Legal & Judicial Ethics, 2011 Bar — Question 21

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Eric, a labor federation president, represented Luisa, a dismissed WXT employee, before the NLRC. Atty. John represented Luisa's two co-complainants. In due course, the NLRC reinstated the three complainants with backwages and awarded 25% of the backwages as attorney's fees, 15% for Atty. John and 10% for Eric, a non-lawyer. When WXT appealed to the Court of Appeals, Atty. John questioned Eric's continued appearance before that court on Luisa's behalf, he not being a lawyer. Is Eric's appearance before the Court of Appeals valid? (A) Yes, for Eric has a personal stake, the fees awarded to him, in defending the NLRC’s decision in the case. (B) No, since John can very well represent Luisa, she being in the same situation as his own clients. (C) No, because the representation of another in courts can be entrusted only to lawyers. (D) Yes, since that appeal is a mere continuation of the labor dispute that began at the NLRC.

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