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Ala vs. Atencia

ARMANDO A. ALA, complainant, vs. ATTY. JUAN G. ATENCIA, respondent.

A.C. No. 728 | 1978-08-16

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDEZ, J:

The Solicitor General in a complaint dated November 14, 1973 charged Atty. Juan G. Atencia (who was admitted to the bar in 1953) with malpractice, gross misconduct and betrayal of trust.

The charges were based on the 1968 recommendation of the provincial fiscal of Catanduanes who investigated the complaint for extortion or blackmail lodged against Atencia in 1966 by Armando A. Ala.

The record discloses that Ala, a married man with six children (he was fifty-five years old in 1967) was employed since 1964 as provincial auditor at Virac, Catanduanes. Working in the auditor's office since 1957 as a clerk or...