Legal Question in Business Law in New York

Re: Gallery refuses to pay artists

You and your seven co-artists can probably sue this gallery owner personally in small claims. You don't need (or want to pay) a lawyer for a small claims action. Assuming you win, you'll have a money judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction and you can use that to attach ... bank accounts, real estate, car, any titled asset like that. Attachments can lead to clouds on titles and/or garnishments, which will get you paid -- possibly with post-judgment interest.

If the owner owes all of you an aggregate of more than $15K, you can band together and sue him in NY's court of general jurisdiction (the Supreme Court) for the total amount owed, rather than going after him in small claims if all of you want to do that. It's an option to consider. Supreme court cases tend to get taken more seriously by defendants than do small claims actions.

Good luck!

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