[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 75-2014, May 19, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 75-2014, May 19, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 75-2014, May 19, 2014 ]

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 SIX (6) MONTHS OF ATTY. RONALD L GUAREN

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Resolution of the Third Division dated 10 March 2014 in Administrative Case No. 10164, entitled "Stephan Brunet and Virginia Romanillos Brunet v. Atty. Ronald L. Guaren," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Ronald L Guaren is found GUILTY of having violated Canons 17 and 18 of the Code of Professional Responsibility and is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for a period of SIX (6) MONTHS effective from receipt of this Resolution, with a warning that a similar infraction in the future shall be dealt with more severely.

19 May 2014

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator