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Spouses Manuel C. Rafols, Jr., et al. Vs. Atty. Ricardo G. Barrios, Jr

SPOUSES MANUEL C. RAFOLS, JR. and LOLITA B. RAFOLS, Complainants, versus ATTY. RICARDO G. BARRIOS, JR., Respondent

A.C. No. 4973 | 2010-03-15

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

The primary objective of administrative cases against lawyers is not only to punish and discipline the erring individual lawyers but also to safeguard the administration of justice by protecting the courts and the public from the misconduct of lawyers, and to remove from the legal profession persons whose utter disregard of their lawyer's oath has proven them unfit to continue discharging the trust reposed in them as members of the bar. A lawyer may be disbarred or suspended for misconduct, whether in his professional or private capacity, which shows him to be wanting in moral character, honesty, probity and...