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Diaz vs. Atty. Mandagan

JOSEMARIE L. DIAZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. MARIA NYMPHA C. MANDAGAN, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12669 (Formerly CBD Case No. 15-4856) | 2021-06-28

D E C I S I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
On petition for review[1] is the Resolution[2] dated February 16, 2019 of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Board of Governors in CBD Case No. 15-4856 filed by Atty. Maria Nympha C. Mandagan (Atty. Mandagan) which partially granted her Motion for Reconsideration and reduced her penalty of suspension from the practice of law from two (2) years, as recommended by the IBP Commission on Bar Discipline (CBD), to only one (1) year.
 
The Antecedents
 
The present case stemmed from the Verified Complaint with Prayer for Immediate Preventive Suspension[3] filed by Atty. Mandagan...