[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 129-2018, June 20, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 129-2018, June 20, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 129-2018, June 20, 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 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : SUSPENSION OF ATTY. RONALDO ANTONIO V. CALAYAN FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR TWO (2) YEARS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 10 January 2018 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 8208, entitled "Ret. Judge Virgilio Alpajora v. Atty. Ronaldo Antonio V. Calayan," to wit:

WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS and APPROVES the Resolution of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Board of Governors dated September 28, 2013. Accordingly, Atty. Ronaldo Antonio V. Calayan is found GUILTY of violating The Lawyer's Oath and The Code of Professional Responsibility and he is hereby ordered SUSPENDED from the practice of law for two (2) years, with STERN WARNING that a repetition of the same or a similar offense will warrant the imposition of a more severe penalty.

Per Registry Return Receipt No. 8981, respondent received a copy of the aforesaid Decision on 8 February 2018. To date, respondent has not filed a motion for reconsideration.

20 June 2018

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator