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Orola vs. Atty. Baribar

TOMAS N. OROLA AND PHIL. NIPPON AOI INDUSTRY, INC., COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. ARCHIE S. BARIBAR, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 6927 | 2018-03-14

DECISION
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
The case stemmed from a Complaint[1] dated October 17, 2005 filed before this Court by complainants Tomas N. Orola (Orola) and Phil. Nippon AOI Industry, Inc. (Phil. Nippon) against Atty. Archie S. Baribar (Baribar), for allegedly inventing numerous offenses against them, procuring documents with forged signatures, representing a person not his client, and notarizing a document without the person appearing before him as required by law, in violation of his lawyer's oath and Rule 138, Section 20 (c), (d) and (g) of the Rules of Court.

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