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ROBERTO BERNARDINO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. VICTOR REY SANTOS, RESPONDENT. [A.C. NO. 10584 [FORMERLY CBD 10-2827]] ATTY. JOSE MANGASER CARINGAL, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. VICTOR REY SANTOS, RESPONDENT.

ROBERTO BERNARDINO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. VICTOR REY SANTOS, RESPONDENT. [A.C. NO. 10584 [FORMERLY CBD 10-2827]] ATTY. JOSE MANGASER CARINGAL, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. VICTOR REY SANTOS, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10583 [Formerly CBD 09-2555] | 2015-02-18

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

LEONEN, J.:
 
These cases involve administrative Complaints[1] against Atty. Victor Rey Santos for violation of Canon 10, Rule 10.01[2] and Canon 15, Rule 15.03[3] of the Code of Professional Responsibility.
 
In A.C. No. 10583, complainant Roberto C. Bernardino (Bernardino) filed a Letter-Complaint[4] against Atty. Victor Rey Santos (Atty. Santos) before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, praying that Atty. Santos be investigated and subjected to disciplinary action.[5]
 
Bernardino alleged that the death certificate of his aunt, Rufina de Castro Turla, was falsified by Atty. Santos....