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Tiongson vs. Flores

MA. HERMINIA T. TIONGSON, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. MICHAEL L. FLORES, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12424 | 2020-09-01

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J.:
 
A lawyer must promptly call upon the client to correct any fraud. If the client refuses, the lawyer should terminate their professional relationship.[1] The observance of this rule is the core issue in this administrative case involving a lawyer who shared a falsified Court Order with his client who then used it to harass another person.
 
ANTECEDENTS

In 2014, a former court employee named Vincent gave Atty. Michael Flores (Atty. Flores) an Order that the Regional Trial Court (RTC) supposedly issued in Civil Case No. 1445-13 entitled "Heirs of Jacinta R. Tenorio, Represented by...