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Balmaceda vs. Uson

EDMUND BALMACEDA, COMPLAINANT, V. ATTY. ROMEO Z. USON, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12025 | 2018-06-20

R E S O L U T I O N
 
REYES, JR., J:
 
This is an administrative complaint for disbarment filed by Edmund Balmaceda (complainant) against respondent Atty. Romeo Z. Uson (respondent) for violating Rules 16 and 18 of the Code of Professional Responsibility.
 
The complainant alleged that sometime in April 2012, he and a certain Carlos Agapito (Agapito) went to the office of the respondent to seek legal advice, concerning the supposed intrusion or illegal occupation of his brother, Antonio Balmaceda (Antonio), over a property he owned, which he subsequently sold to Agapito. At the conclusion of their meeting, complainant and Agapito...