Back

Cabalida vs. Atty. Lobrido

ANGELITO CABALIDA, PETITIONER, V. ATTY. SOLOMON A. LOBRIDO, JR. AND ATTY. DANNY L. PONDEVILLA, RESPONDENTS.

A.C. No. 7972 | 2018-10-03

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, CJ.:
 
Before Us is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure of the Resolutions issued by the Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) dated December 29, 2012[1] and September 27, 2014.[2]
 
The lone issue to be resolved by this Court is:
 
"Whether the Board of Governors of the IBP gravely erred in exonerating Respondents despite the commission of acts violative of the Code of Professional Responsibility."[3]
 
Petitioner Angelito Cabalida (Cabalida) avers to be a high school undergraduate who was drawn into a legal...