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Robert Victor G. Searles, Jr. Vs. Atty. Na. Saniata Liwliwa V. Gonzales-Alzate

ROBERT VICTOR G. SEARES, JR., Complainant, versus ATTY. SANIATA LIWLIWA V. GONZALES-ALZATE, Respondent.

A.C. No. 9058 | 2012-11-14

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

BERSAMIN, J.:

Atty. Saniata Liwliwa V. Gonzales-Alzate is charged with incompetence and professional negligence, and a violation of the prohibition against representing conflicting interests. Complainant  Robert  Victor  G. Seares, Jr.  is  her former client.

Seares, Jr. alleges that  Atty. Gonzales-Aizate was his legal  counsel when he ran for the position of Municipal Mayor of Dolores, Abra in the May 2007 elections; that after he lost by a 50-vote margin to Albert Z. Guzman, she filed in his behalf a "Petition Of Protest Ad Cautelam"1 in the Regional...