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ANGEL L. BAUTISTA v. ATTY. RAMON A. GONZALES

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	AC. No. 9091 2013-12-11	CONCHITA A. BALTAZAR v. ATTY. JUAN B. BAÑEZ SERENO, C.J.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, respondent is not without fault. Indeed, we find that the contract for legal services he has executed with complainants is in the nature of a champertous contract an agreement whereby an attorney undertakes to pay the expenses of the proceedings to enforce the client's rights in exchange for some bargain to have a part of the thing in dispute.[37] Such contracts are contrary to public policy[38] and are thus void or inexistent.[39] They are also contrary to Canon 16.04 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, which states that lawyers shall not lend money to a client, except when in the interest of justice, they have to advance necessary expenses in a legal matter they are handling for the client.
	AC. NO. 6501 (CBD CASE NOS. 03-1076 2006-08-31	ATTY. LEON L. ASA v. ATTY. PABLITO M. CASTILLO CARPIO MORALES, J.
And Section 20(d), Rule 138 of the Rules of Court directs that a lawyer must employ such means only as are consistent with truth and honor, and never seek to mislead the judge or any judicial officer by any artifice or false statement of fact or law.[43]
	AC. No. 4650 2003-08-14	ROSALINA BIASCAN v. ATTY. MARCIAL F. LOPEZ QUISUMBING, J.
As a member of the bar, respondent is strictly mandated to comply with the Attorney's Oath as well as the Code of Professional Responsibility, [22] both of which require him to obey the laws as well as the legal orders of duly constituted authorities. The transgression of any provision of law by a lawyer is a reprehensible act, which the Court will not countenance.[23]