DHH Washington Office successfully represents U.S. courts in recognition of foreign judgments
Release time：2021-10-07 11:06
In August 2021, the Los Angeles Superior Court of the U.S. made a judgment on the “Application for Recognition of Foreign Judgments by the U.S. Court”represented by DHH Washington Office to recognize an effective Korean Judgment, which made the Plaintiff (our client) could enforce the Defendant’s property in the U.S.
In 2018, a garment enterprise in Zhejiang, China (our client) sued an Korean enterprise to Seoul District Court of South Korea due to it owed a huge payment and our client won it. However, the Defendant had transferred its main assets to California, U.S. Therefore, our client has to find a way to enforce the favorable judgment.
U.S. law provides that foreign judgments shall not be effective in the U.S. until they are recognized by an U.S. court. In December 2020, DHH Washington Office accepted the entrustment and appointed MEI, Liang to represent our client.
In order to maximize the protection of our client's interests, after careful investigation, evidence collection and legal analysis. MEI, Liang locked the Defendant's property in California and immediately filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court of California in January 2021 to request recognition and enforcement of the Korean judgment in accordance with the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
After four trials and hearings, the Los Angeles Superior Court finally recognized the judgement.
Besides this case, DHH Washington Office has also represented a number of applications for recognition of foreign judgments in other courts in the United States.
The success of the case not only recovered the huge loss for the enterprise, but also provided useful experience for the enterprise to deal with the international lawsuit.
In 2018, a garment enterprise in Zhejiang, China (our client) sued an Korean enterprise to Seoul District Court of South Korea due to it owed a huge payment and our client won it. However, the Defendant had transferred its main assets to California, U.S. Therefore, our client has to find a way to enforce the favorable judgment.
U.S. law provides that foreign judgments shall not be effective in the U.S. until they are recognized by an U.S. court. In December 2020, DHH Washington Office accepted the entrustment and appointed MEI, Liang to represent our client.
In order to maximize the protection of our client's interests, after careful investigation, evidence collection and legal analysis. MEI, Liang locked the Defendant's property in California and immediately filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court of California in January 2021 to request recognition and enforcement of the Korean judgment in accordance with the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
After four trials and hearings, the Los Angeles Superior Court finally recognized the judgement.
Besides this case, DHH Washington Office has also represented a number of applications for recognition of foreign judgments in other courts in the United States.
The success of the case not only recovered the huge loss for the enterprise, but also provided useful experience for the enterprise to deal with the international lawsuit.