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Perspective

Jun. 24, 2015

How to recover judgments from phantom litigants

Corporate litigants facing a substantial adverse judgment may attempt summary dissolution to evade execution of the judgment and collection. By Dominic J. Fote and Zachary P. Marks


By Dominic J. Fote and Zachary P. Marks


The scenario is all too familiar: After years of protracted litigation, an attorney
obtains a sizeable monetary judgment in favor of her client, but before the judgment
can be paid, the debtor corporation mysteriously dissolves, becoming ostensibly insolvent.

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  So what is the best course of action to recover the judgment? 
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  Corporate litig...

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