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2008-10-17 |
PER CURIAM |
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| The fact that respondent's philandering ways are far removed from the exercise of his profession would not save the day for him. For a lawyer may be suspended or disbarred for any misconduct which, albeit unrelated to the actual practice of his profession, would show him to be unfit for the office and unworthy of the privileges with which his license and the law invest him.[8] To borrow from Orbe v. Adaza, "[t]he grounds expressed in Section 27, Rule 138,[9] of the Rules of Court are not limitative and are broad enough to cover any misconduct x x x of a lawyer in his professional or private capacity."[10] To reiterate, possession of good moral character is not only a condition precedent to the practice of law, but a continuing qualification for all members of the bar. | |||||