A.C. No. 7732 – 601 Phil. 470 – 582 SCRA 474 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Constitutional Commissions – Commission on Elections – The COMELEC Chair and the Commissioners may only be removed by impeachment Legal Ethics – Disbarment – When not proper In 2007, an election case […]
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A.C. No. 13132 – 934 Phil. 922 – Legal Ethics – Propriety – A lawyer must obey the laws – A lawyer committing VAWC may be disbarred Teodora Altobano-Ruiz filed a disbarment complaint against her husband, Atty. Wilfredo Ruiz, and two other lawyers, Attys. Cherry Anne Dela Cruz and Francisco […]
887 Phil. 255 – A.C. No. 10699 – Legal Ethics – CPRA – Fidelity; Propriety – A lawyer must honor contractual obligations Wilfredo Caballero, an employee of the National Food Authority, was awarded a low-cost housing unit by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in January 1995, through a P216,000 […]
A.C. No. 13674 – 844 Phil. 453 – Legal Ethics – CPRA – Propriety; Accountability – Lawyers must be of good moral character; keeping a mistress Monette Manauis-Taggueg filed an administrative complaint against her husband, Atty. Vincenzo Nonato M. Taggueg, alleging gross immorality. They were married on 6 June 2002, […]
A.C. No. 13521 – 943 Phil. 27 – Legal Ethics – Canon II; Propriety – Responsible Use of Social Media – Disrespectful Language – A lawyer may be preventively suspended by the Supreme Court On December 13, 2021, a video surfaced online showing Atty. Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon directing profane, misogynistic, […]
A.C. No. 13630 – Legal Ethics – CPRA; Canon III; Fidelity – Dishonesty; Non-existent cases; Defrauding clients Prohibition on Lending and Borrowing In 2012, Alifer Pante hired the services of Atty. Jose Allan Tebelin for an annulment of marriage case. The agreed price was Php200k. Pante was able to give […]
A.C. No. 13226 – 930 Phil. 518 – Legal Ethics – Rule 138; Section 27 – Deceit – Use of fake court decision Jocelyn Bartolome and Atty. Remigio Rojas were college friends who rekindled their friendship in 2010 when they chanced each other online. Bartolome narrated to Rojas that she […]
A.C. No. 10372 – Legal Ethics – Rule 138; Sec. 27 – Disbarment; Failure to Comply – Required Sworn Statement of Non-Practice of Law before Re-admission Aurora Ladim and several of her co-employees filed an administrative case against Atty. Perla Ramirez for the latter’s ill-treatment against them and other tenants […]
A.C. No. 14203 – Legal Ethics – Fidelity – Duty to Account – A lawyer must not dispense illegal advice Mamerta Lizada and three others were owners of parcels of land in Cebu sought to be expropriated by the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) in 1981. Lizada et al. hired […]
A.C. No. 12880 – 916 Phil. 174 – Legal Ethics – Conflict of Interest; Double-dealing Lawyer – Extrinsic Fraud In 2008, the Lanao del Norte Electric Cooperative (LANECO), through its board members (Reinario Bihag et al.) engaged the services of Atty. Edgardo Era for purposes of questioning the 1993 Provincial […]
A.C. No. 8471 – Legal Ethics – Falsification of a court order by a lawyer In 2006, Atty. Maglalang was paid Php100k by a client in a petition for nullity of marriage case. Atty Maglalang assured the client that he will have the marriage annulled in three months. In the […]
A.C. No. 6792 – 515 Phil. 635 – 480 SCRA 1 – Legal Ethics – Practice of Law – Disbarment; Commission of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude – Homicide may or may not be a crime involving moral turpitude Robert Soriano, a taxi driver, and Atty. Manuel Dizon had […]
A.C. No. 5315 – 393 Phil. 188 – Legal Ethics – Duties of a lawyer – The Lawyer and his client – Misappropriation of Client’s Funds In 1997, Modesto Cunanan’s son, Andrew Philip Cunanan, died in the United States. Modesto, an American, needed to settle his immigration case with the […]
A.C. No. 561 – 19 SCRA 815 – Legal Ethics – Disbarment – Moral Turpitude; Estafa Atty. Isidro Vinzon and his wife were convicted of estafa. The Solicitor General received information of Vinzon’s conviction and he initiated a disbarment case against Vinzon. Vinzon averred that the estafa case does not […]
43 Phil. 293 – Legal Ethics – Disbarment – Moral Turpitude – Effect of Absolute Pardon In 1918, Atty. Marcelino Lontok was convicted of bigamy. Bigamy is a crime involving moral turpitude. In 1921, Lontok was pardoned by the Governor-General. The Attorney-General, however, sought for the disbarment of Atty. Lontok […]
A.C. No. 13453 – 930 Phil. 538 – Legal Ethics – Legal Profession – Code of Professional Responsibility – Rule 8.01 – Improper Social Media Posts May Result in a Lawyer’s Suspension or Disbarment In January 2019, Atty. Berteni Causing posted on his Facebook account a draft of a plunder […]