Case number: 2:25-bk-22922 - KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC - Wisconsin Eastern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC

  • Court

    Wisconsin Eastern (wiebke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    G. Michael Halfenger

  • Filed

    05/21/2025

  • Last Filing

    11/19/2025

  • Asset

    No

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
PlnDue, JNTADMN, NTCAPR, SCHEDULESDUE, MUA



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 25-22922-gmh

Assigned to: G. Michael Halfenger
Chapter 11
Voluntary
No asset


Date filed:  05/21/2025
341 meeting:  07/17/2025
Deadline for objecting to discharge:  08/29/2025

Debtor In Possession

KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC

6991 State Road 76
Neenah, WI 54956
Tax ID / EIN: 47-4133913

represented by
Evan Schmit

Kerkman & Dunn
839 North Jefferson Street, Suite 400
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-277-8200
Email: eschmit@kerkmandunn.com

Jerome R. Kerkman

Kerkman & Dunn
839 N. Jefferson Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3744
414-277-8200
Fax : 414-277-0100
Email: jkerkman@kerkmandunn.com

Nicholas Kerkman

Kerkman & Dunn
839 N. Jefferson St
Suite 400
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-277-8200
Fax : 414-277-0100
Email: nkerkman@kerkmandunn.com

Tyler M. Jones

Kerkman & Dunn
839 N Jefferson St.
Suite #400A
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-277-8200
Email: tjones@kerkmandunn.com

U.S. Trustee

Office of the U. S. Trustee

517 East Wisconsin Ave.
Room 430
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-297-4499
represented by
Dillon J. Ambrose

DOJ
517 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 430
Milwaukee, WI 53202
202-702-8738
Email: dillon.j.ambrose@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
11/19/2025298Certificate of Service Debtors' Second Motion & Notice to Extend TIme to File Plan and Obtain Acceptance filed by Nicholas Kerkman on behalf of KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC
(RE: 296).
. (Kerkman, Nicholas) (Entered: 11/19/2025)
11/19/2025297Notice of Appearance and Request for Notice with Certificate of Service filed by Michael Acevedo on behalf of Fifth Third Bank, N.A.. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service) (Acevedo, Michael) (Entered: 11/19/2025)
11/18/2025296Second Motion to Extend Exclusivity Period for Filing a Chapter 11 Plan and Disclosure Statement and Obtain Acceptance of a Plan with Notice of Motion filed by Nicholas Kerkman of Kerkman & Dunn on behalf of Debtor In Possession KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC. Objections due by 12/15/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of Second Motion to Extend the Debtors' Exclusive Period to File a Plan of Reorganization and to Obtain Approval of a Plan) (Kerkman, Nicholas) (Entered: 11/18/2025)
11/15/2025295BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document (RE: 292 Order on Application for Compensation). Notice Date 11/15/2025. (Admin.) (Entered: 11/15/2025)
11/15/2025294BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document (RE: 291 Order on Application for Compensation). Notice Date 11/15/2025. (Admin.) (Entered: 11/15/2025)
11/13/2025293
Order:
On October 30, 2025, the debtor moved to amend the court's July 29 order on adequate protection; the October 30 order requests, among other things, that the court reduce the amount of adequate protection payments to Mitsubishi HC. ECF No. 279 at 6. Mitsubishi timely objected, contending principally that the debtor's motion appears based on a misunderstanding of fact. The debtor must file a response to the objection. In order to afford the parties an opportunity to resolve the dispute amicably and because the motion's response deadline is November 18 (thus has not passed), the court orders the debtor to respond to Mitsubishi's objection by no later than December 5, 2025. If the parties do not expect to resolve their dispute by then, they must meet and confer to discuss whether discovery and an evidentiary hearing may be warranted and, if so, the nature and timing of any such proceedings. On or before December 5, 2025, the parties (either jointly or individually) must file reports of their expectations about discovery and the means of adjudicating this dispute -- unless they have resolved their dispute by before then and file by the same deadline a stipulation or other proof that the matter is resolved.

s/ G. Michael Halfenger
Chief Bankruptcy Judge

(RE: 279 Motion to Amend Order Granting Motion to Determine Adequate Protection to Secured Equipment Financing Creditors on a Permanent Basis (ECF 157) Relating to Mitsubishi HC Captial and Midland States Bank, 290 Objection). (Halfenger, G.) (Entered: 11/13/2025)
11/13/2025292Order Awarding Abacus Group, LLC Compensation and Reimbursement and Allowing Administrative Expenses (Related Doc # 262). (jam, Deputy Clerk) (Signed: 11/13/2025) (Entered: 11/13/2025)
11/13/2025291Order Awarding Kerkman & Dunn Compensation and Reimbursement and Allowing Administrative Expenses (Related Doc # 261). (jam, Deputy Clerk) (Signed: 11/13/2025) (Entered: 11/13/2025)
11/13/2025290Objection Filed by Creditor Mitsubishi HC Capital America, Inc. (Re: 279 Motion to Amend Order Granting Motion to Determine Adequate Protection to Secured Equipment Financing Creditors on a Permanent Basis (ECF 157) Relating to Mitsubishi HC Captial and Midland States Bank filed by Debtor In Possession KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC)with Notice and Certificate of Service (With attachments) (Carter, William) (Entered: 11/13/2025)
11/10/2025289Proposed Order Approving First Interim Application for Allowance and Payment of Fees Of Abacus Group LLC RE: 262 - Application for Compensation/Monthly Invoices filed by Attorney Nicholas Kerkman of Kerkman & Dunn on behalf of KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC. (Kerkman, Nicholas) (Entered: 11/10/2025)