[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 142-2018, July 06, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 142-2018, July 06, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 142-2018, July 06, 2018 ]

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 : DISBARMENT OF ATTY. JOSE C. QUESADA, JR.

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 13 March 2018 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 7186, entitled "Romeo A. Zarcilla and Marita Bumanglag v. Atty. Jose C. Quesada, Jr.," to wit:

IN VIEW OF ALL THE FOREGOING, We find respondent ATTY. JOSE C. QUESADA, JR. GUILTY of gross misconduct and willful disobedience of lawful orders rendering him unworthy of continuing membership in the legal profession. He is, thus, ordered DISBARRED from the practice of law and his name stricken-off of the Roll of Attorneys, effective immediately. We likewise, REVOKE his incumbent notarial commission, if any, and PERPETUALLY DISQUALIFIES him from being commissioned as a notary public.

Let copies of this Decision be furnished the Office of the Bar Confidant, which shall forthwith record it in the personal file of respondent. All the Courts of the Philippines; the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, which shall disseminate copies thereof to all its Chapters; and all administrative quasi-judicial agencies of the Republic of the Philippines.

Per Registry Return Receipt No. 41343, respondent received a copy of the aforesaid Decision on 11 May 2018.

6 July 2018

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator