SECOND DIVISION
[A.C. No. 12203. January 7, 2019.]
LORDITO S. DIAZ, petitioner,vs. ATTY. ERIC G. SANTOS, respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated07 January 2019which reads as follows:
"A.C. No. 12203 (Lordito S. Diaz v. Atty. Eric G. Santos)
The Court RESOLVES to ADOPT and APPROVE the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in the attached Notice of Resolutions dated February 21, 2015 1 and November 29, 2016. 2 Accordingly, the Court finds respondent Atty. Eric G. Santos (respondent) GUILTY of violating Canon 17 and Rules 18.03 and 18.04, Canon 18 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, and is thus, meted with the penalty of SUSPENSION from the practice of law for a period of two (2) months, with a STERN WARNING that a repetition of the same or similar infraction will be dealt with more severely.
The suspension in the practice of law, shall take effect immediately upon receipt of this Resolution by respondent. He is DIRECTED to immediately file a Manifestation to the Court that his suspension has started, copy furnished all courts and quasi-judicial bodies where he has entered his appearance as counsel.
Let copies of this Resolution be furnished to: (a) the Office of the Bar Confidant to be appended to respondent's personal record as an attorney; (b) the IBP for its information and guidance; and (c) the Office of the Court Administrator for circulation to all courts in the country.
SO ORDERED." (HERNANDO, J., designated Additional Member per Special Order Nos. 2629 and 2630 dated December 18, 2018.)
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) MARIA LOURDES C. PERFECTODivision Clerk of Court
By:
TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, p. 195, including its dorsal portion. Signed by National Secretary Nasser A. Marohomsalic.
2.Id. at 223-224. Signed by Secretary for the Meeting Avelino V. Sales, Jr.