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	A C. NO. 7504 2007-11-23	VIRGINIA VILLAFLORES v. ATTY. SINAMAR E. LIMOS CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
In cases involving a lawyer's failure to file a brief or other pleadings before an appellate court, we did not hesitate to suspend the erring member of the Bar from the practice of law for three months,[25] six months,[26] or even disbarment in severely aggravated cases.[27]
	AC. NO. 5302 2005-02-18	MARCIAL L. ABIERO v. ATTY. BERNARDO G. JUANINO YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
In Barbuco v. Atty. Beltran, Guiang v. Atty. Antonio,[26] and Sps. Villaluz v. Judge Armenta,[27] the Court suspended counsel for six months upon a finding that their failure to perfect an appeal was inexcusable and persuasively demonstrative of negligence and malpractice, a violation of Rule 18.03 of the Code of Professional Responsibility which declares that "a lawyer shall not neglect a legal matter entrusted to him and his negligence in connection therewith shall render him liable."
	AC. NO. 3882 2004-07-30	LILIA C. RONCAL v. ATTY. ORLANDO C. PARAY TINGA, J,
Rule 18.03 of the Code of Professional Responsibility provides that "a lawyer shall not neglect a legal matter entrusted to him and his negligence in connection therewith shall render him liable." Hence, the Court, in Guiang v. Antonio[20] and Villaluz v. Armenta,[21] suspended lawyers from the practice of law for failing to appeal their respective client's cases within the prescribed period. These cases are squarely applicable herein.