[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 33-2016, January 29, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 33-2016, January 29, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 33-2016, January 29, 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 : SUSPENSION FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR SIX (6) MONTHS OF ATTY. EUSEBIO P. NAVARRO, JR.

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision of the Third Division dated 09 September 2015 in Administrative Case No. 6056 entitled "Felicisima'Mendoza Vda. De Robosa vs. Attys. Juan B. Mendoza and Eusebio P. Navarro, Jr.," to wit:

WHEREFORE, the Court finds respondent Atty. Eusebio P. Navarro, Jr. GUILTY of violation of Rule 18.03 and Rule 18.04 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, and is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for six (6) months effective upon finality of this Decision, with warning that a repetition of the same or similar violation shall be dealt with more severely. The charges against Atty. Juan B. Mendoza are DISMISSED.

29 January 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator