[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 165-2017, August 04, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 165-2017, August 04, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 165-2017, August 04, 2017 ]

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 ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : DISBARMENT OF ATTY. FERDINAND L. ANCHETA

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Resolution dated 19 July 2016 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 6387, entitled "Gabino V. Tolentino and Flordeliza C. Tolentino v. Atty. Henry B. So and Atty. Ferdinand L. Ancheta," to wit:

WHEREFORE , the complaint against respondent Atty. Henry B. So is DISMISSED for insufficiency of evidence. On the other hand, this Court finds respondent Atty. Ferdinand L. Ancheta GUILTY of gross misconduct in violation of the Lawyer's Oath and the Code of Professional Responsibility and hereby DISBARS him from the practice of law. The Office of the Bar Confidant is DIRECTED to remove the name of Ferdinand L. Ancheta from the Roll of Attorneys.

Respondent Ancheta is ORDERED to return to complainants Gabino V. Tolentino and Flordeliza C. Tolentino, within 30 days from receipt of this Resolution, the total amount of P230.000.00, with legal interest at 12% per annum from the date of demand on September 10, 2003 to June 30, 2013, and at 6% per annum from July 1, 2013 until full payment. Respondent Ancheta is further DIRECTED to submit to this Court proof of payment of the amount within 10 days from payment.

4 August 2017

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator