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2014-12-10 |
MENDOZA, J. |
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| A member of the Bar may be penalized, even disbarred or suspended from his office as an attorney, for violating of the lawyer's oath and/or for breaching the ethics of the legal profession as embodied in the CPR,[31] for the practice of law is a profession, a form of public trust, the performance of which is entrusted to those who are qualified and who possess good moral character.[32] The appropriate penalty on an errant lawyer depends on the exercise of sound judicial discretion based on the surrounding facts.[33] | |||||