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Atty. Carmen Leonor M. Alcantara, et al. vs. Atty. Eduardo C. de Vera

ATTY. CARMEN LEONOR M. ALCANTARA, VICENTE P. MERCADO, SEVERINO P. MERCADO AND SPOUSES JESUS AND ROSARIO MERCADO, Complainants, v. ATTY. EDUARDO C. DE VERA, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5859 | 2010-11-23


RESOLUTION

PER CURIAM:

For our review is the Resolution[1] of the Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) finding respondent Atty. Eduardo C. De Vera liable for professional malpractice and gross misconduct and recommending his disbarment.

The facts, as appreciated by the investigating commissioner,[2] are undisputed.

The respondent is a member of the Bar and was the former counsel of Rosario P. Mercado in a civil case filed in 1984 with the Regional Trial Court of Davao City and an administrative case filed before the Securities and Exchange Commission, Davao City Extension Office.[3]

Pursuant to a...