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Atty. Bonifacio T. Barandon, Jr. Vs. Atty. Edwin Z. Ferrer, Sr

ATTY. BONIFACIO T. BARANDON, JR., Complainant, versus ATTY. EDWIN Z. FERRER, SR., Respondent

A.C. No. 5768 | 2010-03-26

DECISION


ABAD, J.:

This administrative case concerns a lawyer who is claimed to have hurled invectives upon another lawyer and filed a baseless suit against him.

The Facts and the Case

On January 11, 2001 complainant Atty. Bonifacio T. Barandon, Jr. filed a complaint-affidavit[1] with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Commission on Bar Discipline (IBP-CBD) seeking the disbarment, suspension from the practice of law, or imposition of appropriate disciplinary action against respondent Atty. Edwin Z. Ferrer, Sr. for the following offenses:

1. On November 22, 2000 Atty. Ferrer, as plaintiff's counsel in Civil Case 7040, filed a reply...