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Heirs of Tan vs. Atty. Beltran

HEIRS OF SIXTO L. TAN, SR., REPRESENTED BY RECTO A. TAN, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. NESTOR B. BELTRAN, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 5819 | 2017-02-01

R E S O L U T I O N
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
Before this Court is an administrative complaint against respondent, Atty. Nestor B. Beltran. His derelictions allegedly consisted of his belated filing of an appeal in a criminal case and failure to relay a court directive for the payment of docket fees in a civil case to his clients complainants Heirs of Sixto L. Tan, Sr. represented by Recto A. Tan. The latter also accused him of unduly receiving P200,000 as payment for legal services.
 
FACTS OF THE CASE

After agreeing to pay attorney's fees of P200,000, complainants engaged the services of respondent counsel for the filing of cases to...