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Fernando Martin O. Pena vs. Atty Lolito G. Aparicio 525 SCRA 444

FERNANDO MARTIN O. PENA, Complainant, versus ATTY. LOLITO G. APARICIO, Respondent.

A.C. No. 7298 | 2007-06-25

R E S O L U T I O N 
 
Tinga, J.: 
 
In this administrative complaint, a lawyer is charged with violation of Rule 19.01 of Canon 19 of the Code of Professional Responsibility for writing a demand letter the contents of which threatened complainant with the filing of criminal cases for tax evasion and falsification of documents. 
 
Atty. Lolito G. Aparicio (respondent) appeared as legal counsel for Grace C. Hufana in an illegal dismissal case before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC). Sometime in August 2005, complainant Fernando Martin O. Pena, as President of MOF Company, Inc. (Subic), received a notice...