This op-ed article is in response to the recent New Jersey Law Journal article titled “What To Do About Lawyers Who Take Client’s Funds? High Court Weighs Leniency.” We believe the article misses the mark in terms of the tone and overlooking the important factors of why rehabilitation is important. The New Jersey Supreme Court is reevaluating whether disbarment in New Jersey should be permanent based upon the facts in the In re Wade matter. We had handled the Wade decision from the hearing through to the Supreme Court’s disbarment order. 

Instead of focusing on the fact that the proposed report is a positive step that brings New Jersey in compliance with 41 fellow states, the District of Columbia and the ABA guidelines that all provide a pathway for disbarred attorneys to return to the practice, the article’s tone was primarily aimed at the court potentially retreating from the Wilson rule.

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