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Civil Procedure

Aug. 21, 2026

Now what? Insights into life and litigation post-judgment

A judgment for or against your client is a piece of paper. It may or may not be valuable. Either way, it is far from the end of the fight.

Timothy R. Laquer

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FROST LLP

Phone: (424) 254-0441

Email: tim@frostllp.com

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Now what? Insights into life and litigation post-judgment
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You concluded a jury trial and the jury awarded your client $500,000. Or maybe $15,000,000. Or maybe the award was against your client. Or maybe you got a default judgment from the court because the defendant refused to even participate. Or maybe your client is the defaulted debtor because they were not aware of the litigation or thought it wouldn't be a big deal.

The scenarios are numerous, but the considerations end up being similar: What happ...

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