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Leticia Adrimisin vs. Atty. Rolando S. Javier.

LETICIA ADRIMISIN, Complainant, versus ATTY. ROLANDO S. JAVIER, Respondent.

A.C. No. 2591 | 2006-09-08

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARPIO, J.: 
 
The Case 
 
On 12 September 1983, Leticia Adrimisin ("complainant") filed a complaint-affidavit[1] with the Ministry of Justice seeking the disbarment of Atty. Rolando S. Javier ("respondent") for deceit and misrepresentation. 
 
The Facts 
 
Complainant alleges that on 12 July 1983, she was introduced by her cousin, Pablo Adrimisin, to respondent. She needed the help of a lawyer in having her son-in-law, Alfredo Monterde ("Monterde"), who was charged with the crime of qualified theft, released from the Caloocan City Jail....