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Salvador Villanueva vs Atty. Ramon Ishiwata

SALVADOR G. VILLANUEVA, Complainant, versus ATTY. RAMON F. ISHIWATA, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5041 | 2004-11-23

DECISION

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:


Complainant Salvador G. Villanueva seeks the disbarment of Atty. Ramon F. Ishiwata, herein respondent, for gross professional misconduct.

In his amended complaint filed with this Court on April 12, 1999,[1] complainant alleged that sometime in May, 1994, he hired

respondent to handle his case, NLRC-NCR Case No. 00-05-03808-94[2] against J.T. Transport, Inc. for payment of his unpaid wages, separation pay, and other benefits.

Due to insistence of respondent, complainant executed a Special Power of Attorney designating the former as his attorney-in-fact.[3]

In the course of the proceedings at the NLRC,...