Notable Judgment Enforcement Cases

The firm obtained vacatur of a default in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan based on the imperfection of service of process where the Plaintiff served state court summons rather than federal court summons following removal from state court to federal court.

The firm obtained the vacatur of a default judgment in the amount of $1.2M entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Federal Courts in Florida are a notoriously difficult venue to reopen a judgment; fewer than 1% of cases are successful in getting a default judgment vacated where sufficiency of service was not challenged.

The New York Law Journal reported on a recent favorable decision the firm obtained in a judgment enforcement proceeding.

The firm obtained a favorable decision in a special proceeding seeking enforcement of a multi-million dollar judgment. The Court sustained each and every cause of action in our petition made pursuant to NY DCL §§273, 274, 275, and 278.

The firm obtained dismissal of two fraudulent conveyance actions in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which were filed in connection with an underlying Fair Labor Standards Act case.