say that debtors know creditor weaknesses. With the help of their attorneys, they...

One of our more recent blog posts highlighted research we did on behalf of a client. In that particular case, we were able to use our research skills to uncover out-of-state assets that could be applied toward payment. It is all in a day’s work for us. But that case, like so many others,...

Here at Judgment Collectors, we talk a lot about our research capabilities. It is one of the keys to what we do. We recently concluded a case we are working on behalf of a financial institution. It was the diligent research of our team that eventually revealed the debtor truly did have the...