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Dimayuga vs. Atty. Rubia

JULIETA DIMAYUGA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. VIVIAN G. RUBIA, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 8854 | 2018-07-03

DECISION
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
For Our resolution is a Complaint[1] for disciplinary action, charging Atty. Vivian G. Rubia (respondent) with gross negligence, misrepresentation, and violation of the lawyer's oath.

Julieta Dimayuga (complainant) averred in her Complaint that sometime in June 2002, she and her family engaged respondent's legal services to effect the transfer of their deceased father's property to them, which services were supposed to include preparation, notarization, and processing of the transfer document and payment of taxes and other fees for such transfer. Respondent prepared a document denominated as...