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Bernardo A. Tadlip vs. Atty. Fidel H. Borres, Jr.

BERNARDO A. TADLIP, Complainant, versus ATTY. FIDEL H. BORRES, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 5708 | 2005-11-11

R E S O L U T I O N 


Tinga, J.:

Lawyers in government service should be more sensitive in their adherence to their professional obligations under the Code of Professional Responsibility, for their disreputable conduct is more likely to be magnified in the public eye.[1] The actuations of respondent brought to light in this case bring disrepute not only to his good name, but to the government and to the State. Restoration of public trust cannot ensue without an equivocal statement from this Court that such behavior will not stand unpunished. 

We consider the administrative liability of Atty. Fidel H. Borres, Jr. (respondent), a...