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Gradiola vs. Atty. Deles

HELEN GRADIOLA,* COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ROMULO A. DELES, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10267 | 2018-06-18

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is a Complaint[1] for disbarment filed by Helen Gradiola (Helen), charging respondent lawyer Atty. Romulo A. Deles (respondent lawyer) with violating the Code of Professional Responsibility, specifically Rule 9.01 and Rule 9.02 of Canon 9; and Rule 10.1 and Rule 10.02 of Canon 10 thereof.[2]

Helen claimed that respondent lawyer was her counsel in a civil case then pending before the Court of Appeals (CA) docketed as CA-G.R. CV No. 63354.[3]

Helen asserted that respondent lawyer abetted the unauthorized practice of law when he assigned or delegated his professional duties as her lawyer to...