A proposed two-year suspension was approved by the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board

The stipulation contained respondent’s no contest plea to the factual allegations and allegations of professional misconduct as set forth in the notice of filing of judgment of conviction and formal complaint. Specifically, the formal complaint alleged that respondent committed misconduct during his representation of two separate clients seeking assistance in their divorce matters, including showing one client orders purportedly issued by Lenawee County Circuit Court, that were in fact created, stamped, and signed by respondent. The notice of filing of judgment of conviction sets forth that respondent was convicted by guilty plea of willful neglect of duty – public officer, a misdemeanor, in violation of MCL 740.478, in People v Robert Scott Allen Baker, 2A District Court, Case No. 222067.

(Mike Frisch)