The Recovery Campaign: Combining Asset Tracing And Judgment Enforcement To Get Results

After years of hard-fought litigation, most claimants are thrilled to obtain a final and enforceable judgment or arbitration award. However, more often than one thinks, this excitement is followed by the disappointing realization that the defendant has little interest in voluntarily satisfying the award.

This article explores how a judgment creditor might consider creating an enforcement strategy by leveraging an asset trace report. While the research focuses on identifying assets, the ultimate strategy requires a thoughtful engagement between asset tracers and counsel—often across multiple jurisdictions—to achieve success.

Benefiting from an Asset Trace Report

Third-party researchers are often terrific at mapping out assets of the defendant in the hopes of identifying a path to recovery, it is however critical to integrate an experienced asset tracing team and dedicated enforcement lawyers to leverage the findings and develop a strategy to execute the campaign.