[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 57-2017, March 14, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 57-2017, March 14, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 57-2017, March 14, 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 : DISBARMENT OF ATTY. ELEONOR A. MARAVILLA-ONA

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 27 September 2016 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 11064, entitled "Bienvenida Flor Suarez v. Atty. Eleonor A. Maravilla- Ona," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Eleonor A. Maravilla- Ona is found GUILTY of gross misconduct and violation of Canons 1,16 and 18; and Rules 1.01,16.01,18.03 and 18.04 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, she is hereby DISBARRED from the practice of law and her name is ordered stricken off from the Roll of Attorneys, effective immediately. The Court orders respondent to RESTITUTE complainant Bienvenida Flor Suarez the amount of fifty-eight thousand pesos (P58,000) within thirty (30) days from receipt of this Decision. Otherwise, respondent may be held liable for contempt.

14 March 2017

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator