Practice question
A complainant seeks to discipline a lawyer employed by an executive agency as a member of the Bar. The complainant argues that the general option to file with the IBP overrides the government-lawyer filing proviso. Where does Canon VI, Section 2 require this verified complaint to be filed?
- With any private law firm
- Only with the lawyer's immediate coworker
- In the Supreme Court, under the specific government-lawyer proviso
- Only in a criminal trial court
- Exclusively with the client's barangay
Legal references
- CPRA, A.M. No. 22-09-01-SC, Canon VI, Sections 1–3, 9 and 12 (official Court text circularized by the BIR): https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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