A.C. No. 13628 - HELEN A. PAEZ, VS. ATTY. ALFONSO D. DEBUQUE. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

ACCORDINGLY , respondent Atty. Alfonso D. Debuque is declared GUILTY of violation of Canon II, Section 1 of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability. He is SUSPENDED from the practice of law for three years effective immediately from receipt of this Decision with a STERN WARNING that a repetition of any of the offenses involved in this case or a commission of similar acts will merit a more severe penalty. Atty. Alfonso D. Debuque is also DIRECTED to INFORM this Court of the date of his receipt of this Decision to determine the reckoning point of the effectivity of his suspension. Let copies of this Decision be furnished to the Office of the Bar Confidant, to be appended to the personal record of respondent Atty. Alfonso D. Debuque as an attorney; the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, for their information and guidance; and the Office of the Court Administrator, for dissemination to all the courts in the country. SO ORDERED.