[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 95-2016, April 12, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 95-2016, April 12, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 95-2016, April 12, 2016 ]

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 : LIFTING OF SUSPENSION FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR SIX (6) MONTHS OF ATTY. ATANACIO D. ADDOG

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Resolution of the Third Division dated 2 September 2015 in Administrative Case No. 10449, entitled "Francisco Binay-an, et al. vs. Atty. Atanacio D. Addog," to wit:

Acting on the Report and Recommendation dated June 17, 2015 of the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), in compliance with the Resolution of February 23, 2015, submitting that: (a) based on records and documentary evidence submitted by respondent, the order of his six 1 (6) months suspension from the practice of law commenced upon his receipt on September 3, 2014 of the Resolution dated July 28, 2014 and ended on March 3, 2015; and (b) respondent has submitted certifications dated May 8, 2015 and May 18, 2015 from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Mountain Province Chapter and IBP Baguio-Benguet Chapter, respectively, affirming that respondent has desisted from the practice of law during the period of his suspension, and certifications from the lower courts of Baguio City and Benguet Province attesting that respondent did not appear or acted as a lawyer, in any case pending before these courts since September 3, 2014 to the present, the Court, upon the recommendation of the OBC, resolves to LIFT the order of six (6) months suspension from the practice of law meted on respondent and ALLOW TO RESUME his law practice in view of his service of the six months suspension and the submission of the required certifications.

It appearing .that the copy of the Resolution dated February 23, 2015 which noted respondent's compliance with the Resolution of July 28, 2014 stating that he is now serving the penalty imposed upon him and praying that he be notified if there be any other requirements that he needs to comply with in order for him to fully serve the penalty, addressed to Atty. Domingo B. Lingbawen, counsel for complainants, was returned unserved with postal carrier's notation "RTS Insufficient Address" on the envelope, the Court further resolves to DEEM said resolution as SERVED on the addressee.

12 April 2016

(SGD.) RAUL BAUTISTA VILLANUEVA Deputy Court Administrator and Officer-in-Charge Office of the Court Administrator