[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 178-2018, August 24, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 178-2018, August 24, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 178-2018, August 24, 2018 ]

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: SUSPENSION OF ATTY. BERARDO C. FAUNDO, JR. FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR ONE (1) MONTH

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 11 June 2018 of the First Division in Administrative Case No. 10145, entitled "Oliver Fabugais v. Atty. Berardo C. Faundo, Jr," to wit:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, respondent lawyer Atty. Berardo C. Faundo, Jr. is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for one (1) month, reckoned from receipt of a copy of this Decision. He is hereby WARNED to be more careful and more circumspect in all his actions, and to be mindful of the kind of example he holds up, especially to impressionable young people, lest he brings upon himself a direr fate the second time around.

Let a copy of this Decision be entered into the personal records of Atty. Berardo C. Faundo, Jr. as a member of the Bar, and copies furnished the Office of the Bar Confidant, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and the Office of the Court Administrator for circulation to all courts in the country.

As stated in his verified manifestation dated 6 July 2018, respondent received a copy of the aforesaid Decision on 6 July 2018.

24 August 2018

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator