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Katrina Joaquin Carino vs Atty Arturo De Los Reyes

KATRINA JOAQUIN CARINO, petitioner, vs. ATTY. ARTURO DE LOS REYES, respondent.

A.C. No. 4982 | 2001-08-09

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines' (IBP) Resolution No. XIV-2000-460, dated July 29, 2000, dismissing the complaint for inexcusable negligence filed by Katrina Cariño against respondent Atty. Arturo de los Reyes.

Complainant alleged that on March 3, 1998, she contracted the services of respondent, a former Quezon City prosecutor, to file complaints for slander by deed, threats, and physical injuries against her relatives Faye Lorenz, Godofreditas Lorenz, and Rosario Joaquin, who themselves subsequently filed charges against complainant and her father for...