I second dee_dub - in my experience, collection law firms are usually able to settle for less than the judgment amount so contact them to see what type of options you have.
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There are a lot of factors that may come into play - first being what state are you located in? just a few of the others I can think of off the top of my mind are did you get paid more in the beginning because you brought your own clients to the new business? did you do the...