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IN THE MATTER OF DAWKINS

412 Mass. 90 (1992)

587 N.E.2d 761

IN THE MATTER OF REUBEN S. DAWKINS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold R. Rosenfeld, Bar Counsel, & Nancy E. Kaufman, Assistant Bar Counsel.

Francis J. Harney for the respondent.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

At issue is the appropriate discipline to impose on an attorney who deliberately misused client funds, and thereby caused his client to be temporarily deprived of his liberty pursuant to a capias. The Board of Bar Overseers (board) filed an information in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk recommending (by a five-to-four vote)1 that the respondent, Reuben S. Dawkins, be publicly

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