In a 10-page en banc decision, the SC unanimously upheld the recommendation of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, which found lawyer Edgardo Abad guilty of gross misconduct, malpractice, and deceit. READ:
out with a fake decision in a nullity of marriage case in order to convince his client to pay the balance of their agreed amount representing his professional and filing fees and other expenses.
Abad, then a legal officer of the AFP’s Office of the Ethical Standard and Public Accountability , offered to act as Gonzaga’s counsel after being told by the complainant that she was having marital problems with her husband. However, in October 2010 Abad explained to Gonzaga that the decision could not be recorded unless she paid the balance of the agreed P80,000 fee.Abad then recommended filing a similar case in another province where it is easier to record a decree of nullity of marriage but Gonzaga got suspicious and turned down the suggestion.
This prompted Gonzaga to file a criminal case for estafa through falsification and an administrative complaint before the AFP and a disbarment complaint against Abad before the IBP.
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