Matter of Nitti

In In re Goldberg, 109 N.J. 163 (1988), we ordered the disbarment of a compulsive gambler who had knowingly misappropriated client monies to fund his habit. In rejecting respondent Goldberg’s contention that his compulsion should serve to mitigate the discipline to be imposed, we found that the record did not “reflect an impairment of respondent’s will sufficient to excuse or mitigate the knowing misappropriation of clients’ funds.” Id. at 172. We there declared that

[o]ur understanding of the compulsive behavior that led to these misappropriations cannot result in “lowering the barriers to…