REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Office of the Bar Confidant

SUPREME COURT – En Banc – MANILA

_______________________,
Complainant,

-versus- A.C. NO.______________

For: Disbarment
Atty. Juan Tamad,
Respondent.
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VERIFIED DISBARMENT COMPLAINT / LETTER-AFFIDAVIT

(For violation of Canon 2.03 and 1.03 of
the Canon of Professional Responsibility
and Section 27, Rule 138 of the Rules of Court)

Chief Justice __________________,

and the MEMBERS, En Banc, SUPREME COURT,
Padre Faura, Manila

Your Honors,

I, the undersigned petitioner,________________, under oath, by

myself and for myself, as a litigant / complainant in this case, most
respectfullt depose and say, that:

1. Complainant is of legal age, single, Filipino Citizen,

and a resident of RM. 405, Keppel Bldg., Cebu Business Park, Cebu
City.
 2. Respondent is a member of the bar and a resident of
2/F, Quest Hotel and Residences, Lahug, Cebu City.

3. Respondent, with the help of paralegal Maria,

convinced his clients to transfer legal representation.

4. Respondent promised them financial assistance and

expeditious collection of their claims.

5. To induce them to hire his services, he persistently

called them and sent them text messages.

6. Respondent tried to prevail upon the complainant to

sever his lawyer-client relations with complainant in exchange for a
loan of P 200,000.00.

7. respondent as well gave his calling card to the

complainant. Attached and marked as annex “A” is the calling card
given by the respondent.

RELIEF
In light of the foregoing, it is respectfully prayed that the
instant VERIFIED DISBARMENT COMPLAINT / LETTER-AFFIDAVIT (For
violation of Canon 2.03 and 1.03 of the Canon of Professional
Responsibility and Section 27, Rule 138 of the Rules of Court)
against respondent, Atty. Juan Tamad, be duly noted, admitted, given
due course and granted.

Further, it is respectfully prayed, that judgment be rendered

declaring him guilty and supreme penalty of disbarment be imposed
upon him, ordering that his name be stricken from the Roll of
Attorneys, and punished accordingly.
 Other legal and equitable reliefs as may be applicable are
likewise prayed for.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I signed this pleading – letter-affidavit-

complaint, this 1st day of august, 2012, at Cebu City.

ATTY._________________
Petitioner, on behalf of the ____ as litigant,
123 St., ABC Village, Ma. Luisa, Banilad, Cebu City
MCLE Compliance No.
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NOTICE

TO: ATTY._____________
The Office of the Bar Confidant

ATTY.___________________
The Clerk of Court, Supreme Court, Manila
 VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING
I, _______________________, of legal age, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law,
depose and state that:
1. I am a plaintiff in the above-stated case;
2. I caused the preparation of the foregoing complaint;
3. I have read the contents thereof and the facts stated therein are true and correct of my
personal knowledge and/or on the basis of copies of documents and records in my possession;
4. I have not commenced any other action or proceeding involving the same issues in the
Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency;
5. To the best of my knowledge and belief, no such action or proceeding is pending in the
Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency;
6. If I should thereafter learn that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending
before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency, I undertake to report
that fact within five (5) days therefrom to this Honorable Court.

___________________________
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ___ day of __________ 200_ at

_________________ affiant exhibiting to me his Community Tax Certificate
No.____________________ issued on ________________ 200_ at ______________ City.

Doc. No. ;
Page No. ;
Book No. ;
Series of 2012.

PEDRO PINDOKO
Notary Public
until Jan.31, 2013
PTR No.
IBP No.

COPY FURNISHED:

ATTY. JUAN TAMAD

2/F, Quest Hotel and Residences,
Lahug, Cebu City