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Avida Land Corporation vs. Atty. Argosino

AVIDA LAND CORPORATION (FORMERLY LAGUNA PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, INC.), COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. AL C. ARGOSINO, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 7437 | 2016-08-17

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
The only issue before Us is whether respondent's act of filing numerous pleadings, that caused delay in the execution of a final judgment, constitutes professional misconduct in violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility and the Lawyer's Oath.

In its questioned Resolution[1], the Board of Governors (Board) of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) adopted and approved the Report and Recommendation[2] of the Investigating Commissioner,[3] who found respondent guilty of violating Canon 12, Rule 12.04[4] of the Code...