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    Intestate Estate of Jose Uy Vs Maghari 2015

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    Atty. Pacifico M. Maghari III was suspended for two years for violating his Lawyer's Oath and engaging in unethical and deceitful conduct. Mr. Wilson Uy, the administrator of Jose Uy's estate, filed a complaint against Maghari for using false information and appropriating details from other lawyers in court pleadings. An investigation found that Maghari had copied details like IBP receipt numbers from another lawyer, Atty. Natu-el, in multiple documents. Maghari's actions constituted deceit under the Rules of Court and violated his duties of integrity to the court and clients under the Lawyer's Oath.

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    Atty. Pacifico M. Maghari III was suspended for two years for violating his Lawyer's Oath and engaging in unethical and deceitful conduct. Mr. Wilson Uy, the administrator of Jose Uy's estate, filed a complaint against Maghari for using false information and appropriating details from other lawyers in court pleadings. An investigation found that Maghari had copied details like IBP receipt numbers from another lawyer, Atty. Natu-el, in multiple documents. Maghari's actions constituted deceit under the Rules of Court and violated his duties of integrity to the court and clients under the Lawyer's Oath.

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    Atty. Pacifico M. Maghari III was suspended for two years for violating his Lawyer's Oath and engaging in unethical and deceitful conduct. Mr. Wilson Uy, the administrator of Jose Uy's estate, filed a complaint against Maghari for using false information and appropriating details from other lawyers in court pleadings. An investigation found that Maghari had copied details like IBP receipt numbers from another lawyer, Atty. Natu-el, in multiple documents. Maghari's actions constituted deceit under the Rules of Court and violated his duties of integrity to the court and clients under the Lawyer's Oath.

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    Intestate Estate of Jose Uy Vs Maghari 2015

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    Atty. Pacifico M. Maghari III was suspended for two years for violating his Lawyer's Oath and engaging in unethical and deceitful conduct. Mr. Wilson Uy, the administrator of Jose Uy's estate, filed a complaint against Maghari for using false information and appropriating details from other lawyers in court pleadings. An investigation found that Maghari had copied details like IBP receipt numbers from another lawyer, Atty. Natu-el, in multiple documents. Maghari's actions constituted deceit under the Rules of Court and violated his duties of integrity to the court and clients under the Lawyer's Oath.

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    Intestate Estate of Jose Uy v.

    Maghari III
    September 1, 2015
    A.C. No. 10525
    Leonen, J.

    FACTS:

    • Mr. Wilson Uy, complainant, is the designated administrator of the estate of


    Jose Uy.
    • He filed a disbarment complaint against the respondent, Atty. Pacifico M.
    Maghari, III for the use of information that is false and/or appropriated from
    other lawyers in signing certain pleadings.
    • The respondent served as the counsel of Magdalena Uy who was alleged to
    have been the treasurer of several businesses owned by Jose Uy.
    • During the process of filing several motions, Wilson Uy's counsel noticed that
    Maghari had been changing the professional details indicated in the pleadings
    he has signed and has been copying the professional details of Atty. Natu-El.
    • On July 31, 2014, Wilson Uy filed before the court the present Complaint for
    disbarment. Respondent did not deny the existence of the errant entries
    indicated by complainant but insisted that he did not incur disciplinary
    liability, entries were mere overlooked errors. Maghari also resorted to
    avowals, protestations, and ad hominem attacks against the complainant.

    ISSUE:

    W/N Atty. Pacifico M. Maghari III engaged in unethical/deceitful conduct and


    violated the Lawyer’s Oath? YES

    RULING:

    • Atty. Pacifico M. Maghari III, was SUSPENDED for two (2) years for violating
    his Lawyer’s Oath and the Canons of the Code of Professional Responsibility
    through his unlawful, dishonest, and deceitful conduct.
    • Rule 138, Section 27 of the Rules of Court provides for deceit as a ground for
    disbarment.
    • The Lawyer’s Oath entails commitment to obeying laws and legal orders,
    doing no falsehood, conducting oneself as a lawyer to the best of one’s
    capacity, and acting with fidelity to both court and client.
    • Respondent appropriated four of the five details (i.e., IBP official receipt
    number, professional tax receipt number, Roll of Attorneys number, and
    MCLE compliance number) that Atty. Natu-el indicated in the Comment dated
    May 27, 2009.
    • Maghari also used Atty. Natu-el’s Roll of Attorneys number signing the Motion
    for Reconsideration dated July 15, 2011.
    • The combination of the following merited the sanctions against the
    respondent:
    o (1) respondent’s many violations.
    o (2) the sheer multiplicity of rules violated.
    o (3) the frequency — pattern — of falsity and deceit; and
    o (4) his manifest intent to bring courts, legal processes, and
    professional standards to disrepute

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