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SEVERINO RAMOS vs. ATTY. ELLIS JACOBA and ATTY. OLIVIA VELASCO-JACOBA

SEVERINO RAMOS, complainant, vs. ATTY. ELLIS JACOBA and ATTY. OLIVIA VELASCO-JACOBA, respondents.

A.C. No. 5505 | 2001-09-27

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint for disbarment filed by complainant Severino Ramos against Atty. Ellis Jacoba for the latter's failure, as counsel for complainant and his wife, to file the appellant's brief in the Court of Appeals, as a result of which the appeal filed by complainant and his wife was dismissed and the decision of the Regional Trial Court against them became final.

Complainant Severino Ramos and his wife were defendants in a civil case[1] for collection of a sum of money before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 27, Cabanatuan City. As judgment was rendered against the spouses Ramos, they engaged the...