[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 66-2015, April 13, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 66-2015, April 13, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 66-2015, April 13, 2015 ]

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 FIVE (5) MONTHS OF ATTY. JOSE B. ALVAREZ

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Resolution of the Second Division dated 4 December 2000 in G.R.' No. 126025, entitled "People v. Joselito Almendral," to wit:

ACCORDINGLY, Atty. Jose B. Alvarez is SUSPENDED immediately from the practice of law for five (5) months from receipt of this Resolution and to pay a fine of P3,000.00 which he is required to pay within thirty (30) days also from receipt hereof.

The order of suspension, as mandated in the Resolution dated 4 December 2000 in G.R. No. 126025, was re-docketed as a regular Administrative Case No. 9723 (Re: Resolution dated December 4, 2000 in G.R. No. 126025 [P. v Joselito Almendral] vs. Atty. Jose B. Alvarez).

13 April 2015

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator