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Anastacio N. Teodoro III Vs. Atty. Romeo S. Gonzales

ANASTACIO N. TEODORO III, Complainant, vs. ATTY. ROMEO S. GONZALES, Respondent.

A.C. No. 6760 | 2013-01-30




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We resolve this disbarment complaint against Atty. Romeo S. Gonzales for violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility for the forum shopping he allegedly committed.

In his complaint,1 Anastacio N. Teodoro Ill related that Atty. Gonzales acted as counsel of Araceli Teodoro-Marcial in two civil cases that the latter filed against him. The first ccise, Special Proceeding No. 99-95587,2 involved the settlement of the intestate estate of Manuela Teodoro. While the settlement proceeding was pending, Atty. Gonzales assisted

Teodord-Marcial in filing Civil Case No. 00-99207,3 for Annulment of Document,...