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AUGUSTO P. BALDADO v. ATTY. AQUILINO A. MEJICA

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	AC. No. 10679 2015-03-10	PO1 JOSE B. CASPE v. ATTY. AQUILINO A. MEJICA VILLARAMA, JR., J.
In its Report and Recommendation,[25] the IBP CBD found respondent guilty of violating Rules 1.03, 1.04 and 10.01 of the CPR. It stated that Atty. Mejica was corruptly motivated in encouraging the filing of suits against Caspe making good his threat to file case upon case against the latter until he kneels before him. Notice was taken that this was Atty. Mejica's second infraction for a similar offense. In Baldado v. Mejica,[26] he was suspended from the practice of law for a period of three months.[27] The IBP CBD thus recommended that Atty. Mejica be suspended from the practice of law for one year.[28]
	AC. No. 9976 2014-06-25	ALMIRA C. FORONDA v. ATTY. JOSE L. ALVAREZ REYES, J.
"Once a lawyer agrees to take up the cause of a client, the lawyer owes fidelity to such cause and must always be mindful of the trust and confidence reposed in him."[27] "[H]e is required by the Canons of Professional Responsibility to undertake the task with zeal, care and utmost devotion."[28] "A lawyer who performs his duty with diligence and candor not only protects the interest of his client, he also serves the ends of justice, does honor to the bar, and helps maintain the respect of the community to the legal profession."[29]
	AC. No. 9976 2014-06-25	ALMIRA C. FORONDA v. ATTY. JOSE L. ALVAREZ REYES, J.
In Baldado v. Mejica,[42] the Court found Atty. Aquilino A. Mejica guilty of violating Canon 18 of the Code of Professional Responsibility for his negligence in protecting the interest of his client, and suspended him from the practice of law for a period of three months, with a warning that a repetition of the same or a similar act will be dealt with more severely.