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STEPHAN BRUNET AND VIRGINIA ROMANILLOS BRUNET, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. RONALD L. GUAREN, RESPONDENT.

STEPHAN BRUNET AND VIRGINIA ROMANILLOS BRUNET, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. RONALD L. GUAREN, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. ­10164 | 2014-03-10

THIRD DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
On August 9, 2002, complainant spouses Stephan and Virginia Brunet (complainants) filed a complaint against respondent Atty. Ronald L. Guaren (Atty. Guaren) before the Commission on Bar Discipline (CBD), Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).

Complainants alleged that in February 1997, they engaged the services of Atty. Guaren for the titling of a residential lot they acquired in Bonbon, Nueva Caseres; that Atty. Guaren asked for a fee of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) including expenses relative to its proceeding; that it was agreed that full payment of the fee shall be made...