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JUDGE ADORACION G. ANGELES v. ATTY. THOMAS C. UY JR.

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	AC. No. 4808 2011-11-22	TERESITA T. BAYONLA v. ATTY. PURITA A. REYES BERSAMIN, J.
The canons are appropriate considering that the relationship between a lawyer and her client is highly fiduciary, and prescribes on a lawyer a great degree of fidelity and good faith. There is no question that the money or property received by a lawyer for her client properly belongs to the latter.[17] Conformably with these canons of professional responsibility, we have held that a lawyer is obliged to render an accounting of all the property and money she has collected for her client. This obligation includes the prompt reporting and accounting of the money collected by the lawyer by reason of a favorable judgment to his client.[18]
	AC. No. 5041 2004-11-23	SALVADOR G. VILLANUEVA v. ATTY. RAMON F. ISHIWATA SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.
The relationship between an attorney and his client is highly fiduciary in nature.[6] Under his oath, a lawyer pledges himself not to delay any man for money and he is bound to conduct himself with good fidelity to his clients. A lawyer should thus refrain from any action whereby for his personal benefit or gain, he abuses or takes advantage of the confidence reposed in him by his client. Accordingly, any money collected for the client or other trust property coming into the lawyer's possession should promptly be reported by him.[7] A lawyer must at all times conduct himself, especially in his dealings with his clients and the public at large, with honesty and integrity in a manner beyond reproach. A violation of the high standards of the legal profession subjects the erring lawyer to administrative sanctions by this Court."[8]
	AC. No. 5454 2004-11-23	CARMELINA Y. RANGWANI v. ATTY. RAMON S. DIÑO CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
In the case of Judge Adoracion G. Angeles v. Atty. Thomas Uy, Jr.,[23] this Court held:The relationship between a lawyer and a client is highly fiduciary; it requires a high degree of fidelity and good faith. It is designed "to remove all such temptation and to prevent everything of that kind from being done for the protection of the client" (Agpalo, Legal Ethics, 1992 ed., p. 188).
	AC. No. 6084 2003-09-03	FELICITAS BERBANO v. ATTY. WENCESLAO BARCELONA PER CURIAM
In Judge Angeles vs. Atty. Uy, Jr.,[21]the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for one month for failing to promptly report and remit the amount of P16,500.00 he received on behalf of his client.