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Concerned Court Employee Vs. Atty. Vivian V. Villalon-Lapuz etc.

CONCERNED COURT EMPLOYEE, Complainant, versus ATTY. VIVIAN V. VILLALON-LAPUZ, Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 137, Makati City, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-07-2363 | 2008-07-31

R E S O L U T I O N


CARPIO, J.:

This is an administrative complaint against Atty. Vivian V. Villalon-Lapuz (respondent), Clerk of Court of Branch 137, Regional Trial Court- Makati City (RTC-Makati), for unauthorized practice of law and insubordination.

On 12 May 2005, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) received an anonymous letter-complaint from a concerned court employee (complainant) of Branch 137, RTC-Makati. Complainant alleged that respondent appeared as private counsel and signed pleadings in a case entitled "Philippine Shares Corporation v. Spouses Visitacion & Virgilio Villalon." Complainant inquired whether respondent...