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Home Guaranty Corp vs. Tagayuna, Gangan, etc.

HOME GUARANTY CORPORATION, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. LAMBERTO T. TAGAYUNA, ATTY. JOSE A. GANGAN, ATTY. ELMAR A. PANOPIO, AND ATTY. RENATO DE PANO, JR., RESPONDENTS.

A.C. No. 13131 | 2022-02-23

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
This administrative case arose from a complaint for disbarment[1] filed by complainant Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC) against respondents Atty. Lamberto T. Tagayuna (Atty. Tagayuna), Atty. Jose A. Gangan (Atty. Gangan), Atty. Elmar A. Panopio (Atty. Panopio), and Atty. Renato De Pano, Jr. (Atty. De Pano) (collectively, respondents) for violation of Rules 15.01, 15.03, and 15.08 of Canon 15, and Rules 16.01 and 16.03 of Canon 16, of the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR).[2]

The Factual Antecedents:

On November 5, 2015, HGC filed a complaint for disbarment before the Integrated Bar of the...