[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 277-2016, December 20, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 277-2016, December 20, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 277-2016, December 20, 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 : DISBARMENT OF ATTY. FREDDIE A. VENIDA

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 23 August 2016 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 11317, entitled "Ethelene W. San Juan v. Atty. Freddie A. Venida," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Freddie A. Venida is found GUILTY of violating Canons 16, 17, and 18, and Rules 1.01, 16.01, 18.03 and 18.04 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, he is hereby DISBARRED from the practice of law and his name is ORDERED stricken off from the Roll of Attorneys, effective immediately.

Atty. Venida is ordered to refund the amount of £ 29,000 to complainant Ethelene W. San Juan within thirty (30) days from notice. Otherwise, he may be held in contempt of court.

Respondent received the decision on 11 October 2016.

20 December 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator