[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 29-2016, January 29, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 29-2016, January 29, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 29-2016, January 29, 2016 ]

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 SIX (6) MONTHS OF ATTY. WILLIAM F. DELOS SANTOS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision of the Supreme Court En Banc dated 4 March 2014 in Administrative Case No. 10179 entitled "Benjamin Q. Ong vs. Atty. William F. Delos Santos," to wit:

ACCORDINGLY, the Court PRONOUNCES respondent ATTY. WILLIAM F. DELOS SANTOS GUILTY of violating the Lawyer's Oath, and Canon 1, Rule 1.01 and Canon 7, Rule 7.03 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, and, accordingly, SUSPENDS HIM FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS EFFECTIVE FROM NOTICE, with a stern warning that any similar infraction in the future will be dealt with more severely.

29 January 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator