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Fabugais vs. Atty. Faundo

OLIVER FABUGAIS, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. BERARDO C. FAUNDO JR., RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10145 | 2018-06-11

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
In both their professional and personal lives, lawyers must conduct themselves in such a way that does not reflect negatively upon the legal profession.

Factual Antecedents

This is a Complaint[1] filed by complainant Oliver Fabugais (complainant) against Atty. Berardo C. Faundo, Jr. (respondent lawyer), for gross misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer for having allegedly engaged in illicit and immoral relations with his wife, Annaliza Lizel B. Fabugais (Annaliza).

In her Sinumpaang Salaysay,[2] then 10-year old girl Marie Nicole Fabugais (Marie Nicole), daughter of...