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Atty. Ireneo L. Torres, et al. vs. Atty. Jose Concepcion Javier

ATTY. IRENEO L. TORRES and MRS. NATIVIDAD CELESTINO, Complainants, versus ATTY. JOSE CONCEPCION JAVIER, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5910 | 2005-09-21

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CARPIO MORALES, J.: 

By complaint[1] dated November 26, 2002, Atty. Ireneo L. Torres and Mrs. Natividad Celestino (complainants) charge Atty. Jose Concepcion Javier (respondent) for malpractice, gross misconduct in office as an attorney and/or violation of the lawyer's oath. 

The charges stemmed from the statements/remarks made by respondent in the pleadings he filed in a petition for audit of all funds of the University of the East Faculty Association (UEFA), as counsel for the therein petitioners UEFA then Treasurer Rosamarie Laman, and his wife-former UEFA President Eleonor Javier, before the...