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EDUARDO A. ABELLA, COMPLAINANT, VS. RICARDO G. BARRIOS, JR., RESPONDENT.

EDUARDO A. ABELLA, COMPLAINANT, VS. RICARDO G. BARRIOS, JR., RESPONDENT.

Adm. Case No. 7332 | 2013-06-18

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

For the Court’s resolution is an administrative complaint[1] for disbarment filed by  Eduardo A. Abella (complainant) against Ricardo G. Barrios, Jr. (respondent)  based on the latter’s violation of Rules 1.01 and 1.03, Canon 1, and Rule 6.02, Canon 6 of the Code of Professional Responsibility (Code).

The Facts
 
On January 21, 1999, complainant filed an illegal dismissal case against Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (PT&T) before the Cebu City Regional Arbitration Branch (RAB) of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), docketed as...