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 […]
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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 […]
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. 10579 – 749 Phil. 576 – 744 SCRA 242 – Legal Ethics – Borrowing From Clients Not Appropriate Civil Claims Cannot Be Litigated in a Disbarment Suit In 2009, Erlinda Foster engaged the services of Atty. Jaime Agtang in a realty dispute in Ilocos Norte. Agtang’s acceptance fee […]
A.C. No. 6148 – 468 Phil. 148 – 424 SCRA 42 – Legal Ethics – Disbarment Case is Sui Generis – Immoral and Deceitful Conduct In 1982, Edmundo Macarrubo married Helen Esparza. In 1986, he began his career as a lawyer. However in 1991, Macarrubo married Florence Teves while his […]
A.C. No. 5161 – 471 Phil. 1 – 427 SCRA 108 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Settlement of Estate – Extrajudicial Settlement – Exclusion of an heir Legal Ethics – Disbarment – Deceitful Conduct – Giving Illegal Advice The parents of Isidra Ting-Dumali died intestate and they […]
A.C. No. 7940 – 686 Phil. 351 – Legal Ethics – Problem Areas in Legal Ethics – Moral Turpitude – Disbarment In May 2008, the Supreme Court, in G.R. No. 161455 (Pactolin vs Sandiganbayan), affirmed the conviction of Atty. Rodolfo Pactolin for violation of Article 172 of the Revised Penal […]
A.C. No. 7591 – 684 Phil. 463 – 668 SCRA 441 – Legal Ethics – Gross Misconduct – Malpractice of Law – Misconduct In 2007, Corazon Nevada, filed a disbarment case against Atty. Rodolfo Casuga. Nevada alleged the following: That Atty. Casuga acquired several pieces of jewelry from her; the […]
A.C. No. 4428 – 678 Phil. 195 – 662 SCRA 1 – Legal Ethics – Pardon Does Not Bar Sanction Against an Erring Lawyer – Moral Depravity – Grossly Immoral Conduct Atty. George Florendo was the lawyer of spouses Elpidio and Ma. Elena Tiong. Elpidio, a US citizen, is often […]
A.C. No. 2152 – 196 SCRA 10 – Legal Ethics – A lawyer shall do no falsehood In 1966, Atty. Escolastico Viola assisted Felicidad Alvendia et al. in filing a petition against Teodoro Chavez where he sought to have the Alvendias be declared as bona fide lessees in a land […]
A.M. No. 3249 – 179 SCRA 680 – Legal Ethics – Moral Delinquency In 1985, Atty. Laurence Cordova, while being married to Salvacion Delizo and with two children, left his wife and children to cohabit with another married woman. In 1986, Salvacion and Cordova had a reconciliation where Cordova […]
A.M. No. 145 – 100 Phil. 610 – Legal Ethics – Lawyer may be disbarred even if transgression is not one enumerated by law In 1952, Atty. Anacleto Aspiras introduced himself as a single man to Josefina Mortel. Josefina believed it and she let Anacleto court her. Anacleto, with […]
A.M. No. 1608 – 106 SCRA 591 – Legal Ethics – Gross Immoral Conduct – Breach of promise to marry In 1970, when Segundino Maniwang was still a law student, he had a relationship with Magdalena Arciga, then a medical technology student. They started having a sexual relationship in 1971. In […]
A.C. No. 547 – 159 Phil. 171 – 63 SCRA 667 – Legal Ethics – Grossly Immoral Act; Intimacy between a man and a woman Emerenciana Reyes and Felipe Wong were classmates in the college of law at MLQ University in 1960. Wong and Reyes became sweethearts. Later on, Wong […]