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Santos Ventura Hocorma Foundation, Inc. vs. Atty. Richard V. Funk

SANTOS VENTURA HOCORMA FOUNDATION, INC., represented by GABRIEL H. ABAD, Complainant, vs. ATTY. RICHARD V. FUNK, Respondent.

A.C. No. 9094 | 2012-08-15

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
ABAD, J.: 
 
This is a disbarment case against a lawyer who sued a former client in representation of a new one. 
 
The Facts and the Case 
 
Complainant Santos Ventura Hocorma Foundation, Inc. (Hocorma Foundation) filed a complaint for disbarment against respondent Atty. Richard Funk. It alleged that Atty. Funk used to work as corporate secretary, counsel, chief executive officer, and trustee of the foundation from 1983 to 1985.1 He also served as its counsel in several criminal and civil cases. 
 
Hocorma Foundation further alleged that on November 25, 2006...