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Nicolas O. Tan vs. Atty. Amadeo E. Balon, Jr

NICOLAS O. TAN, Complainant, versus ATTY. AMADEO E. BALON, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 6483 | 2007-08-31

                                           D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:


On July 13, 2004, Nicolas O. Tan filed a complaint against Atty. Amadeo E. Balon, Jr. for misappropriation of funds and issuance of bum checks.

Tan alleged that he engaged the services of Atty. Balon relative to the returned checks issued to the former by Jose G. Guisande. Atty. Balon sent demand letters to Guisande but thereafter failed to inform Tan about the status of the same. Tan alleged that as a fellow Rotarian, he regularly met Atty. Balon but the...