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Atty. Pasok vs. Atty. Zapatos

ATTY. RUTILLO B. PASOK, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. FELIPE G. ZAPATOS, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 7388 | 2016-10-19

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
This administrative case concerns the respondent, a retired judge who took on the case that he had intervened in during his incumbency on the Bench. The complainant was the counsel of record of the plaintiff in the case. The charge specified that the respondent was guilty of "representing adverse interest, illegal practice of law, conduct and (sic) becoming as a former member of the bench and conduct unbecoming in violation of the canons of legal ethics with prayer for disbarment"[1]
 
Antecedent

The...