Court En Banc Resolution Dated 21 June 2022 in B.M. No. 3767 (In re: In the Matter of Petition for Acknowledge [sic] Lawyer [sic] to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines) Relative to the Denial of the Petition of Lamberto Quiambao Payongayong to be Acknowledged as a Member of the Philippine Bar

January 13, 2023

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 07-2023

 

For the information and strict compliance of all first and second level courts, appended herein as Annex "A" is the Resolution dated 21 June 2022 of the Honorable Court en banc in B.M. No. 3767 (In re: In the Matter of Petition for Acknowledge [sic] Lawyer [sic] to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines).

In the Resolution, the Court DENIED the petition of Lamberto Quiambao Payongayong to be acknowledged as a member of the Philippine Bar, the dispositive potion of which is quoted below:

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 IMMEDIATELYCEASE 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 anyone acting on his behalf.

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

Accordingly, in compliance with the subject Resolution, all courts in the country are DIRECTED to POST on their respective bulletin boards the name and photograph of Lamberto Quiambao Payongayong with the information that he is not a member of the Philippine Bar.

(SGD.) RAUL B. VILLANUEVACourt Administrator

ANNEX A

B.M. No. 3767