[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 160-2015, July 28, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 160-2015, July 28, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 160-2015, July 28, 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 THREE (3) MONTHS OF ATTY. EDNA M. ALIBUTDAN-DIAZ

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Second Division dated 26 November 2014 in Administrative Case No. 10134 entitled "Philippine Association of Court Employees (PACE), represented by its President, Atty. Virginia C. Rafael vs. Atty. Edna M. Alibutdan-Diaz," to wit:

WHEREFORE, Atty. Edna M. Alibutdan-Diaz is found GUILTY of violating Chapter 1, Canon 1, Rule 1.01 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, and is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for a period of three (3) months.

Respondent received on 5 January 2015 the said Decision.

28 July 2015

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator