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Catherine Joie P. Vitug vs. Atty. Diosdado M. Rongcal.

CATHERINE JOIE P. VITUG, Complainant, versus ATTY. DIOSDADO M. RONGCAL, Respondent.

A.C. No. 6313 | 2006-09-07

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
Tinga, J.: 
 
The allegations raised in this complaint for disbarment are more sordid, if not tawdry, from the usual. As such, close scrutiny of these claims is called for. Disbarment and suspension of a lawyer, being the most severe forms of disciplinary sanction, should be imposed with great caution and only in those cases where the misconduct of the lawyer as an officer of the court and a member of the bar is established by clear, convincing and satisfactory proof.[1] 
 
Under consideration is the administrative complaint for disbarment filed by Catherine Joie P. Vitug...