In 2009, a lawyer filed a lawsuit on my behalf in Travis County against my former employer, who owed me money. We sued both the company and the owner in small claims for $9,000. According to the lawyer (who I don't believe is dishonest), said the defendant didn't show up in court, so we won a default judgement, both against the company and the individual. However, the problem was an inability to recover any money, since they couldn't find any assets or he filed for bankruptcy maybe. So, I never actually got any money. I think the lawyer said that I'd have a permanent lien on the guy since it was a victory against him as an individual.
Anyway, I don't even think I have confirmation that the suit was followed...that I won...that the guy doesn't have assets...etc. How can I look it up? I see the guy lives nicely in California now and "runs" two companies...he started one and is CEO at another one. How do I get money from him? I do have a ORIGINAL PETITION FOR SUIT ON SWORN ACCOUNT & BREACH OF CONTRACT and a VERIFICATION FOR SUIT ON SWORN ACCOUNT, which both list me and the defendant. However, the NO. [______] is blank. So maybe these are the original docs or something.
I'm very clueless. What's up with this? Or how can I get some help?