[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 41-2017, February 27, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 41-2017, February 27, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 41-2017, February 27, 2017 ]

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 OF ATTY. GREGORY F. BUHANGIN FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR SIX (6) MONTHS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 20 April 2016 of the Third Division in Administrative Case No. 7110, entitled " Arthur S. Tulio v. Atty. Gregory F. Buhangin ," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Gregory F. Buhangin is hereby held GUILTY of representing conflicting interests in violation of Rule 15.03, Canon 15 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, he is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for a period of six (6) months, with a WARNING that a repetition of the same or similar acts in the future will be dealt with more severely.

Respondent, thru agent Janelle Ann Buhangin, received the aforesaid Decision on 15 June 2016.

27 February 2017

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator