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VICTORIA V. RADJAIE v. ATTY. JOSE O. ALOVERA

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	AC. No. 5338 2009-02-23	EUGENIA MENDOZA v. ATTY. VICTOR V. DECIEMBRE PER CURIAM
Any departure from the path which a lawyer must follow as demanded by the virtues of his profession shall not be tolerated by this Court as the disciplining authority for there is perhaps no profession after that of the sacred ministry in which a high-toned morality is more imperative than that of law.[1]
	AC. NO. 6323 2007-04-13	PABLO R. OLIVARES v. ATTY. ARSENIO C. VILLALON CORONA, J.
All lawyers must bear in mind that their oaths are neither mere words nor an empty formality. When they take their oath as lawyers, they dedicate their lives to the pursuit of justice. They accept the sacred trust to uphold the laws of the land. [23] As the first Canon of the Code of Professional Responsibility states, "[a] lawyer shall uphold the constitution, obey the laws of the land and promote respect for law and legal processes."[24] Moreover, according to the lawyer's oath they took, lawyers should "not wittingly or willingly promote or sue any groundless, false or unlawful suit, nor give aid nor consent to the same."[25]
	AC. No. 6183 2004-03-23	EDISON G. CHENG v. ATTY. ALEXANDER M. AGRAVANTE YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
a mere ceremony or formality for practicing law to be forgotten afterwards, nor is it mere words, drift and hollow, but a sacred trust that every lawyer must uphold and keep inviolable at all times.[15] This duty is expressed in general terms in the Code of Professional Responsibility, thus: CANON 10 A lawyer owes candor, fairness and good faith to the court.
	GR No. 145915 2003-04-24	PEOPLE v. VILMA ALMENDRAS Y ZAPATA QUISUMBING, J.
It bears stressing that a lawyer's fidelity to his client must not be pursued at the expense of ferreting the truth and administering justice to all.[74] His responsibility to protect and advance the interests of his client does not warrant a course of action propelled by ill motives and malicious intentions. He had, after all, taken the oath upon admission to the Bar that he "will not wittingly or willingly promote or sue any groundless, false or unlawful suit nor give aid nor consent to the same;" and that he "will conduct himself as a lawyer according to the best of his knowledge and discretion with all good fidelity as well to the courts as to his clients." Far from being an empty exhortation, this oath embodies a sacred trust that every lawyer must uphold and keep inviolable at all times.[75]