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Law Practice

Jun. 14, 2012

Strategy in right to attach orders

Attachment is an important and effective remedy, yet relatively unknown among many business litigators. By Benjamin Taylor of Miller Barondess LLP


By Benjamin Taylor


Among the provisional remedies available to a party seeking to enforce a contractual obligation is attachment. Attachment is an important and effective remedy, yet relatively unknown among many business litigators, and even less known to their clients. A writ of attachment is available under certain circumstances on an unsecured contract claim for money, and essentially acts as a "placeholder" for any future judgment. It is a powerful...

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