Thirty-two years ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued In Re Wilson, a decision that decreed knowing misappropriation of client funds by an attorney must invariably result in a disbarment because of the need to maintain the public confidence in the integrity of the bar and the judiciary. Since then, the "Wilson Rule" has been interpreted by the court, the Office of Attorney Ethics and the Disciplinary Review Board to require permanent loss of a license to practice law without consideration of the circumstances, mitigation in the case or the character or intent of the lawyer. There has not been a single published case where a finding of knowing misappropriation where disbarment was not the penalty.