Legal & Judicial Ethics, 2012 Bar — Question 50

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Soon after Atty. Cesar passed the Philippine Bar in 1975, he also took the New York State Bar and passed the same. He practiced law for 25 years in the USA, but he was disbarred therein for insurance fraud. He returned to the Philippines and started to practice law. X, who knew about his New York disbarment, filed a disbarment complaint with the IBP. Decide. (A) The factual basis for the New York disbarment which is deceit also constitutes a ground for disbarment in the Philippines. (B) The acts complained of happened in a foreign country and cannot be penalized here. (C) Norms of ethical behavior of lawyers are the same worldwide. (D) A lawyer's fitness to become a lawyer must be maintained wherever he may be.

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