Practice question
A seasoned lawyer facing established serious professional misconduct argues that thirty years of practice created an indefeasible property right to remain in the Bar regardless of present fitness. Which is best?
- Long service does not abolish the continuing conditions of the professional privilege
- Length of practice automatically immunizes every violation
- Initial admission exhausts the Court’s supervisory authority
- Successful clients may privately veto professional discipline
- Every lawyer must be disciplined after thirty years
Legal references
- Changat v. Atty. Ban-eg, A.C. 13757: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/oct2024/ac_13757_2024.html
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