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Benedicto Hornilla & Atty Ricafort vs Atty Ernesto Salunat

BENEDICTO HORNILLA and ATTY. FEDERICO D. RICAFORT, complainants, vs. ATTY. ERNESTO S. SALUNAT, respondent.

A.C. No. 5804 | 2003-07-01

R E S O L U T I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On November 21, 1997, Benedicto Hornilla and Federico D. Ricafort filed an administrative complaint[1] with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Commission on Bar Discipline, against respondent Atty. Ernesto S. Salunat for illegal and unethical practice and conflict of interest. They alleged that respondent is a member of the ASSA Law and Associates, which was the retained counsel of the Philippine Public School Teachers Association (PPSTA). Respondent's brother, Aurelio S. Salunat, was a member of the PPSTA Board which approved respondent's engagement as retained counsel of PPSTA.

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