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Oct. 10, 2025

Once you’ve won a money judgment, and if you can identify specific property the debtor owns: cars, valuable personal property, or real estate. You can go back to court and ask the judge to order that the property be turned over or sold to satisfy the judgment.

Oct. 10, 2025

A Citation to Discover Assets is a legal tool used in Illinois to help a judgment creditor (you) collect money owed by a judgment debtor (the defendant). Pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 277 and 735 ILCS 5/2-1402, a defendant is required to:

Oct. 10, 2025

In Illinois, placing a lien on real property is a smart and powerful way to secure a judgment. While it doesn’t result in immediate payment, it locks in your rights:

Oct. 10, 2025

First step in collection

Oct. 10, 2025

In Illinois, once you have a judgment against a debtor, you can collect by garnishing their wages through their employer. The employer is legally required to withhold a portion of the debtor’s paycheck and send it directly to you until the judgment is paid (or the debtor leaves the job).

Oct. 10, 2025

A charging order is a court order that directs an LLC to pay the debtor’s distributions (profits or dividends) directly to the creditor instead of to the debtor.

Oct. 6, 2025

We work with a lot of lawyers from all over the United States and abroad. They email or call us because they have a judgment, but the defendant moved or has assets in Illinois.

April 29, 2025

I took my first law job in 1984. Let that sink in—that’s over four decades of legal experience. After beginning my career at a large firm handling commercial litigation, I’ve spent the past 25+ years focusing exclusively on obtaining and enforcing judgments. It’s a complex area of law, which might explain why many of my clients are fellow attorneys.

Nov. 8, 2024

We work with a lot of lawyers from all over the United States and abroad. They email or call us because they have a judgment, but the defendant moved or has assets in Illinois.

March 5, 2024

Domesticating an out-of-state judgment in Illinois involves getting the foreign judgment recognized and enforced in the state of Illinois. Here are the general steps you can take: