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Bondoc vs. Atty. Licudine

FELICITAS H. BONDOC, REPRESENTED BY CONRAD H. BAUTISTA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. MARLOW L. LICUDINE, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12768 | 2020-06-23

EN BANC
 
 
DECISION

 

GESMUNDO, J.:
 
This is a Complaint[1] filed before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Commission on Bar Discipline (Commission) against Atty. Marlow L. Licudine (respondent) for violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility (Code), the Lawyer's Oath, and Rule 138 of the Rules of Court.

The Antecedents

Sometime in 2015, Felicitas H. Bondoc (complainant), a resident of Alberta, Canada, was looking for a lawyer in the Philippines to handle the civil case for annulment of marriage that she was going' to file against her husband, Benjamin Bondoc. A common friend then introduced...