[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 96-2014, July 23, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 96-2014, July 23, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 96-2014, July 23, 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 ONE (1) YEAR OF ATTY. BENJAMIN REONAL

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Resolution of the Third Division dated 19 March 2014 in Administrative Case No. 9896, entitled "Ma. Elena Carlos Nebreja v. Atty. Benjamin Reonal," to wit:

WHEREFORE, the December 11, 2008 Resolution of the IBP adopting and approving the September 25, 2008 Recommendation of the Commission on Bar Discipline of the IBP that Atty. Benjamin Reonal be suspended from the practice of law for one (1) year is hereby APPROVED. The order to return the amounts received from complainant is hereby DELETED. This decision is immediately executory and is without prejudice to the filing of any civil or criminal action against respondent.

23 July 2014

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator