Attorneys: Refer or Sell a Client’s Judgment
Your client won their case and still hasn’t been paid. We buy California commercial judgments — or work directly with counsel on the sale process.
$10,000 minimum · Commercial judgments · Attorney referrals welcome
Judgment sales for attorneys and their clients
Litigation attorneys regularly see clients who won in court and walked away with a judgment they can’t collect. Contingency enforcement is expensive, slow, and not always available. Judgment buyers offer an alternative — a lump sum now, with no further client involvement required.
We work with attorneys directly. You can submit a client’s judgment for evaluation, receive our offer, and advise your client on whether to accept. The assignment of judgment is a standard two-page California form — straightforward to review.
What qualifies
We evaluate California commercial judgments in this category including:
- Commercial contract breach judgments — B2B disputes where your client won a money judgment.
- Commercial lease default judgments — Landlord clients with commercial tenant judgments.
- Contractor and construction judgments — Your contractor or developer client who won and hasn’t collected.
- Business fraud and conversion judgments — Intentional tort judgments in commercial cases.
- Commercial loan default judgments — Lender clients holding judgments on defaulted commercial loans.
Minimum face value: $10,000. California superior court commercial judgments only.
Working with attorneys
If you represent a judgment creditor, we work directly with counsel. You can submit on behalf of your client, receive our offer, and advise them on whether to accept. We’re familiar with assignment of judgment documentation and can work within whatever process your client relationship requires.
Referral arrangement: If you regularly encounter clients with judgments that fall outside what you handle, we’re open to a referral relationship. Contact us to discuss.
What makes a referral case strong
Not every judgment referral is created equal, and our offer reflects the realistic enforcement picture. If you want a baseline first, sell your California judgment covers the basic offer. Cases that move quickest and command our best offers share a set of features:
- The judgment is recent. Under three years old typically. Recent judgments have not yet hit the period where debtor circumstances change materially — the assets identified during litigation are more likely to still be there.
- The debtor has identifiable California assets. Real property, an active bank account, wage income from a known employer, or an ongoing business operation in California. We need something to enforce against.
- A personal guaranty is on record. When the underlying transaction included a personal guaranty from the principal, enforcement options expand significantly beyond whatever the corporate debtor holds.
- Easy enforcement avenues have not been exhausted. Cases where the creditor has already run a full enforcement campaign — multiple levies, examinations of judgment debtor, third-party subpoenas — often come back with a lower offer because the easy recoveries are gone. The earlier an attorney brings a case to us, the more options we have. See how we value a judgment.
Cases where the debtor is genuinely judgment-proof — no real property, exempt income only, no banking we can locate, no guarantors with assets — may come back with a low offer or a pass. We are direct about that. Attorneys who refer early can give their clients an honest comparison: sell now for certainty, or pursue enforcement over a timeline measured in months or years. For specific case types we frequently see, including commercial lender judgments.
FAQ
Do you pay referral fees to attorneys?
We don’t pay referral fees — that creates State Bar compliance issues. We work with attorneys as part of the sale process on behalf of their clients. If you have clients with judgments that fit our criteria, contact us to discuss how we work with counsel.
Can we submit on behalf of a client without disclosing the purchase price to them first?
We give the offer directly to whoever submits the evaluation. How you present it to your client is between you and them. We don’t contact the judgment holder directly without your instruction if you’ve made clear you’re submitting on their behalf.
My client’s judgment is on appeal. Can you evaluate it?
We don’t purchase judgments that are actively on appeal. Once the appeal is resolved and the judgment is final, submit it for evaluation.
We have a judgment lien on real property already. Does that change the analysis?
Significantly yes — in your favor. A recorded abstract of judgment creating a lien on real property means the debt gets paid when the property sells or refinances. Real property collateral increases the value of the judgment substantially.
Is there a referral fee for attorneys who send us cases?
We do not pay referral fees — California Rule of Professional Conduct 7.2 limits what attorneys can accept for client referrals, and we keep clear of that line entirely. Attorneys can continue to represent the creditor client in the assignment transaction and charge their own fee for that work. We deal with the creditor directly on the purchase itself.
What does the referral process look like from intake to close?
The attorney connects the creditor with us by email or phone. The creditor submits a brief evaluation packet (judgment, case summary, what is known about the debtor). We respond with an offer within one business day. If the creditor accepts, we send an assignment-of-judgment agreement; the creditor signs and returns. Funds are wired within three to five business days of signed assignment. See how we buy judgments for the full process.
Submit a judgment for evaluation
Attorney referral or direct submission. Commercial judgment, $10,000 or more. Free evaluation, one business day response.