In Re Wigenton

This disciplinary matter was commenced by a 2006 complaint filed by the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) charging respondent, Kevin P. Wigenton of Red Bank, who was admitted to the bar in this State in 1992, with two instances of knowing misappropriation of trust funds, six instances of knowing misappropriation of escrow funds, and representing the seller while serving as a real estate broker in the same real estate transaction. A 2007 amendment to the complaint, in pertinent part, added four additional instances of knowing misappropriation of client and escrow funds. The counts related to…