In re Dawkins

Reuben S. Dawkins appeals from orders of a single justice of this court (1) denying his second petition for reinstatement to the bar and (2) prohibiting him from reapplying for reinstatement for an additional ten years. We affirm.

Procedural background. Dawkins was suspended from the practice of law for six months, effective April 2, 1992, because of his intentional misuse of *1010client funds. Matter of Dawkins, 412 Mass. 90 (1992).1 He petitioned for reinstatement in October, 1992. Bar counsel opposed reinstatement and filed a new petition for discipline that charged Dawkins with numerous…