[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 27-2017, February 03, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 27-2017, February 03, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 27-2017, February 03, 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 : SUSPENSION OF ATTY. EMELIE P. BANGOT, JR. FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR FIVE (5) YEARS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 5 October 2016 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Case No. 8494, entitled "Spouses Emilio and Alicia Jacinto v. Atty. Emelie P. Ban got, Jr.," to wit:

WHEREFORE, this Court FINDS and HOLDS respondent ATTY. EMELIE P. BANGOT, JR. guilty of violation of the Lawyer's Oath and of the Code of Professional Responsibility; SUSPENDS him from the practice of law for five (5) years effective upon notice of this decision, with warning that sterner sanctions will be meted on him for a similar offense; and DECLARES that he is not entitled to recover any attorney's fees from the complainants.

Respondent received the copy of the Decision dated 25 October 2016 on 8 November 2016 as stated in his motion for reconsideration dated 10 November 2016.

3 February 2017

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator