Matter of Rogers

The District IX Ethics Committee (DEC) filed a presentment against respondent, Lee Jasper Rogers, following an audit and investigation that began after respondent’s bank notified the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) of an overdraft on respondent’s trust account. The DEC found that respondent had knowingly misappropriated funds in two separate real estate matters, one involving the purchase of property by the Hulls, respondent’s clients, from the Homers (count one), and the second involving the collection of rent for respondent’s client Walter Perry (count two). The DEC also determined that…