Brookfield law firm shutting down.

Byline: Erika Strebel, erika.strebel@wislawjournal.com

A large debt-collection firm out of Brookfield is shutting down in the midst of two pending lawsuits in Waukesha County.

BP Peterman Law Group, which previously did business as Blommer Peterman and J Peterman Law Group, also recently laid off employees. Besides Brookfield, the firm has offices in Illinois and Indiana.

The founding partner, James Peterman, and managing partner, Michael Holsen, could not be reached for comment.

Representatives of the firm's parent company, Plutos Sama, of Irvine, California, also could not be reached. That firm acquired BP Peterman in 2016.

The firm's closing comes amid two lawsuits and an eviction proceeding.

BP Peterman's former landlord, 3MG Future Investments, of Brookfield, filed an eviction action on Nov. 5, alleging the firm owed thousands of dollars worth of back rent and hadnot given proper notice that it was terminating its lease for its office space at Suite 100 of 165 Bishops Way in Brookfield. According to online court records, BP Peterman and 5MG Future Investments, which took over the lease last year, reached an agreement approved by the court on Jan. 4.

In a separate lawsuit filed 10 days later, Cream City Process, a Milwaukee process-server, alleged BP Peterman had breached a contract it had calling for...