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Leonito and Primrose Gonato vs Atty Cesilo Adaza

LEONITO GONATO and PRIMROSE GONATO complainants, vs. ATTY. CESILO A. ADAZA, respondent.

A.C. No. 4083 | 2000-03-27

R E S O L U T I O N

MELO, J.:

At bar is an administrative complaint for disbarment filed by the complainant spouses Leonito and Primrose Gonato against their former counsel, Atty. Cesilo A. Adaza, charging him with malpractice and violation of trust. Pursuant to Rule 139-B of the Rules of Court and the Resolution of the Court dated December 1, 1993, the present administrative case was referred to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for investigation, report, and recommendation.

It appears that sometime in February, 1993, complainants engaged the services of respondent as their counsel in Civil Case No. 92-263 entitled Goking vs....