An Appleton attorney from Fond du Lac has had his law license suspended for a year for misrepresenting his client in a robbery case. The state Supreme Court approved the stipulation filed by the Office of Lawyer Regulation and attorney Michael Petersen on nine counts of misconduct against Petersen. Petersen was also ordered to pay the more than $2100 cost of the disciplinary proceeding. Investigators say Petersen lied when he told his client that if he pled guilty the charges would later be amended making him eligible for prison treatment programs. Petersen was accused of doctoring emails between himself and the district attorney’s office and forging a court document with a judge’s signature. Investigators say Petersen later admitted to creating the fake document to get the client “off his back.”
