Q: I have a $5,000 court judgment against a company in Howell County Mo. How do I collect?
Construction company is an LLC but I wrote the $5k deposit check to the owner (not the LLC) and he cashed it to his personal account. The judgment is not against him personally (second mistake) but against the company. How do I collect? Local lawyers aren't interested and the one I did get a consultation with did not seem to care that the corporate veil is pierced, and said he couldn't do anything that I couldn't do myself.
A: Set the judgment debtor exam of the corporate officer with a document subpoena.
A: The corporate veil would have been pierced had you sued the owner and won. At this point, focus on the standard collection methods. As the other attorney suggested, take a judgment debtor's exam. You must first have attempted a garnishment, I believe. Collecting judgments is often harder than obtaining judgments. Good luck.
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