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    A lawyer has a fiduciary duty to clients requiring utmost trust and confidence. Lawyers cannot neglect legal matters entrusted to them and will be liable for negligence. The privilege to practice law is given to those who meet high standards of proficiency, morality, honesty, integrity, and fair dealing in performing their fourfold duty to society, the legal profession, courts, and clients according to the Code of Professional Responsibility.

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    A lawyer has a fiduciary duty to clients requiring utmost trust and confidence. Lawyers cannot neglect legal matters entrusted to them and will be liable for negligence. The privilege to practice law is given to those who meet high standards of proficiency, morality, honesty, integrity, and fair dealing in performing their fourfold duty to society, the legal profession, courts, and clients according to the Code of Professional Responsibility.

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    A lawyer has a fiduciary duty to clients requiring utmost trust and confidence. Lawyers cannot neglect legal matters entrusted to them and will be liable for negligence. The privilege to practice law is given to those who meet high standards of proficiency, morality, honesty, integrity, and fair dealing in performing their fourfold duty to society, the legal profession, courts, and clients according to the Code of Professional Responsibility.

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    A) 

         The high degree of service required of a lawyer is brought about


    by the lawyer’s fiduciary duty toward the client, with their relationship
    marked “with utmost trust and confidence.”

    B)       A lawyer shall not neglect a legal matter entrusted to him and
    his negligence in connection therewith shall render him liable.

    C)      The practice of law is a privilege given to lawyers who meet the
    high standards of legal proficiency and morality, including honesty,
    integrity, and fair dealing [Del Mundo v. Atty. Capistrano 685 Phil. 687
    (2012)].

    D) . Lawyers must perform their fourfold duty to society, the legal


    profession, the courts, and their clients, in accordance with the values
    and norms of the legal profession as embodied in the Code of
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