[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 258-2018, December 27, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 258-2018, December 27, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 258-2018, December 27, 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: SUSPENSION OF ATTY. ANTONIO A. GERONIMO FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR SIX (6) MONTHS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 14 February 2018 of the Second Division in Administrative Case No. 10441, entitled "Susan T. De Leon v. Atty. Antonio A. Geronimo," to wit:

WHEREFORE, IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, the Court SUSPENDS Atty. Antonio A. Geronimo from the practice of law for a period of six (6) months and WARNS him that a repetition of the same or similar offense shall be dealt with more severely.

Let copies of this Decision be included in the personal records of Atty. Antonio A. Geronimo and entered in his file in the Office of the Bar Confidant.

Let copies of this Decision be disseminated to all lower courts by the Office of the Court Administrator, as well as to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, for their information and guidance.

As per Registry Return Receipt No. 92408, respondent, thru agent Mylene Guinocos, received a copy of the aforesaid Decision dated 9 July 2018 on 7 September 2018.

27 December 2018

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator