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Eugenia Mendoza vs. Atty. Victor V. Deciembre

EUGENIA MENDOZA, Complainant, versus ATTY. VICTOR V. DECIEMBRE, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5338 | 2009-02-23

R E S O L U T I O N



PER CURIAM:

Any departure from the path which a lawyer must follow as demanded by the virtues of his profession shall not be tolerated by this Court as the disciplining authority for there is perhaps no profession after that of the sacred ministry in which a high-toned morality is more imperative than that of law.[1]

Before the Court is the Petition filed by Eugenia Mendoza (complainant) dated September 19, 2000, seeking the disbarment of Atty. Victor V. Deciembre (respondent) for his acts of fraudulently filling up blank postdated checks without her authority and using the same for filing unfounded criminal suits against...