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Our bankruptcy firm “The Bankruptcy Law Offices of Richard A. Check, S.C.” was started in 1998 to provide outstanding Bankruptcy Law Protection.Your confidentiality comes first with regard to all financial and legal bankruptcy representation. Our Milwaukee bankruptcy attorneys and professional staff oblige you the respect and special attention you deserve.When you come into our firm, you are immediately among friends. We focus on financial solutions that are in your best interest; we explain the solutions tailored to your situation whether you are an individual or a business seeking bankruptcy relief. Our goal is to position you with hope for the future, and confidence to move forward.11 Locations:. •Milwaukee •Racine  •Fond Du Lac  •Manitowoc. •Sheboygan •West Bend  •Oshkosh. •Green Bay • Wausau •Stevens Point •Appleton

Michael J. Watton is the senior partner at Watton Law Group. As a leading national consumer bankruptcy lawyer, he has guided thousands of clients through bankruptcy and debt consolidation, as well as successfully representing individuals in suits against mortgage servicers, payday lenders, and large financial companies. Mr. Watton is admitted to practice in the state courts of Wisconsin, Colorado, Missouri, Utah, Ohio, Florida, New York, Arkansas, Virginia, Arizona, and Kansas, as well as the federal courts in certain districts of those states and in the US 7th and 8th Circuit Courts of Appeals. Attorney Watton is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, recognizing his high level of professional experience, skill, and integrity. For a client-centered approach to your legal matter, contact Attorney Michael J. Watton at Watton Law Group today.

Michael Hanrahan provides businesses and individuals with legal counsel and advocacy services on a variety of topics, with a primary focus on litigation matters. Mr. Hanrahan is an experienced trial attorney, having represented clients in state and federal courts in more than twenty jury trials and a dozen court trials. He has also represented business clients in Wisconsin administrative proceedings involving discrimination and unemployment compensation claims.. In addition to his extensive courtroom experience, Mr. Hanrahan is a talented brief writer and has handled a number of appeals. For example, Mr. Hanrahan tried a commercial case involving a large industrial metal stamping press to a Jefferson County jury. After receiving a successful jury verdict in favor of his client under Wisconsin’s False Advertising Statute, the defendant appealed. Mr. Hanrahan briefed and argued the case to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with the Court affirming the judgment for his client. (K&S Tool & Die v. Perfection Machinery Sales, 301 109, 732 N.W.2d 792 (2007)). See () The Court’s decision stands as a leading decision under this developing area of law. Mr. Hanrahan has also briefed and argued cases to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.. As part of his civil litigation practice, Mr. Hanrahan regularly represents businesses and individuals regarding covenants not to compete, trade secret matters and confidentiality agreements. He has provided pre-lawsuit legal counseling and contract drafting for covenants not to compete, and judicial briefing and jury trial services as to covenants not to compete. In a recent jury trial involving a covenant not to compete, Mr. Hanrahan obtained a successful jury verdict in favor of his client on a trade secret claim, and, through legal briefing, a judicial declaration of the covenant not to compete’s invalidity, resulting in a complete victory for his client.. During Mr. Hanrahan’s first several years as an attorney, his practice focused on representing insurance companies, and he gained extensive experience in insurance coverage disputes. Since then, he has regularly represented business clients in insurance coverage disputes, including appellate cases. He has also handled professional negligence claims, including medical, dental and accounting malpractice claims. As part of his representation of insurers, Mr. Hanrahan handled a variety of personal injury lawsuits, including negligence and strict product liability cases. With this experience, Mr. Hanrahan has continued to represent clients in personal injury actions, primarily representing injured parties. He has successfully represented individuals in personal injury cases involving food borne illness, products liability and vehicular accidents.. Mr. Hanrahan also has gained significant experience in construction litigation matters. Mr. Hanrahan has represented developers in lawsuits against contractors for breach of contract and building defects. He has also represented contractors who have been forced to utilize their lien rights and pursue claims against developers and/or owners in order to be paid for their work. While in college, Mr. Hanrahan has worked as a laborer for a general contractor, thereby gaining a firsthand understanding of building trades and construction processes and the challenges that come with them.. In representing the firm’s clients over the years, Mr. Hanrahan has also litigated matters involving minority shareholder rights and securities claims. In such matters, Mr. Hanrahan employed business valuation methods and analysis. Such tools have also been valuable in the family law work that Mr. Hanrahan has performed. Often, the most contested issues in a family law matter will involve the valuation of closely held business interests and/or the income that is produced by closely held businesses. In such circumstances, Mr. Hanrahan’s experience as a commercial litigator adds significant value to his representation of family law clients.. While Mr. Hanrahan has the experience to take cases to trial with confidence, he recognizes that litigation can be a time consuming and expensive process. As such, Mr. Hanrahan provides advice and counsel to his clients regarding the potential of settlement throughout the litigation process. He has represented his clients in dozens of mediations, many of which have resulted in satisfactory settlements for his clients. In appropriate circumstances, Mr. Hanrahan uses creative resolution processes. For example, in one case, he negotiated an agreement with the opposing party to settle some aspects of the case, entered binding arbitration for other aspects of the case and tried the remainder of the case to a circuit court jury. Of course, each case is different, and Mr. Hanrahan has shown the ability to be tough when necessary, while continuing to interact with the opposing party in a professional and reasonable manner, thereby keeping the possibility of settlement discussions open at all times.

