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Felix Edquibal vs Atty Roberto Ferrer, Jr.

FELIX E. EDQUIBAL, Complainant, versus ATTY. ROBERTO FERRER, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 5687 | 2005-02-03



THIRD DIVISION
RESOLUTION

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

In a letter-complaint[1] under oath dated January 8, 2002, Felix E. Edquibal, complainant, charged Atty. Roberto Ferrer, Jr., respondent, with professional misconduct and neglect of duty.

Complainant alleged that he engaged the services of respondent to assist his mother Ursula Edquibal in cases she filed against his sister Delia Edquibal-Garcia involving a certain real property in Masinloc, Zambales.  His mother obtained favorable judgments in four (4) out of the five (5) cases handled by respondent.   However, in Civil Case No. RTC-1495-I (filed with the Regional Trial Court, Branch...