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Pablo R. Olivares etc. vs. Atty. Arsenio Villalon, Jr.

PABLO R. OLIVARES and/or OLIVARES REALTY CORPORATION, Complainants, versus ATTY. ARSENIO C. VILLALON, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 6323 | 2007-04-13

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CORONA, J.:


This is a complaint[1] for disbarment and suspension[2] against respondent Atty. Arsenio C. Villalon, Jr. by Pablo R. Olivares and/or Olivares Realty Corporation for violation of Rule 12.02, Canon 12 of the Code of Professional Responsibility and the rule on forum shopping.

In his complaint, Olivares alleged that respondent's client, Sarah Divina Morales Al-Rasheed, repeatedly sued him for violations of the lease contract which they executed over a...