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Josefina M. Aniñon vs. Atty. Clemencio Sabitsana, Jr.

JOSEFINA M. ANIÑON, Complainant,vs.ATTY. CLEMENCIO SABITSANA, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 5098 | 2012-04-11

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
We resolve this disbarment complaint against Atty. Clemencio Sabitsana, Jr. who is charged of: (1) violating the lawyer’s duty to preserve confidential information received from his client;[1] and (2) violating the prohibition on representing conflicting interests.[2]
 
In her complaint, Josefina M. Aniñon (complainant) related that she previously engaged the legal services of Atty. Sabitsana in the preparation and execution in her favor of a Deed of Sale over a parcel of land owned by her late common-law husband, Brigido Caneja, Jr. Atty. Sabitsana allegedly...