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Beltran, Jr, Procopio S.. Vs. Elmo S. Abad

RE: ELMO S. ABAD, 1978 Successful Bar Examinee, ATTY. PROCOPIO S. BELTRAN, JR., President of the Philippine Trial Lawyers Association, Inc., complainant, vs. ELMO S. ABAD, respondent.

B.M. No. 139 | 1984-10-11

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

On March 28, 1983, this Court held respondent ELMO S. ABAD in contempt of court for unauthorized practice of law and he was fined P500.00 with subsidiary imprisonment in case he failed to pay the fine. (121 SCRA 217.) He paid the fine.

On May 5, 1983, Atty. Procopio S. Beltran, Jr., the complainant, filed a MOTION TO CIRCULARIZE TO ALL METRO MANILA COURTS THE FACT THAT ELMO S. ABAD IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE LAW.

Asked to comment on the Motion, Mr. Abad opposed it. He denied the allegation in the Motion that he had been practicing law even after our Decision of March 28, 1983.

Because the Motion...