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	AC. No. 4829 2008-07-21	ELAINE V. ARMA v. ATTY. ANITA C. MONTEVILLA NACHURA, J.
In this case, the negligence of the respondent is not so gross as to justify removal from the legal profession. That there is no material damage to the complainant may be considered as a mitigating circumstance[21] and this being Atty. Montevilla's first offense, she should be entitled to some measure of forbearance. A penalty other than disbarment may satisfactorily forewarn the respondent and other members of the bar to be more cautious and diligent in the practice of their profession.
	AC. NO. 5809 2007-11-23	SERVILLANO BATAC v. ATTY. PONCIANO V. CRUZ CARPIO MORALES, J.
In Maligaya v. Doronilla, Jr.,[9] the respondent faced two months of suspension from the practice of law for untruthfully stating to the court that complainant had agreed to withdraw his lawsuits. It was held that an effort to compromise does not justify the sacrifice of truthfulness in court.