Perfecting Judgments and Reaching Assets: A Practical Guide to Pre- and Post-Judgment Collection

Mr. Mayer earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas in 1973, and his B.A. from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1970, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1973 and is licensed to practice in all Texas State Courts; the U.S. District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas; the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Mayer has been Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization from 1989 to the present and holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating.

Mr. Mayer has been a Member of the Commercial Law League of America since 1974 and is a Member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association.

Mr. Mayer's representative cases include Freeman v. Northwest Acceptance Corp., 754 F.2d 553 (5th Cir. Tex. 1985); Silver Threads, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America, 530 S.W.2d 874 (Tex. Civ. App.Houston [1st Dist.] 1975); In re Mark D. Smith, 397 B.R. 810 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. 2008); and In re Triplex Marine Maintenance, Inc., 258 B.R. 659 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. 2000). He is an extensively published author and speaker on creditors' rights, judgment enforcement, and bankruptcy topics, with publications and presentations including Fraudulent Transfers (State Bar of Texas Collections and Creditors' Rights Course, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016; University of Houston Law Foundation, 2007–2009; and NBI, 2012); Strategies on Enforcing Judgments – Judgment Liens, Execution, Garnishment (Rossdale CLE, 2014, 2015, 2019, and 2020); Asset Searches and Impact of Bankruptcy on Judgment Enforcement (Lorman Education Services, Judgment Enforcement in Texas, 2012); Making Your Judgment More Than Just a Judgment (South Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Litigation Institute, 1989); Post Judgment Discovery (State Bar of Texas Collections and Creditor's Rights Course, 2005); Post Judgment Remedies (Houston Bar Association, 1993; University of Houston Law Center, 2006); Post Judgment Remedies: Tips for Litigators From a Creditors' Rights Attorney (State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, 2006); Prejudgment Remedies – Garnishment, Attachment, Sequestration, Distress Warrants, Temporary Restraining Orders and Temporary Injunctions (Texas State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Course, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990; Texas State Bar Debt Collection Institute, 1987); Extraordinary Remedies – Sequestration, Receivership, Garnishment, Attachment and Distress Warrants (Texas Center for the Judiciary, 2003); Bankruptcy Strategies for Creditors (Texas Bar Collections and Creditors' Rights Course, 2009 and 2019); Collection of Out of State Judgments (NBI, 2012); Collection Law Update in Texas (Lorman, 2015); Fair Debt Collection Practices (College of the State Bar Summer School, 2014) and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (NBI, 2012); Ten Commandments of Ethical Collections (Houston Bar Association, 2012; State Bar of Texas, 2013, 2014, and 2015; College of the State Bar Summer School, 2014); Ethics for Collection Attorneys and Their Staff (University of Texas School of Law, 2012); Ethical Issues Related to Debt Collection and Enforcement of Judgments (Rossdale CLE, 2011); Using the UCC in Litigation (State Bar of Texas Advanced Collections and Creditors' Rights Course, 2017); Article 2 Cases and Excuses (University of Texas School of Law, 2010); Introducing Physical Evidence at Trial (NBI, 2022); Proper Closing Procedures (NBI, 2024); Real Property Foreclosure: An In-Depth Walk-Through With Legal Considerations (NBI, 2009); and What Is a Payment in the Ordinary Course of Business? – Preference Defense of Section 547(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, 94 Commercial Law Journal 358 (Fall 1989), among numerous other CLE presentations spanning commercial evictions, summary judgments, demand and notice letters, dischargeability actions, creditors' defenses during bankruptcy, mediation and settlement strategies, and business records as evidence.