Welcome to the Milwaukee Bankruptcy Center


Representing Debtors in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Does your paycheck run out before your bills do? Are money problems keeping you up at night? Do you owe more than you are able to pay? Are collectors calling you at home and work? Are utility companies threatening you with disconnection? Have you lost your driver’s license because of an unpaid auto accident judgment? The Milwaukee Bankruptcy Center can help. Call today and sleep well tonight!

Each year thousands of Wisconsin residents wipe out their debts by filing bankruptcy. The Milwaukee Bankruptcy Center can help you get a fresh start.

At the Milwaukee Bankruptcy Center we care about you. Attorney Peter J. Zwiefelhofer will take the time to listen to you. Pete will handle your case from start to finish. You will not be passed off to an unknowledgeable junior associate or paralegal. If you have questions call us and talk directly to Pete.

The Milwaukee Bankruptcy Center represents people who live in the greater metropolitan Milwaukee area including the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Ozaukee and Racine.



What Is Bankruptcy?

Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which a person who cannot pay his or her bills can get a fresh financial start. The right to file for bankruptcy is provided by federal law. Filing bankruptcy immediately stops all of your creditors from seeking to collect debts from you.



What Can Bankruptcy Do for Me?

A Wisconsin bankruptcy filing may make it possible for you to:

• Eliminate the legal obligation to pay most or all of your debts. This is called a "discharge" of debts. It is designed to give you a fresh financial start.
  
• Stop wage garnishment, creditor phone calls, debt collection harassment, and similar creditor actions to collect a debt.
  
• Restore or prevent termination of utility service.
  
• Stop foreclosure on your house or mobile home and allow you an opportunity to catch up on missed payments. (Bankruptcy does not, however, automatically eliminate mortgages and other liens on your property without payment.)
  
• Prevent repossession of a car or other property, or force the creditor to return property even after it has been repossessed.