(DOWNLOAD) "Florida Bar v. Roger E. Whigham" by Supreme Court of Florida " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Florida Bar v. Roger E. Whigham
- Author : Supreme Court of Florida
- Release Date : January 26, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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This disciplinary proceeding is before the Court for consideration of a referee's report finding attorney Roger E. Whigham
guilty of professional misconduct arising from Whigham's mismanagement of trust accounts. The respondent has previously been
disciplined for negligently commingling trust funds with personal funds, and having overdrafts, trust account shortages and
incomplete records. He received a public reprimand and was placed on probation for one year. As a condition of his probation,
Whigham was required to submit quarterly trust account reconciliations and an annual audit. The Florida Bar v. Whigham, 476
So.2d 666 (Fla. 1985). This proceeding arises from Whigham's failure to submit the reconciliations for February and April, 1986, and, as a result,
the subsequent audit of his trust account for the period of October 1, 1984, through October 31, 1986. This audit revealed
that there were overdrafts on several occasions, checks were stamped "Returned NSF," mathematical errors were present on client
ledger cards, monthly trust account reconciliations were not produced for inspection as required, and Whigham had kept approximately
$619 to $753 of his personal funds in his client trust account. There was an apparent shortage in the trust account as of
June 30, 1986, but, on September 8, 1986, the date the account was frozen, it had a balance of $5,101.09. Respondent was also
temporarily suspended on that date.