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 […]
Legal Ethics
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A.M. No. 02-1-27-MCTC – 431 Phil. 408 – 381 SCRA 655 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Grave Misconduct – MTCs cannot issue hold-departure ordersPolitical Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Right to Travel; Freedom of Movement In 1998, two criminal cases were filed before the […]
A.C. No. 12820 – Legal Ethics – Administrative Cases Against Lawyers – Violation of the Notarial Rules – Affiants Must personally Appear before Notary Public In November 2013, several individuals went to the law office of Atty. Jonathan Tambol bringing with them affidavits for notarization. In the affidavits for notarization, […]
A.C. No. 13453 – 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 complaint which he intended […]
A.M. No. 09-2-19-SC – 599 Phil. 258 – 580 SCRA 106 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Grave Misconduct – Leaking Unpromulgated Decisions Justice Ruben Reyes was the original ponente of G.R. Nos. 178831-32, G.R. No. 179120, G.R. Nos. 179132-33, and G.R. Nos. 179240-41. These cases were consolidated. These […]
B. M. No. 1036 – 451 Phil. 428 – 451 SCRA 428 – Legal Ethics – Practice of Law – Who May Practice Law – Unauthorized Practice Of Law Edwin Rana passed the 2000 Bar Examinations. He was scheduled to take his oath on 22 May 2001. But on 21 […]
G.R. No. 175999 – 762 Phil. 434 – 761 SCRA 156 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Rule 137 – Inhibitions of a Judge – Prior participation as a prosecutor by a judge Nelson Lai was convicted of murder. He filed a motion for reconsideration where he raised the […]
A.M. No. RTJ-21-018 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – New Code of Judicial Conduct – Integrity – Propriety – Improper Facebook Posts by a Judge Judge Romeo Atillo, Jr. maintains a Facebook profile page. He posted pictures of him where he was half-naked revealing tattoos on his torso. Apparently, […]
A.C. No. 5355 – 678 Phil. 305 – 662 SCRA 103 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Code of Professional Responsibility – Disbarment Proceedings as Sui Generis Daniel Liangco was a judge in San Fernando, Pampanga. He was dismissed from the bench in 2000 for various infractions. The Supreme […]
B.M. No. 2540 – 718 Phil. 286 – 706 SCRA 264 – Legal Ethics – The Legal Profession – Admission to the Bar – Signing in the Roll of Attorneys Michael Medado passed the 1979 bar exams. He took his oath but was not able to attend his scheduled roll […]
G.R. No. L-27394 – 34 SCRA 370 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees – Attorney’s Lien Atty. Armando Ampil was the lawyer of Angela Perez. Atty. Ampil won several cases for Angela but the latter was yet to pay Atty. Ampil. As such, Atty. Ampil held on to three certificates […]
A.C. No. 620 – 155 Phil. 33 – 56 SCRA 30 – Legal Ethics – Duty of a lawyer to update his client of the status of the case Jose Alcala engaged the services of Atty. Honesto De Vera to defend him in a civil case. On April 17, 1963, […]
A.C. No. 9872 – 725 Phil. 358 – 714 SCRA 586 – Legal Ethics – Duty of Lawyer to Account for Client’s Money Canon 16 applies sans lawyer-client relationship In April 2006, Hilda Presbitero engaged the services of Atty. Ivan Solidum, Jr. to help her in the quieting of her […]
A.M. No. 1000 – 161 Phil. 437 – 69 SCRA 336 – Legal Ethics – Effect of Pardon on Pending Disbarment Case In 1966, Atty. Saturnino Parcasio was convicted of robbery with intimidation. His appeals were denied. He began serving his sentence in November 1970. Meanwhile, a disbarment case was […]
A.C. No. 6672 – 614 Phil. 327 – 598 SCRA 133 – Legal Ethics – Unethical Solicitation of Legal Business In 2005, Atty. Pedro Linsangan filed an administrative complaint against Atty. Nicomedes Tolentino alleging that Atty. Tolentino, through his paralegal Fe Marie Labiano, “pirated” a client of Atty. Linsangan. Said […]
A.M. No. P-01-1466 – 457 Phil. 363 – 410 SCRA 282 – Political Law – Administrative Law – “Just Debts” Defined Judicial Ethics – Court Employees – High Ethical Standards Law on Public Officers – Civil Service – Duties of Public Officers In 1997, Joel Feraren, Sheriff III of the […]