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Parungao vs. Atty. Lacuanan

JONATHAN C. PARUNGAO, COMPLAINANT, V. ATTY. DEXTER B. LACUANAN, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12071 | 2020-03-11

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
The present administrative case arose from a Disbarment Complaint initiated by Jonathan C. Parungao (Jonathan) against respondent Atty. Dexter B. Lacuanan (Lacuanan) before the Commission on Bar Discipline (CBD) of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), docketed as CBD Case No. 13-4044, for representing conflicting interests.
 
In his Complaint, Jonathan alleged that he was introduced by his wife, Mary Grace, to Atty. Lacuanan in 2007. Since then, Atty. Lacuanan had served as Jonathan's counsel in several transactions which involved either Jonathan alone or both Jonathan and Mary Grace...