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DAVID L. ALMENDAREZ, JR., complainant,

vs.

ATTY. MINERVO T. LANGIT, responent.

D E ! I " I O N A.!. No. #$%# J&l' (%, ($$) !AR*IO,J.+

The Case

On 5 May 2004, David L. Almendarez, Jr. ("cm!lainan"# $iled his cm!lain%

a$$idavi&'e$re he ne)raed *ar $ he +hili!!ines (*+#, seein) he dis'armen $ Ay.

Minerv T. Lan)i ("res!nden"# $r acs -n'ecmin) a layer.

The $acs are -ndis!-ed/

Cm!lainan, as arney%in%$ac $ his mher +-ra Liana) da. de Almendarez, as he

!laini$$ in an e1ecmen case 'e$re he M-nici!al Trial C-r $ Da)-!an Ciy, *ranch 2

("rial c-r"#. es!nden served as cm!lainan3s c-nsel. hile he case as !endin),

de$endan )er *-manla) ("*-manla)"# de!sied mnhly renals $r he !r!ery in

dis!-e he *ranch Cler $ C-r.

On 6e'r-ary &774, he rial c-r rendered a decisin in he e1ecmen case 'ased n a

cm!rmise a)reemen e8ec-ed 'y cm!lainan and *-manla). On &9 Decem'er &775,

he rial c-r iss-ed an alias ri $ e8ec-in $r he sais$acin $ he decisin. A c-r

rder2daed 2 March 2000 )raned he Omni'-s Min $r :8ec-in and ihdraal $

De!sied enals $iled 'y res!nden as cm!lainan3s c-nsel. es!nden $iled a

secnd min $r ihdraal $ de!sied renals, hich he rial c-r als )raned n &;

March 2000.

OLD ? T< CL:?T T>AT MAB COM: ?TO >< +Oe

did n !-rs-e he im!lemenain $ he ri $ e8ec-in iss-ed in he e1ecmen case,

he !re1-dice $ cm!lainan. *y his inacin, res!nden vilaed he r-s and cn$idence

re!sed in him. 6r in a)reein) 'e cm!lainan3s c-nsel, res!nden -nder

ae all se!s necessary sa$e)-ard cm!lainan3s ineres in he case.

The miscnd-c $ res!nden is a))ravaed 'y his -n1-si$ied re$-sal heed he rders

$ he *+ reE-irin) him $ile an anser he cm!lain%a$$idavi and, a$erards,

a!!ear a he mandary cn$erence. Alh-)h res!nden did n a!!ear a he

cn$erence, he *+ )ave him anher chance de$end himsel$ hr-)h a !siin !a!er.