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Lopez vs. Atty. Cristobal

CARLOS V. LOPEZ, COMPLAINANT, V. ATTY. MILAGROS ISABEL A. CRISTOBAL, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12146 (Formerly CBD Case No. 13-4040) | 2018-10-10

D E C I S I O N
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
Before this Court is an administrative complaint[1] filed before the Commission on Bar Discipline of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (CBD-IBP) by Complainant Carlos V. Lopez (Lopez) against Respondent Atty. Milagros Isabel A. Cristobal (Atty. Cristobal).
 
The Factual Antecedents
 
Lopez alleged that sometime in May 2011, he engaged the services of respondent Atty. Cristobal as his counsel in the case of Carlo V. Lopez v. Jesus A. Manego, Peter Blair S. Agustin, and Rosalina Joson Pascual (subject case), docketed as Civil Case No. 09-711, pending before the Regional Trial...