In the Matter of Driscoll

This bar discipline case is before the court on a reservation and report by a single justice. The Board of Bar Overseers (board) unanimously recommended that we impose a public censure on the attorney for his commingling and use of clients’ funds. Bar Counsel, however, urges a three-year suspension.

Based on a hearing and a stipulation, a hearing committee of the board found the following facts. The attorney, John J. Driscoll (respondent), was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1968. After representing the sellers at a real estate closing on July 7, 1987, the respondent deposited the pro*696ceeds…