A.C. No. 10306 - FATIMA S. INGRAM, V. ATTY. JOSE Q. LORICA IV, D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, Atty. Jose Q. Lorica IV is hereby found GUILTY of violation of Canon 7 of the Code of Professional Responsibility for which he is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for a period of six (6) months. He is likewise meted the penalties of immediate REVOCATION of his Notarial Commission if presently existing and DISQUALIFICATION from being commissioned as a Notary Public for a period of two (2) years. He is likewise hereby found GUILTY of violation of Rule 10.02 of the Code of Professional Responsibility for which he is hereby ADMONISHED . The penalties herein imposed come with a STERN WARNING that the repetition of similar violations will be dealt with even more severely. Let copies of this Decision be attached to the personal records of respondent as attorney, and be furnished to the Office of the Bar Confidant, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and the Office of the Court Administrator for proper dissemination to all courts throughout the country. SO ORDERED.