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Supreme Court of New Jersey· 12/19/1979

In Re Wilson

Citations

  • 409 A.2d 1153
  • 81 N.J. 451
  • 1979 N.J. LEXIS 1281

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  • stating that mitigating factors -will rarely override requirement of disbarment when attorney misappropriates client’s funds
  • listing reasons why restitution should not be given significant weight as mitigating factor in cases involving conversion of client funds
  • setting forth disbarment as the presumptive sanction in client fund misappropriation cases
  • defining misappropriation as “any unauthorized use by the lawyer of client’s funds entrusted to him including not only stealing, but also unauthorized temporary use for the lawyer’s own purpose, whether or not he derives any personal gain or benefit therefrom”
  • defining misappropriation as “any unauthorized use by the lawyer of client’s funds entrusted to him including not only stealing, but also unauthorized temporary use for the lawyer’s own purpose, whether or not he derives any personal gain or benefit therefrom”
  • defining misappropriation as “any unauthorized use by the lawyer of client’s funds entrusted to him including not only stealing, but also unauthorized temporary use for the lawyer’s own purpose, whether or not he derives any personal gain or benefit therefrom”

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Judges: Wilentz, Sullivan, Pashman, Clifford, Schreiber, Handler, Pollock, Opposed, None

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