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MARCIAL L. ABIERO v. ATTY. BERNARDO G. JUANINO

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	GR No. 194962 2016-01-27	CAGAYAN ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY v. MERIDIEN VISTA GAMING CORPORATION MENDOZA, J.
It must be stressed that a lawyer-client relationship is highly fiduciary in nature.[44] The Code of Professional Responsibility mandates every lawyer to observe candor, fairness and loyalty in all his dealings and transactions with his client[45] and to serve them with competence and diligence.[46] It is the duty of every lawyer to give adequate attention and time to every case entrusted to him[47] and to exert his best judgment in the prosecution or defense thereof and to exercise reasonable and ordinary care and diligence in the pursuit or defense of the case.[48]
	Adm. Case No. 9058 2012-11-14	ROBERT VICTOR G. SEARES v. ATTY. SANIATA LIWLIWA V. GONZALES-ALZATE BERSAMIN, J.
For administrative liability under Canon 18 to attach, the negligent act of the attorney should be gross[21] and inexcusable[22] as to lead to a result that was highly prejudicial to the client's interest.[23] Accordingly, the Court has imposed administrative sanctions on a grossly negligent attorney for unreasonable failure to file a required pleading,[24] or for unreasonable failure to file an appeal,[25] especially when the failure occurred after the attorney moved for several extensions to file the pleading[26] and offered several excuses for his nonfeasance.[27] The Court has found the attendance of inexcusable negligence when an attorney resorts to a wrong remedy,[28] or belatedly files an appeal,[29] or inordinately delays the filing of a complaint,[30] or fails to attend scheduled court hearings.[31] Gross misconduct on the part of an attorney is determined from the circumstances of the case, the nature of the act done and the motive that induced the attorney to commit the act.[32]
	AC. NO. 4285 2006-05-02	FLORENCIA M. SOMOSOT v. ATTY. ELIAS A. PONTEVEDRA QUISUMBING, J.
We remind respondent that by taking a client's cause, he covenants that he will exert all effort for its prosecution until its final resolution.[14] As we held in Pariñas v. Paguinto,[15] a lawyer should give adequate attention, care and time to his client's case. Once he agrees to handle a case, he should undertake the task with dedication and care. It is not enough that a lawyer possesses the qualification to handle the legal matter. He must also give adequate attention to his legal work.[16] Utmost fidelity is demanded once counsel agrees to take the cudgels for his client's cause.[17]