Ac. No. 7204 March 1, 2007 GQ wcflec it & ompolainet foc Aisbar ment ageunst respondent ity -Emusty Macabacta chong ing hae sft Gs harper ae FACTS + The complainant cougit the legal aduice of the resp - dent regarding her colleetibtes. they met at zencho ©) ‘ Restaurant in Tomas Meret, Ouryon City te Akcuss fre Possibility of files fhe complain again} Queensway Travel and aes “(subject of complaint fr the tollectibes). ple the dinner , Segal a cemplatnant hove anc WE Se ATS GS. 8) Re ree her cum ond hiss hec am jhe check anol wmbraced tor On another instance oe er fe ee metres Pele ogain bred her a nde Ae he tinably We every He tied met. Aling te omy cmmplainant sas wwmdying why she {lt so mee Soar: Roosevelt ve nespradink stopped We car od” Ui, notd complatnauts ee Bised hor lope ae hand was her breast Care plane ae fem in & sfode of Shacf, sie fn restebing bs cxtnstnal attempt omad went art of the com: In Ye afterorn ftw bet inesdewt nat sent respmdind x text message iugormng ham that ae Is nelerning the case Pr amster lawyerTre sommanicatons froms pired eas receded im bor all ntav phere Respmiont fiw fest ar indirecty pdmittch jhe essing jeetdant ny npolog ina Ia his answer Resp. ea the ernplainamt 1s his lent aol sald he Kined har Lom te bs as she otfred her Upc tr bin. Apler _lwwestiqection, [BP retommended that pes te be suspended frm the paetice of (es for three (3) mmifec- __| ISSUE: 2 Cahether or_net report ee ee ae grossly irmasal ov ‘adhdele aenchitte serinas meoml deprauity Goat amd wawart Wis disbarment of Seatpost FCO. the pinche of law [cE tO emits eset The code of eerie espns bly provicles Com jo - A lawyer shall vot Geb th eae Atha - rest _, immoral or decertfel eonduet. i | Gum F- A lawyer shall ot atl times upheld the integrity amd dignity of the Legal profession ard support the athutties of the Integrated. Bar. | Rule 7-03 - A fede achat not engowe een eee om his finess fo “practice law, nev shall he, thither In puldlic ov private Ite behave im & scandalous mann, fo “Asioredit of the legal profession Ht sheukl te noled that “te neduiremed of exch _ynoral. character has frur sensible purposes, namely :“of lawyers, @) te porlect_prosprotive dieuts and tf) to potet Srna lawrfers fom _ themselves. ba rhe case at bow", respondunt adinched hissing comp tai - nant on the Ups - [romoratcty has not ber Caeser oecual, ie but treludec emduee inemsistet wtte reobitede or inditatine of Coouption indecency depretvrhy aul _ Aiscoluteness' oy fs _willfot flagrant oy eal cemiuct shownkg moval indifference to opinvins of respectable mowbers of He vmmuntty, and any lnconsidyede pitttods toward gevel oder ond _pweli'c welfare. Guided by the definitions abone , we percetve nets fitsing ov “beco-bers” on “he checks as mene gestures a fiewdip ad cumarnderie foros of grechags casual and cudmnary. The aeds of pespmdent , though , ta Sumiing Hee head of fhe. bomnplainait rwardle hint anal Piteing her an the jar are dicteitefub- Howener, such act, even 'f cmsictered offensive aud undesivelelo, cannot be ems'dured cles imnoveL- Based on crrewmsfomees of the one 4s Aseussed and _constdring fof Thus 1s _vespordacks fret offense reprimana welds The ae tr disloorment aqjodnst respuadut Ainge frnecto Macabatr, pr alleged Y ianmovalicty ' dismissed - However, vespmdlend is hereby REPRIMANDED ee erase ot eae coh th Wis dealing wre ls clits wih a cle warning that — more Severe samehin atl be imposeal - lin fy any nepetitin _ ee