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Bankruptcy court

Eastern District of Wisconsin

The Eastern District of Wisconsin is the federal bankruptcy court for 28 counties in Wisconsin, divided into 3 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Milwaukee Division

28 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin — Court Locations: Milwaukee (517 East Wisconsin Avenue) is the district's sole filing clerk's office; Green Bay and Oshkosh are 'HEARINGS ONLY - NO FILINGS ACCEPTED.' The court's 2026 Local Rules contain no divisional/place-of-filing venue rule dividing counties, so the single division of business (Milwaukee) serves all counties statutorily assigned to the Eastern District by 28 U.S.C. § 130.

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How the Eastern District of Wisconsin runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

What the Eastern District of Wisconsin publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 64 this court publishes.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.wieb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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