[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 279-2016, December 21, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 279-2016, December 21, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 279-2016, December 21, 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 OF ATTY. JOSE D. PAJARILLO FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR ONE (1) YEAR

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 22 July 2015 of the Third Division in Administrative Case No. 10687, entitled "Mabini Colleges, Inc. represented by Marcel N. Lukban et al. v. Atty. Jose D. Pajarillo," to wit:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, Resolution No. XX- 2013-770 and Resolution No. XXI-2014-290 of the IBP Board of Governors imposing a penalty of suspension from the practice of law for one year against respondent Atty. Jose D. Pajarillo are hereby AFFIRMED.

Respondent received the Decision on 17 August 2015.

21 December 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator