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	AC. NO. 5395 2006-09-19	ORLANDO ANGELO A. SANTOS v. VS.ATTY. MA. VIVIANE CACHO-CALICDAN TINGA, J.
A lawyer shall not do any falsehood nor consent to the doing of any in court; nor shall he mislead, or allow the court to be misled by any artifice. Nonetheless, the power to disbar must be exercised with great caution.[15] In disbarment proceedings, the case against the respondent must be established by clear, convincing, and satisfactory proof, the burden of which rests upon the complainant.[16] Only a clear case of misconduct that seriously affects the standing and character of the lawyer as an officer of the Court and as a member of the bar will warrant disbarment.[17]
	AC. NO. 6353 2006-02-27	SPS. DAVID AND MARISA WILLIAMS v. ATTY. RUDY T. ENRIQUEZ CALLEJO, SR., J.
We find too harsh the recommended penalty of the Investigating Commissioner. It must be stressed that the power to disbar or suspend must be exercised with great caution. Only in a clear case of misconduct that seriously affects the standing and character of a lawyer as an officer of the Court and member of the bar will disbarment or suspension be imposed as a penalty.[18] Pursuant to the IBP Commission on Bar Discipline's Guidelines for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions,[19] and considering further that this is respondent's first infraction, we find that the penalty of reprimand as recommended by the IBP Commission on Bar Discipline, will suffice.