[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 8-2009, January 19, 2009 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 8-2009, January 19, 2009 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 8-2009, January 19, 2009 ]

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:

DISBARMENT OF ATTY. EDILBERTO BARCELONA

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Court En Bane dated 10 March 2004, in Administrative Case No. 5438, entitled "Dan Joel V. Lim and Richard C. Tan vs. Atty. Edilberto Barcelona", to wit:

"WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Edilberto Barcelona is found administratively guilty of corrupt activity, deceit, and gross misconduct and is hereby ordered DISBARRED. Let his name be stricken from the Roil of Attorneys effective immediately, and this resolution spread in his record in this Court and circulated to all courts in the Philippines."

The respondent's Motion for Reconsideration was DENIED with F INALITY pursuant to En Bane resolution dated 16 October 2007.

January__ 19 __,2009.

JOSE P. PEREZ

Court Administrator