Practice question
Does an administrative sanction for professional unfitness necessarily adjudicate every separate private monetary claim against the lawyer?
- No
- Yes; disbarment automatically resolves all debts
- Only the lawyer may decide repayment
- No civil claim can ever follow discipline
- The complainant becomes owner of all lawyer property
Legal references
- Changat v. Ban-eg, A.C.13757, October22,2024, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/oct2024/ac_13757_2024.html
- A.M.24-10-05-SC, August12,2025, effective November3,2025, amended Rule138 Sections1–3: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_24-10-05-sc_2025.pdf
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