Florida Bar v. Hawkins

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on petition of Virgil D. Hawkins for leave to resign from The Florida Bar. The Florida Bar has responded in support of this petition on the condition that Hawkins acknowledge the existence of a misappropriation disciplinary action pending against him. He has done so in his amended petition for leave to resign.

Hawkins was admitted to The Florida Bar in November 1976. In 1984, he was publicly reprimanded and placed on two years’ probation for incompetently handling a criminal case and for engaging in conduct involving misrepresentation. The Florida…