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Reynaria Barcenas Vs. Atty. Anorlito A. Alvero

REYNARIA BARCENAS, Complainant, versus ATTY. ANORLITO A. ALVERO, Respondent

A.C. No. 8159 (formerly CBD 05-1452) | 2010-04-23

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

Before us is a Complaint[1] dated May 17, 2005 for disciplinary action against respondent Atty. Anorlito A. Alvero filed by Reynaria Barcenas with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Commission on Bar Discipline (IBP-CBD), docketed as CBD Case No. 05-1452, now Administrative Case (A.C.) No. 8159.

The facts as culled from the records are as follows:

On May 7, 2004, Barcenas, through her employee Rodolfo San Antonio (San Antonio), entrusted to Atty. Alvero the amount of P300,000.00, which the latter was supposed to give to a certain Amanda Gasta to redeem the rights of his deceased father as tenant of a...