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CAROLINE CASTAÑEDA JIMENEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. EDGAR B. FRANCISCO, RESPONDENT.

CAROLINE CASTAÑEDA JIMENEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. EDGAR B. FRANCISCO, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10548 | 2014-12-10

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This refers to the Resolutions of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Board of Governors (IBP-BOG), dated January 3, 20131 and March 22, 2014,2 adopting and approving the findings of the Commission on Bar Discipline (CBD) which found Atty. Edgar B. Francisco (Atty. Francisco) administratively liable for multiple violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) and recommended the penalty of suspension of one (1) year from the practice of law.
 
On September 6, 2007, the CBD received a complaint, dated July 14, 2007,3 filed by Caroline Castañeda Jimenez...