D E C I S I O N
PUNO, J.:
This is a disbarment[1] case filed by Alex Ong, a businessman from Dumaguete City, against Atty. Elpidio D. Unto, for malpractice of law and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer.
The Commission on Bar Discipline of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP-Pasig City) found Atty. Unto guilty of malpractice and recommended the penalty of one-month suspension from the practice of law or, at the very least, a severe reprimand against him.[2]
First, we look at the antecedent facts. The records show that the complainant received a demand-letter from the respondent, in the latter's capacity as legal counsel of one Nemesia...
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