OCA CIRCULAR NO. 36-2016, January 29, 2016
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 36-2016, January 29, 2016
| TO : | THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES |
| SUBJECT : | SUSPENSION FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR ONE (1) YEAR OF ATTY. NESTOR C. BARBOSA |
For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision of the Second Division dated 17 June 2015 in Administrative Case No. 6681 entitled “Victor D. De Los Santos II vs. Atty. Nestor C. Barbosa,” to wit:
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court .finds respondent Atty. Nestor C. Barbosa GUILTY of violating Rules 1.01 and 1.03 of Canon 1, Rule 10.01 of canon 10, and Rule 12.04 of canon 12 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. He is hereby SUSPENDED for one (1) year from the practice of law, effective upon his receipt of this Decision, and is STERNLY WARNED that a repetition of the same or similar acts will be dealt with more severely.
Respondent received this Decision on 22 July 2015.
29 January 2016
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(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ
Court Administrator |