Matthew J. Linn graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (B.B.A. cum laude in Finance June 1999 and M.B.A. in Leadership and Technology May 2004), and the William Mitchell College of Law, in St. Paul, Minnesota (J.D. May 2007). At law school, Matt was recognized upon graduation for donating 50 or more legal hours to public service and was honored through the Minnesota Justice Foundation's Law School Public Service Program. His law school activities included participation in William Mitchell's nationally ranked clinic program where he represented non-profit entities and provided legal assistance to Minnesota prisoners. Matthew received the school's CALI Excellence for the Future Award and served as the LexisNexis Student Research Assistant.. Prior to enrolling in law school, Matthew was employed by the financial firm Thomson Reuters (FKA Thomson Financial), where he performed business analysis for system design and function of front-end and back office brokerage trading interfaces and their corresponding business applications. After law school, Matthew practiced as an attorney in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before moving to Arizona in 2009 and practicing law in Phoenix.  Matthew returned to Wisconsin in 2014 and practices in the areas of probate, estate planning, bankruptcy, guardianships, family law, real estate, business law and criminal defense.. Matthew's leisure time activities include traveling, as well as developing fluency in the Spanish language.

Jerry has represented businesses and individuals across Wisconsin for over 40 years and has been named to the Wisconsin "Super Lawyers” list for the past nine consecutive years.. Jerry is an experienced attorney whose many legal talents include the ability to draft complex business contracts.  By way of example, Jerry has recently drafted the following for businesses as they being set up, growing, or merging:. Business Organizational Documents, including but not limited to Operating Agreements, Bylaws, and Partnership Agreements. Lease Agreements (real estate and/or equipment). Purchase and Sales Agreement. Limited Warranties. Service Agreements. Non-Compete Agreements. Documents required for Mergers and Acquisitions. Jerry also has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate, including acquisition, development, land use, finance, bank loan documentation, leasing, and exchanges.  Jerry has represented lenders, developers, buyers, sellers, and commercial tenants and landlords.  Jerry is adept at methodically untangling the most complex legal issues and factual situations, including serving as counsel in the largest conservation land sale ever transacted in Wisconsin, and representing a receiver in one of the most comlicated real estate disputes in recent Wisconsin history.. In addition, Jerry’s roots in Wisconsin’s farmland have led him to develop a dairy and farm practice that includes representation of dairy trade groups, dairy cooperatives, and dairy businesses.  This farm and dairy practice includes drafting organizational documents and contracts, providing business advice, and advising on regulatory compliance, especially before the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCAP) and Federal Milk Market Administration.. Jerry graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, magna cum laude, and served as an editor on the law review.

I've been practicing law since 1995, and I love what I do. I love my work because I thrive off of helping others. Though the money is certainly nice and provides a very comfortable lifestyle, I did not become an attorney to get rich - I became one so that I would have an interesting livelihood with which I could validate my own existence in the universe by doing meaningful things for folks in need of help while fully utilizing all of my language and "people" skills. Unlike a lot of other attorneys, I take the time to provide my clients such quality services as making house calls (not just for the sick or elderly), and I personally return each and every client's telephone call and e-mail reasonably promptly, if not immediately. With the exception of bankruptcy-client cases, no one ever touches my files but me. I do have people helping me out at any given time with the administration of my law practice, but only my hands touch my non-bankruptcy files. I am the only one who drafts my criminal-defense and family-law clients' paperwork, not some paralegal. When a client retains me to handle his or her case in court, I am the one who goes to court for that client, not an associate attorney working for me. And I am the one who is in charge of taking and answering my telephone messages on my direct line. I do everything myself for my clients because modern technology allows me to, and because past experiences have taught me that letting somebody else do work on my cases can lead to sloppy carelessness below the high standards that I adopted from half a decade of military service during the cold war. I realize that what I do for people is very serious business; I take each and every client's case equally as seriously, no matter how much or how little is at stake for each one because everybody's case is important. Another reason that I can do everything for my clients myself and take such good care of them personally is because I am very selective with the number of legal matters that I take on at any given time, unlike other lawyers I know who pile so many cases onto their desks that they end up spreading themselves far too thinly to give their clients the close attention, care and results that I give mine! Click  to read a few newspaper articles about some of my legal victories. Also, click  to read a poem that one of my actual clients has published on about the quality of the service and care I provide.

I was raised in both Wisconsin and North Carolina, which explains both my passion for Kringle and love of college hoops. I attended Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) and North Carolina State University(Raleigh, North Carolina) for my undergraduate studies and earned my bachelor's degree from the latter. I was able to study briefly in Krasnodar, Russia, during a very exciting time as that country transitioned out of the cold war.. Along with my family's support and various forms of financial aid, I put myself through college and law school working a variety of jobs such as server, bartender, salesperson, organizational consultant, and as an improvisational comedian. This variety served me well; I learned about various occupations, the value of hard work and how to work smart because my time is valuable.. To complete my formal education, I attended law school at the University of North Carolina School of Law. During those years, I had numerous experiences that helped teach me what it means to be an attorney and an advocate for my clients. During my first summer and during the year, I had the privilege of clerking for my personal legal hero, Raymond Mason Taylor, Esq., of Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Taylor's decades of experience as a respected and successful attorney allowed him to be a mentor to me. His advice still sounds in my head on a nearly daily basis as I perform work for my clients today.. I spent my second law school summer at Pamlico Sound Legal Services. At Pamlico Sound, I assisted clients who were struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd with FEMA and state claims. The work was rewarding and challenging and I extended my internship well beyond the original agreement to continue working with the people of Eastern North Carolina to recover from the storm.. During law school, I also clerked for my criminal law professor, Arnold H. Loewy, and contributed research for his third edition of Criminal Law in a Nutshell (2003).. After three years of course work, participation in Moot Court, involvement in various volunteer activities, and a brief study abroad observing the institutions of the European Union, I was honored with my Juris Doctor in May 2001. â€¨â€¨I started my legal career as a staff attorney at the Indianapolis office of Indiana Legal Services, where I practiced consumer, family, and landlord-tenant law. This experience was invaluable. Because Legal Services provides free legal services to qualified individuals, the budget was not extensive. I was able to choose interesting cases and dive right in to practicing law whereas in a more traditional firm environment I might have been expected to spend more time observing or supporting more experienced attorneys.. I moved to Chicago in 2003 to take a job with a growing law firm specializing in consumer bankruptcy. I started by taking Chapter 7 and 13 cases and working with clients. Eventually, I managed the practice for Northern Indiana, with offices in Merrillville, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Elkhart, Indiana. Later, at the same firm, I was asked to train and manage a number of offices across the country. I have continued to work with attorneys and clients at my former firm. I have traveled across the United States and worked with people in Manhattan, Miami, Las Vegas, San Francisco and a variety of less exciting locations in between.. In 2010, I moved back to Wisconsin. I chose to live in Milwaukee because of family connections and because I simply love Wisconsin...even when it snows. Fueled by a desire to spend more time with clients and less time in airports, I opened the Law Offices of Deborah A. Stencel in summer 2011.  In 2016, I joined Miller and Miller Law in Milwaukee where I am privileged to work with a team of caring and dedicated professionals.

