[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 164-2016, July 25, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 164-2016, July 25, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 164-2016, July 25, 2016 ]

TO : THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : DISBARMENT OF ATTY. IAN RAYMOND A. PANGALANGAN

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Court En Banc dated 8 September 2015 in Administrative Case No. 10676, entitled "Atty. Roy B. Ecraela v. Atty. Ian Raymond A. Pangalangan," to wit:

WHEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the Court resolves to ADOPT the resolution of the IBP Board of Governors approving and adopting, with modification, the Report and Recommendation of the Investigating Commissioner. Accordingly, respondent Atty. Ian Raymond A. Pangalangan is found GUILTY of gross immorality and of violating Section 2 of Article XV of the 1987 Constitution, Canon 1 and Rule 1.01, Canon 7 and Rule 7.03, and Rule 10.01 of Canon 10 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, and the Lawyer's Oath and is hereby DISBARRED from the practice of law.

In a Resolution dated 2 February 2016, the Court further DENIED with FINALITY the respondent's motion for reconsideration, there being no substantial matter raised to warrant the reversal of the questioned Decision.

25 July 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator