Can I sue the owner of my former bankrupt employer for unpaid wages?
I worked for a company that laid us all off one day, and then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the next day. No employee has received their last paycheck for time worked and it’s been more than 7 months. I know we are priority, but it seems highly likely that the company will end up filing for Chapter 7 (they are pretty much not doing any business right now and cannot even agree on a BK plan because they say they don’t have enough money) and that there won’t be enough money in the estate to pay us.
Many of us employees saw very skeptical things while working there, and it is rumored that the owner transferred money from the business into his personal account right before the bankruptcy. Are we able to sue the owner personally? And if so, do we have to wait until after we "officially" receive nothing?
Go for it, get a good lawyer.