Christopher J. Ahrens is a partner and one of the prominent Milwaukee attorneys at The Previant Law Firm, S.C. A proud cum laude graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, Mr. Ahrens’ practice is concentrated in labor relations law and ERISA collections, representing clients in both federal and state courts. From overtime and wage disputes to workplace discrimination and other unfair labor practices, Mr. Ahrens is committed to doing everything in his abilities to fight for his clients’ rights. Call now to secure the representation of the labor law attorney in Milwaukee. Free consultations available

Beth M. Brockmeyer is an attorney in the Milwaukee office and a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy group. She advises clients regarding the intersection of bankruptcy law and business termination, dissolution of marriage, and tax law. Beth provides a sensitive, highly detailed, and individual approach to solving the financial problems of both individuals and businesses. Beth joined the firm in 2021, bringing with her extensive experience in representing individuals and businesses in complex bankruptcy proceedings, along with experience in foreclosure litigation. Beth formerly represented one of the largest US lenders on its residential foreclosure portfolio. She is a speaker and author on various consumer and business bankruptcy topics. Beth is a former board member of the Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditor’s Rights Section of the Wisconsin State bar.

Ben Payne represents both creditors and people and businesses in need of bankruptcy protection. He was one of 2.5% of Wisconsin attorneys selected in 2006, 2007, 2009-2012 as a Rising Star in the field of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights by his peers and the Super Lawyers organization, was selected in 2013-2024 as a Super Lawyer by the same organization, and was named in the 2013-2024 editions of the Best Lawyers in America in the field of bankruptcy and creditor rights .. His clients include hundreds of individuals for whom he has filed Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy cases, as well as banks, credit unions, suppliers, and individuals seeking payment of their claims. He also represents financially troubled businesses trying to restructure their debt, negotiate workouts, sell their assets, file a receivership, or file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.. Ben has an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and received his Juris Doctor from Marquette Law School. He is a frequent lecturer on topics related to bankruptcy law and sits on the board of directors of the Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Creditors’ Rights section of the Wisconsin State Bar. Attorney Payne is admitted to practice in the State of Wisconsin and to the Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the Northern District of Illinois. He has been admitted pro hac vice to Bankruptcy Courts around the country as creditor's counsel in many matters.

