B.M. No. 3767 (In Re: In the Matter of Petition for Acknowledge [sic] Lawyer [sic] to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines) with Lamberto Quiambao Payongayong, as Petitioner

October 11, 2022

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 280-2022

 

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Resolution dated 21 June 2022 of the Court En Banc in B.M. No. 3767, titled "In re: In the Matter of Petition for Acknowledge [sic] Lawyer [sic] to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines," with Lamberto Quiambao Payongayong, as Petitioner, to wit:

WHEREFORE, the petition of Lamberto Quiambao Payongayong to be acknowledged as a lawyer is DENIED for utter lack of merit. The Court resolves to:

1. REITERATE the Resolution dated November 23, 2021 DIRECTING Lamberto Quiambao Payongayong to IMMEDIATELY CEASE and DESIST from engaging in any and all acts which constitute illegal practice of law, and making this Directive PERMANENT;

2. PROHIBIT him and all persons acting on his behalf from filing any further petitions, motions, requests, letter, and the like, seeking the issuance of any documents such as certifications from any public offices, including the Office of the Bar. Confidant and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines supposedly to establish his desired status as a member of the Philippine Bar;

3. ENJOIN these Offices to REJECT OUTRIGHT all such petitions, letters, motions, or requests from petitioner or any one acting on his behalf.

Petitioner is seriously warned that any violation of numbers 1 and 2 hereof will be dealt with more severely.

The Office of the Court Administrator is ordered to CIRCULATE notices and POST on the bulletin boards of all courts in the country the name and photograph of petitioner with the information that he is not a member of the Philippine Bar.

This Resolution shall take effect IMMEDIATELY. Let a copy of this Resolution be furnished the Office of the Bar Confidant, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Office of the Court Administrator, and the MCLE Office.

(SGD.) JENNY LIND R. ALDECOA-DELORINODeputy Court Administrator