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Intestate Estate of Jose Uy vs. Maghari

INTESTATE ESTATE OF JOSE UY, HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS ADMINISTRATOR WILSON UY, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. PACIFICO M. MAGHARI III, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10525 | 2015-09-01

 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
This resolves a Complaint[1] for disbarment directly filed before this court by complainant Wilson Uy, the designated administrator of the estate of Jose Uy. This Complaint charges respondent Atty. Pacifico M. Maghari, III (Maghari) with engaging in deceitful conduct and violating the Lawyer's Oath. Specifically, Maghari is charged with the use of information that is false and/or appropriated from other lawyers in signing certain pleadings.[2]

On February 18, 1997, Lilia Hofileña (Hofileña) filed a Petition before the Bacolod City Regional Trial Court praying that she be...