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Maria Cristina Zabaljauregui Pitcher Vs. Atty. Rustico B. Gagate

MARIA CRISTINA ZABALJAUREGUI PITCHER, Complainant, vs. ATTY. RUSTICO B. GAGATE, Respondent.

A.C. No. 9532 | 2013-10-08

EN BANC

DECISION

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

For the Court's resolution is an administrative complaint1 filed by  Maria Cristina Zabaljauregui Pitcher (complainant) against Atty. Rustico B. Gagate (respondent), . charging him for gross ignorance of the law and unethical practice of law.

The Facts

Complainant claimed to be the legal wife of David B. Pitcher (David),2 a British national who passed away on June 18, 2004.3 Prior to his death, David was engaged in business in the Philippines and owned, among others, 40% of the shareholdings in Consulting Edge, Inc. 4 (Consulting Edge), a domestic corporation. In order to settle the affairs of her...