Attorney Patrick C. O’Neill is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.  Patrick has tried 90 jury trials and has settled thousands more out of court. He has tried and settled cases worth tens of millions of dollars for his clients. Patrick has achieved the “AV” peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell which signifies the highest level of professional excellence for lawyers practicing more than ten years.  Patrick is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.  He also serves as a Milwaukee County Court Commissioner and is a former board member for the Wisconsin Association for Justice.. In addition to being a full-time practicing attorney, Patrick has led seminars for other lawyers on various aspects of personal injury claims, litigation, and trial work and has also been a visiting lecturer at multiple University of Wisconsin System Campuses for undergraduate legal courses.  His expertise includes twenty eight years of working with injured clients who have suffered injuries in automobile, truck, motorcycle, and aviation accidents.. Patrick, a Whitefish Bay Wisconsin native, graduated from Marquette University High School in 1985. He graduated from St. Norbert College Cum Laude in 1989.  Patrick was a member of the Honors Program and was awarded the National Football Hall of Fame Scholarship. He was a two-time all-conference center on the St. Norbert football team. His teams won the Midwest Athletic Conference Championship in 1985, ’87 and ’88, the year he was team captain.  He is a member of the National Football Foundation National Scholar Athlete Alumni Association.. Patrick later attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he graduated in 1992. He is licensed to practice law in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Iowa and Illinois. He is a member of the Wisconsin Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. Patrick, his wife Carol have three children and live in Whitefish Bay.  He is an active cyclist in his leisure time.

Attorney Kirk M. Fedewa is an associate attorney with Watton Law Group. His legal practice focuses on consumer bankruptcy in Wisconsin. Mr. Fedewa received his law degree from Marquette University in 2014 and his undergraduate degree in Political Science, History, and Broad Field Social Sciences from Wisconsin Lutheran College in 2003. Mr. Fedewa is admitted to practice in in the State Courts of Wisconsin, as well as the Eastern Federal District Court of Wisconsin. He is a dedicated advocate for his clients and works diligently to help them through the nuances of their debt and financial matters.

As the head of the firm’s Banking & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. Seth regularly serves as a court-appointed receiver. He also represents financial institutions, secured and unsecured corporate or individual creditors, and financially troubled corporations in both state and federal courts. He also assists business owners by guiding them through the process of informal financial work-outs and refinancing. Seth has extensive experience serving as court-appointed receiver, and representing court-appointed receivers, throughout the state in assignments for the benefit of creditors (Chapter 128 Receiverships), real estate foreclosures, the wind-up of closely held corporations, and complex post -judgment collection matters. Seth also assists clients with the acquisition or disposition of businesses and/or business assets in insolvency proceedings, as well as representation of both secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings across the country.. Seth Assists Clients With. • Structuring financial transactions and workouts• Representing financial institutions as well as secured and unsecured corporate or individual creditors in state and federal courts• Acquisition or disposition of businesses in insolvency proceedings• Complex post-judgment collection matters. Examples of Seth’s Recent Client Work. • Acting as court-appointed receiver, Seth has handled all aspects of the sale, wind-down, and liquidation of dozens of financially distressed businesses across the state. • Swiftly and efficiently finalized the affairs of a closely held company in his role as receiver by selling a multi-million dollar parcel of partially developed land despite a hotly contested dispute between owners. • Guided a local manufacturing company smoothly and successfully through a situation where the company's key supplier had declared bankruptcy, threatening an interruption in the company's lines of production. • Collected numerous six figure judgements as supplemental receiver. • Served as a Special Master in pending divorce proceeding, whereby he oversaw and administered a multi-million dollar marital estate

Arnold F. Lueders III (“Arnie”) is a well-known attorney licensed to practice law in Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida and Hawaii state and federal courts.. Arnie was born and raised in the Milwaukee area. He is a first generation attorney as his family were all blue-collar factory workers.. Arnie received his B.A. from UW-Parkside in 1991. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Marquette Law School in 1994.. Arnie is married to Sarah Lueders. He has two children (Austin and Adrianna). Arnie and Sarah are supporters of many charitable organizations, including the Milwaukee County Zoo, the Pacific Whale Fountain (Maui, HI) and the Elephant Nature Park (Chiang Mai, Thailand). He loves to travel and exercise.. Arnie started his law career working for private corporations in the areas of real estate, oil and gas, immigration, estate planning and intellectual property, but has focused exclusively on bankruptcy and financial law since 2002.. Arnie’s motto is “treat others how you want to be treated.”. If need help with getting out of debt and getting back on track to a better financial life, contact Arnie at or.