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Guevarra-Castil vs. Atty. Trinidad

MARYANNE MERRIAM B. GUEVARRA-CASTIL, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. EMELY REYES TRINIDAD, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10294 | 2022-12-07

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
For Our review is Resolution No. XXII-2017-1086[1] issued by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Board of Governors (Board), which adopted the findings and recommendation[2] of the IBP Commission on Bar Discipline (Commission) to impose the ultimate penalty of disbarment against respondent Atty. Emely Reyes Trinidad (Atty. Trinidad), for violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR).

The Factual Antecedents

The present case arose from a Complaint[3] dated November 29, 2013, filed by Maryanne Merriam B. Guevarra-Castil (Maryanne), accusing her husband, Orlando...