[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 161-2017, August 01, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 161-2017, August 01, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 161-2017, August 01, 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 ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : SUSPENSION OF ATTY. ROLANDO B. ARELLANO FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR THREE (3) YEARS AND PERMANENT DISQUALIFICATION FROM BEING COMMISSIONED AS NOTARY PUBLIC

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 20 June 2017 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 11480, entitled "Arlene Villaflores-Puza v. Atty. Rolando B. Arellano," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Rolando B. Arellano is SUSPENDED from the practice of law for three (3) years and PERMANENTLY DISQUALIFIED from being commissioned as a Notary Public.

This order is IMMEDIATELY EXECUTORY.

Per respondent's letter dated 21 July 2017, he received personally a copy of the aforesaid Decision on 19 July 2017.

1 August 2017

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator