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Lawyer is ordered to tell future clients he is a crook, cheat, thief and liar

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//November 25, 2015//

Lawyer is ordered to tell future clients he is a crook, cheat, thief and liar

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//November 25, 2015//

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A Wisconsin judge who sentenced a lawyer to five days in jail on Thursday thought it appropriate to continue the punishment with a condition he deemed a “moving jail.” Judge Philip Kirk of Waupaca County told Appleton lawyer Michael Petersen that during his 12 months of probation he will have to inform every client that he is a crook, cheat, thief and liar: http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2015/11/19/judge-lashes-out-defense-attorneys-sentencing/75927552/

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