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In Re: Order Dated October 27, 2016 Issued By Branch 137, Regional Trial Court, Makati In Criminal Case No. 14-765 vs. Atty. Ramon

IN RE: ORDER DATED OCTOBER 27, 2016 ISSUED BY BRANCH 137, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, MAKATI IN CRIMINAL CASE NO. 14-765, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. MARIE FRANCES E. RAMON, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12456 | 2020-09-08

EN BANC
 

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J.:
 
The penalty of suspension or disbarment can no longer be imposed on a lawyer who had been disbarred except for recording purposes. We observe this rule in this administrative case involving an attorney who practiced law despite her previous suspension.
 
ANTECEDENTS
 
On October 27, 2016, the Regional Trial Court Branch 137 of Makati City issued an Order[1] putting on record that Atty. Marie Frances Ramon appeared as private prosecutor in Criminal Case No. 14-765 despite her suspension from the practice of law, thus:
 
Let it be made of record, too, that Atty. Marie...