[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 97-2014, July 23, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 97-2014, July 23, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 97-2014, July 23, 2014 ]

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 THREE (3) MONTHS OF ATTY. ELIAS H. SALINAS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Resolution of the Third Division dated 23 April 2014 in Administrative Case No. 6657, entitled "Karen Acedre v. Labor Arbiter Elias H. Salinas," to wit:

WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings and recommendation of the Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines dated June 8, 2012 and IMPOSES on Labor Arbiter Elias H. Salinas the penalty of SUSPENSION from the practice of law for THREE MONTHS for grave abuse of authority and gross ignorance of the law. He is further WARNED that future commission of any infraction of similar nature will result in the imposition of more severe penalties.

23 July2014

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator