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    Cambaliza V Tenorio

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    This case involves a complaint filed against attorney Ana Luz B. Cristal-Tenorio for allegedly assisting in the unauthorized practice of law by her husband, Felicisimo Tenorio Jr., who is not a licensed attorney. Evidence presented included a letterhead listing Felicisimo as a senior partner and an ID card identifying him as "Atty." Cristal-Tenorio initially denied the accusations but later admitted Felicisimo and another non-lawyer were named as senior partners for investing in her law office. She was found to have violated the rules against assisting unauthorized practice of law and suspended from practice for 6 months.

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    This case involves a complaint filed against attorney Ana Luz B. Cristal-Tenorio for allegedly assisting in the unauthorized practice of law by her husband, Felicisimo Tenorio Jr., who is not a licensed attorney. Evidence presented included a letterhead listing Felicisimo as a senior partner and an ID card identifying him as "Atty." Cristal-Tenorio initially denied the accusations but later admitted Felicisimo and another non-lawyer were named as senior partners for investing in her law office. She was found to have violated the rules against assisting unauthorized practice of law and suspended from practice for 6 months.

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    This case involves a complaint filed against attorney Ana Luz B. Cristal-Tenorio for allegedly assisting in the unauthorized practice of law by her husband, Felicisimo Tenorio Jr., who is not a licensed attorney. Evidence presented included a letterhead listing Felicisimo as a senior partner and an ID card identifying him as "Atty." Cristal-Tenorio initially denied the accusations but later admitted Felicisimo and another non-lawyer were named as senior partners for investing in her law office. She was found to have violated the rules against assisting unauthorized practice of law and suspended from practice for 6 months.

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    Cambaliza V Tenorio

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    This case involves a complaint filed against attorney Ana Luz B. Cristal-Tenorio for allegedly assisting in the unauthorized practice of law by her husband, Felicisimo Tenorio Jr., who is not a licensed attorney. Evidence presented included a letterhead listing Felicisimo as a senior partner and an ID card identifying him as "Atty." Cristal-Tenorio initially denied the accusations but later admitted Felicisimo and another non-lawyer were named as senior partners for investing in her law office. She was found to have violated the rules against assisting unauthorized practice of law and suspended from practice for 6 months.

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    CAMBALIZA VS.

    CRISTAL-TENORIO

    FACTS:

    Complainant is the former employee of the respondent in her law office. The former charged the latter
    for malpractice or other gross misconduct in the office for cooperating in the illegal practice of law by her
    husband. The complainant submitted the following evidences: 1) the letterhead of Cristal-Tenorio Law Office
    where the name of Felicisimo Tenorio, Jr., husband of the respondent, is listed as a senior partner; and 2.) a
    Sagip Communication Radio’s Group identification card signed by the respondent where her husband is
    identified as “Atty. Felicisimo Tenorio, Jr.”. She added that respondent’s husband even appeared in court
    hearings.

    IN HER RESPONSE AND REJOINDER, the charge of malpractice or other gross misconduct in office
    was likewise denied by the respondent. She claimed that her Cristal-Tenorio Law Office is registered with the
    DTI as a single proprietorship, as shown by its Certificate of Registration of Business Name. 9 Hence, she has
    no partners in her law office.

    Respondent also averred that she neither formed a law partnership with her husband nor allowed her
    husband to appear in court on her behalf. If there was an instance that her husband appeared in court, he did so
    as a representative of her law firm. The letterhead submitted by the complainant was a false reproduction to
    show that her husband is one of her law partners. But upon cross-examination, when confronted with the
    letterhead of Cristal-Tenorio Law Office bearing her signature, she admitted that Felicisimo R. Tenorio, Jr., is
    not a lawyer, but he and a certain Gerardo A. Panghulan, who is also not a lawyer, are named as senior partners
    because they have investments in her law office.

    ISSUES: Whether or not respondent is guilty of assisting in the unauthorized practice of law.

    RULING:

    Yes. Canon 9 provides that A lawyer shall not directly or indirectly assist in the unauthorized practice
    of law. And Rule 9.01 also provides that A lawyer shall not delegate to any unqualified person the performance
    of any task which by law may only be performed by a member of the Bar in good standing.

    Here, Felicisimo R. Tenorio, Jr., is not a lawyer, but he holds himself out as one to which Atty Cristal
    Tenorio,the respondent herein, abetted and aided him in the unauthorized practice of the legal profession.

    The lawyer's duty to prevent, or at the very least not to assist in, the unauthorized practice of law is
    founded on public interest and policy. Public policy requires that the practice of law be limited to those
    individuals found duly qualified in education and character.

    It devolves upon a lawyer to see that this purpose is attained. Thus, the canons and ethics of the
    profession enjoin him not to permit his professional services or his name to be used in aid of, or to make possible
    the unauthorized practice of law by, any agency, personal or corporate.

    For culpable violation of Canon 9 and Rule 9.01 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, respondent
    Atty. Ana Luz B. Cristal-Tenorio is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for a period of six (6) months

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