Jake Mathis, founder of Southern Reins Logistics, says he’s been fighting for months to recover the funds owed to him by Marquee, a once-prominent party and event supplier.Mathis, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, began working with Marquee’s Dallas office last year, handling transportation services for large-scale events. At first, the partnership seemed promising, with Marquee paying upfront for his services.
"I have 30 employees and those 30 employees have husbands and wives and kids that they’re trying to feed and put food on their table and that’s a big responsibility for someone like me to carry. So that’s why this hurts so much and that’s why I’m fighting as hard as I’m fighting because they have tons of private equity backing them."Just before the closure of Marquee’s Chicago warehouse, Event Works announced it had acquired some of the company’s assets.