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20, 2012] RE: SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM DATED JANUARY 11, 2010 OF ACTING DIRECTOR ALEU A. AMANTE,
PIAB-C, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN. [A.M. NO. 10-9-9-SC] RE: ORDER OF THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN
REFERRING THE COMPLAINT OF ATTYS. OLIVER O. LOZANO AND EVANGELINE J. LOZANO-ENDRIANO AGAINST
CHIEF JUSTICE REYNATO S. PUNO [RET.].:
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RE: SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM DATED JANUARY 11, 2010 OF ACTING DIRECTOR ALEU A.
AMANTE, PIAB-C, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN.
RE: ORDER OF THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN REFERRING THE COMPLAINT OF ATTYS.
OLIVER O. LOZANO AND EVANGELINE J. LOZANO-ENDRIANO AGAINST CHIEF JUSTICE
REYNATO S. PUNO [RET.].
RESOLUTION
PER CURIAM:
DebtKollect Company, Inc. In our Resolution of June 15, 2010, we found Atty. Lozano and Atty. Evangeline Lozano-Endriano guilty of
grave professional misconduct when they misquoted or misused constitutional provisions in their
pleadings[2] in order to impute unjust acts to members of this Court. Subsequently, we have reinstated
Atty. Lozano-Endriano in our August 23, 2011 Resolution, because of circumstances indicating lesser
culpability on her part.
Professional misconduct involving the misuse of constitutional provisions for the purpose of insulting
Members of this Court is a serious breach of the rigid standards that a member of good standing of the
legal profession must faithfully comply with. Thus, the penalty of indefinite suspension was imposed.
However, in the past two years during which Atty. Lozano has been suspended, he has repeatedly
expressed his willingness to admit his error, to observe the rules and standards in the practice of law, and
to serve the ends of justice if he should be reinstated. And in these two years, this Court has not been
informed of any act that would indicate that Atty. Lozano had acted in any unscrupulous practices
unsuitable to a member of the bar.
While this Court will not hesitate to discipline its erring officers, it will not prolong a penalty after it has
been shown that the purpose for imposing it had already been served. From Atty. Lozano’s letters-
petitions, we discern that his suspension had already impressed upon him the need for care and caution
in his representations as an officer of this Court.
Under these circumstances, this Court decides to grant Atty. Lozano’s letters-petitions with the
ChanRobles Intellectual Property expectation that he shall now avoid going to the extreme of employing contortions of and misusing legal
Division provisions and principles to justify his positions, and instead focus his energies and talents towards a
lawyer’s primary aim of promoting the speedy and efficient administration of justice.
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WHEREFORE, premises considered, we hereby LIFT the indefinite suspension from the practice of law of
Atty. Oliver Lozano and REINSTATE him to the status of a member in good standing in so far as the
suspension imposed him by this Court is concerned.
SO ORDERED.
Corona, C.J., Carpio, Velasco, Jr., Leonardo-De Castro, Brion, Peralta, Bersamin, Abad,
Villarama, Jr., Perez, Mendoza, Sereno, Reyes, and Perlas-Bernabe, JJ., concur.
Del Castillo, J., on leave.
Endnotes:
[2] A criminal complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman, entitled “Oliver Lozano et al.
v. Hilario Davide Jr., et al.,” OMB-C-C-09-0527, against Retired Chief Justice Hilario G.
Davide and Retired Justice Alicia Austria-Martinez; and the Complaint for Impeachment
filed before the House of Representatives, entitled “Lawyers League of the Philippines v.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno,” dated September 8, 2009.
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JOBERT ILARDE PAHILGA, ATTY. VOLTAIRE B.
AFRICA, BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN (BAYAN)
SECRETARY GENERAL RENATO M. REYES, JR. AND
ANTHONY IAN CRUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. PRESIDENT
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SECRETARY EDUARDO R. ERMITA, ARMED FORCES OF
THE PHILIPPINES CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL VICTOR
S. IBRADO, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR
GENERAL JESUS A. VERZOSA, DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE SECRETARY AGNES VST DEVANADERA,
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES EASTERN
MINDANAO COMMAND CHIEF LIEUTENANT GENERAL
RAYMUNDO B. FERRER, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO.
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VS. HER EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT GLORIA
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF
STAFF GENERAL VICTOR IBRADO, PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), DIRECTOR GENERAL JESUS
VERZOSA, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA,
RESPONDENTS. [ G.R. NO. 190307] JOVITO R.
SALONGA, RAUL C. PANGALANGAN, H. HARRY L.
ROQUE, JR., JOEL R. BUTUYAN, EMILIO CAPULONG,
FLORIN T. HILBAY, ROMEL R. BAGARES, DEXTER
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CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, AND HON.
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OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
GENERAL VICTOR IBRADO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES CHIEF OF
STAFF, DIRECTOR JESUS VERZOSA, IN HIS CAPACITY
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THEODORE O. TE AND IBARRA M. GUTIERREZ III,
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SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, THE SECRETARY
OF JUSTICE, THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE SECRETARY OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT, AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE,
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VS. EDUARDO R. ERMITA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, RESPONDENT.
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