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WILFREDO M. CATU v. ATTY. VICENTE G. RELLOSA

This case has been cited 6 times or more.

	AC. No. 10579 2014-12-10	ERLINDA FOSTER v. ATTY. JAIME V. AGTANG PER CURIAM
A member of the Bar may be penalized, even disbarred or suspended from his office as an attorney, for violation of the lawyer's oath and/or for breach of the ethics of the legal profession as embodied in the CPR.[35] For the practice of law is "a profession, a form of public trust, the performance of which is entrusted to those who are qualified and who possess good moral character."[36] The appropriate penalty for an errant lawyer depends on the exercise of sound judicial discretion based on the surrounding facts.[37]
	AC. No. 10548 2014-12-10	CAROLINE CASTAÑEDA JIMENEZ v. ATTY. EDGAR B. FRANCISCO MENDOZA, J.
A member of the Bar may be penalized, even disbarred or suspended from his office as an attorney, for violating of the lawyer's oath and/or for breaching the ethics of the legal profession as embodied in the CPR,[31] for the practice of law is a profession, a form of public trust, the performance of which is entrusted to those who are qualified and who possess good moral character.[32] The appropriate penalty on an errant lawyer depends on the exercise of sound judicial discretion based on the surrounding facts.[33]
	AC. No. 9081 2011-10-12	RODOLFO A. ESPINOSA v. ATTY. JULIETA A. OMAÑA CARPIO, J.
We likewise agree with the IBP-CBD that in preparing and notarizing a void document, Omaña violated Rule 1.01, Canon 1 of the Code of Professional Responsibility which provides that "[a] lawyer shall not engage in unlawful, dishonest, immoral or deceitful conduct." Omaña knew fully well that the "Kasunduan Ng Paghihiwalay" has no legal effect and is against public policy. Therefore, Omaña may be suspended from office as an attorney for breach of the ethics of the legal profession as embodied in the Code of Professional Responsibility.[10]
	AM No. 08-6-352-RTC 2009-08-19	QUERY OF ATTY. KAREN M. SILVERIO-BUFFE BRION, J.
By her open disregard of R.A. No. 6713, she thereby followed the footsteps of the models she cited and wanted to replicate - the former court officials who immediately waded into practice in the very same court they came from. She, like they, disgraced the dignity of the legal profession by openly disobeying and disrespecting the law.[20] By her irresponsible conduct, she also eroded public confidence in the law and in lawyers.[21] Her offense is not in any way mitigated by her transparent attempt to cover up her transgressions by writing the Court a letter-query, which she followed up with unmeritorious petitions for declaratory relief, all of them dealing with the same Section 7 (b)(2) issue, in the hope perhaps that at some point she would find a ruling favorable to her cause. These are acts whose implications do not promote public confidence in the integrity of the legal profession.[22]
	AC. No. 7199 2009-07-22	FOODSPHERE v. ATTY. MELANIO L. MAURICIO CARPIO MORALES, J.
The Court, once again, takes this occasion to emphasize the necessity for every lawyer to act and comport himself in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity of the legal profession,[37] which confidence may be eroded by the irresponsible and improper conduct of a member of the bar.
	AC. No. 8010 2009-06-16	KELD STEMMERIK v. ATTY. LEONUEL N. MAS PER CURIAM
Lawyers are servants of the law[23] and the law is their master. They should not simply obey the laws, they should also inspire respect for and obedience thereto by serving as exemplars worthy of emulation. Indeed, that is the first precept of the Code of Professional Responsibility:CANON 1 - A LAWYER SHALL UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND AND PROMOTE RESPECT FOR LAW AND LEGAL PROCESSES.