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ALFREDO C. OLVIDA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ARNEL C. GONZALES, RESPONDENT.

ALFREDO C. OLVIDA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ARNEL C. GONZALES, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 5732 | 2015-06-16

EN BANC
 
DECISION

PER CURIAM:

We resolve the present administrative case which arose from the Affidavit/Complaint[1] dated April 15, 2002 of Alfredo C. Olvida (complainant)[2] submitted to the Office of the Chief Justice on April 29, 2002, against Atty. Arnel C. Gonzales (respondent) for intentional negligence due to respondent's failure to submit the complainant's position paper in his case before the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) in Davao City.

The Antecedents
 
The complainant alleged that in early November 2000, he engaged the services of the respondent in the filing and handling of a case for...