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In Re: Borromeo [RESOLUTION]

IN RE JOAQUIN T. BORROMEO / Ex Rel. Cebu City Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines

A.M. No. 93-7-696-0 | 1995-02-21

R E S O L U T I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
It is said that a little learning is a dangerous thing; and that he who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client. There would seem to be more than a grain of truth in these aphorisms; and they appear to find validation in the proceeding at bench, at least.

The respondent in this case, Joaquin T. Borromeo, is not a lawyer but has apparently read some law books, and ostensibly come to possess some superficial awareness of a few substantive legal principles and procedural rules. Incredibly, with nothing more than this smattering of learning, the respondent has, for some sixteen (16) years now,...