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Atty. Muntuerto Jr. vs. Atty. Gerardo

ATTY. ANASTACIO T. MUNTUERTO, JR.; ATTY. RAMON JOSE G. DUYONGCO; ATTY. MARIO Y. CAVADA; AND ATTY. CHAD RODOLFO M. MIEL, COMPLAINANTS, V. ATTY. GERARDO WILFREDO L. ALBERTO, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12289 | 2019-04-02

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, C.J.:
 
A lawyer who notarizes documents without a notarial commission, and assists and abets the unauthorized practice of law by a non-lawyer, deliberately violates the Lawyer's Oath and transgresses the canons of the Code of Professional Responsibility. He thereby manifests a lack of respect for the law and dishonesty, and deserves to be severely punished.
 
Antecedents
 
We hereby consider and resolve the disbarment complaint filed by the complainants charging the respondent with falsification of public documents, and wilful and deliberate violations of his oath as a lawyer, and of the...