[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 139-2018, July 06, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 139-2018, July 06, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 139-2018, July 06, 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. ROBERTO P. TOLENTINO FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR THREE (3) YEARS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 11 October 2016 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 4269, entitled "Dolores Natanauan v. Atty. Roberto P. Tolentino," to wit:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court finds respondent Atty. Roberto P. Tolentino GUILTY of violating the Lawyer's Oath, and Canons 1, 7, and 10 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, he is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for THREE (3) YEARS EFFECTIVE FROM NOTICE, with a STERN WARNING that any similar infraction in the future will be dealt with more severely.

Let copies of this Decision be furnished the Office of the Bar Confidant to be appended to respondent Roberto P. Tolentino's personal record as an attorney, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and all courts in the country for their information and guidance.

Per Registry Return Receipt No. 43993, respondent received a copy of the Decision dated 11 October 2016 on 24 November 2016.

6 July 2018

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator