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Siao vs. Atup [RESOLUTION]

LETECIA G. SIAO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. BAYANI S. ATUP, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10890 | 2020-07-01

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
This administrative case is rooted on the Complaint[1] dated July 18, 2015 filed by Letecia G. Siao (Letecia) against Atty. Bayani S. Atup (Atty. Atup) before the Court for alleged violations of the Lawyer 's Oath and Section 16, Rule 3 of the Rules of Court.
 
In her Complaint, Letecia alleged that Atty. Atup had appended a falsified Special Power of Attorney (SPA) purportedly executed in 1999 by the latter's client, Gabriel Yap, Sr. (Gabriel), to the Motion for Reconsideration elated November 15, 2013 that he filed before the Court of Appeals (CA) in the case...