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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:

Feb. 29, 2024

Enforcing a judgment in Illinois involves several steps, and the process may vary based on the type of judgment and the specific circumstances.

Feb. 6, 2024

We get this issue a lot as we work with numerous out-of-state creditors and their attorneys seeking to collect from a judgment debtor with assets in Illinois.

April 18, 2023

What do you do when you get a judgment in your state or country and then realize the defendant moved to Illinois or has assets in Illinois? Fortunately, we can help.

Feb. 22, 2022

We get this question all the time from out of state creditors and law firms so we figured we would answer it here. The first thing that needs to be done is to turn that out of state judgment into an Illinois judgment.

Aug. 4, 2021

Out-of-state judgments are referred to as foreign judgments. A judgment obtained in another state can be registered in Illinois pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act found at 735 ILCS 5/12-650 et. seq.

June 1, 2020

Understanding how a civil lawsuit moves through the legal system may seem complex. This simple diagram shows how a civil suit moves through the various stages of the legal process, allowing you to see how your case can progress.

March 3, 2020

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) applies to collection agencies, debt buyers, lawyers or other entities who regularly collect third-party debts as part of their business who are trying to collect on consumer debt. The FDCPA does not apply to business debt or in-house debt collection.