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Victoria C. Heenan Vs. Atty. Erlinda Espejo

VICTORIA C. HEENAN, Complainant, vs. ATTY. ERLINDA ESPEJO, Respondent.

A.C. No. 10050 | 2013-12-03

EN BANC

DECISION

VELASCO, JR., J.:

This resolves the administrative complaint filed by Victoria Heenan (Victoria) against Atty. Erlinda Espejo (Atty. Espejo) before the Commission on Bar Discipline (CBD) of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for violation of lawyer's oath, docketed as CBD Case No. 10-2631.

The Facts

Sometime in January 2009, Victoria met Atty. Espejo through her godmother, Corazon Eusebio (Corazon). Following the introduction, Corazon told Victoria that Atty. Espejo was her lawyer in need of money and wanted to borrow two hundred fifty thousand pesos (PhP 250,000) from her (Victoria). Shortly thereafter, Victoria went...