[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 70-2017, March 23, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 70-2017, March 23, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 70-2017, March 23, 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 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT: DISBARMENT OF ATTY. JUSTO P. PARAS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Resolution dated 27 September 2016 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 7348, entitled "Rouel Yap Paras v. Atty. Justo P. Paras," to wit:

WHEREFORE, this .Court finds respondent Atty. Justo J. Paras GUILTY of violating the lawyer's oath and Canon 1, Rule 1.01 and Canon 10, Rule 10.01 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. He is hereby DISBARRED from the practice of law and his name stricken from the Roll of Attorneys.

In a Resolution dated 7 March 2017, the Court DENIED with FINALITY the respondent's motion for reconsideration, there being no substantial matters raised to warrant the reversal of the questioned Resolution.

23 March 2017

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator