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Mary D. Malecdan vs Atty. Percival L. Pekas And Atty. Matthew P. Kollin

MARY D. MALECDAN, complainant, vs. ATTY. PERCIVAL L. PEKAS and ATTY. MATTHEW P. KOLLIN, respondents.

A.C. No. 5830 | 2004-01-26

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The instant case arose when Mary D. Malecdan filed a verified Letter-Complaint dated January 19, 2001 addressed to Atty. Ceasar G. Oracion, then President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), Baguio and Benguet Chapters, charging Atty. Percival L. Pekas and Atty. Matthew P. Kollin, with violation of the lawyer's oath, as they "committed acts not only prejudicial to [the IBP] but are in themselves in violation of the oath that they have sworn to uphold as [a] condition for their admission to the bar."[1]

The undisputed facts as culled from the records are as follows:

On November 25, 1999, the...