In Connecticut the LLC/corporate shield does not protect corporate officers/directors/LLC members that involved themselves in tortious conduct...simply because it is beyond the scope of their duties to the corporation/LLC. If the corporate officer/director/LLC member involved himself/herself in a tort regardless whether it was in a personal capacity or a corporate representative capacity...he/she is personally liable for the tort.

Check to see if the forum state has a similar position on this matter. If so, review the fact pattern of your situation to see if it complies with any statutory or common law torts in the forum state. If so, you might consider a tort suit against those corporate officers/directors/LLC members that ordered the work and were responsible for generating payment.

Also check the search orders that you received to see if the client was identified thereon as an LLC or corporation. In Connecticut the party entering into a contract is required to disclose that he/she is acting on behalf of a corporation or LLC as well as the correct identity of the corporation or LLC. If there has been no such disclosure at the time they entered the contract (sent the order) the individual may be personally liable on the contract. It is not a matter of piercing the corporate veil, but rather one of the the defendant's failure to raise the shield in a timely manner. It is easier to win a contract suit than a tort suit.