Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
Collecting a judgment against sophisticated corporate and individual debtors can be a time-consuming and futile exercise. Post-judgment enforcement proceedings can drag on for months (sometimes years), often generating astronomical attorneys’ fees and expenses. Tobias v. Lake Forest Partners, LLC, 402 Ill.App.3d 484 (1st Dist. 2010) addresses some tricky questions involving competing money judgment priority and …
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As someone who does some collection work, I experience first-hand how difficult it is to collect on judgments – especially from small corporate debtors. A 2011 Second District case illustrates in stark relief just how challenging and frustrating enforcing a judgment can be. In Conserv v. Von Bergen Trucking, 2011 IL App (2d) 101225U (2011), the Court …
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