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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2021 > February 2021 Decisions > A.C. No. 12719 (Formerly CBD Case No. 17-5316) - SANNY L. GERODIAS, Complainant, v. ATTY. TOMAS A. RIVERAL, ATTY. ANNABEL G. PULVERA-PAGE, AND ATTY. LORENA M. SUPATAN, Respondents.:




A.C. No. 12719 (Formerly CBD Case No. 17-5316) - SANNY L. GERODIAS, Complainant, v. ATTY. TOMAS A. RIVERAL, ATTY. ANNABEL G. PULVERA-PAGE, AND ATTY. LORENA M. SUPATAN, Respondents.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

THIRD DIVISION

A.C. No. 12719 (Formerly CBD Case No. 17-5316), February 17, 2021

SANNY L. GERODIAS, Complainant, v. ATTY. TOMAS A. RIVERAL, ATTY. ANNABEL G. PULVERA-PAGE, AND ATTY. LORENA M. SUPATAN, Respondents.

D E C I S I O N

HERNANDO, J.:

On February 21, 2017, Sanny L. Gerodias (Gerodias) filed a disbarment complaint1 before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) against Attorneys Tomas A. Riveral (Riveral), Annabel G. Pulvera-Page (Pulvera-Page) and Lorena M. Supatan (Supatan).

Gerodias was a former employee of Oriental Port and Allied Services Corporation (OPASCOR).2 During his employment, he underwent several disciplinary investigations for various reasons such as heated altercations with co-employees, damage to company property and abandonment of work. The last disciplinary investigation which lead to his voluntary retirement from OPASCOR was the incident of him stealing a box of perfumes owned by OPASCOR's clients. Instead of terminating Gerodias, OPASCOR offered him the option of voluntary resignation with payment of separation pay.3

Gerodias, on the other hand, demanded to avail of the early retirement option. Despite the fact that he was short of two years to avail of the company's early retirement program, which requires a total of 15 years of service, Gerodias' request was approved by Riveral, the President and General Manager of OPASCOR. Thus, he was paid a retirement pay in the amount equivalent to 22 months with full grant of other benefits despite the fact that he only worked for six months for the year 2016.4

However, a month after Gerodias received his retirement pay, he filed a complaint for illegal dismissal against OPASCOR and demanded a breakdown of the deductions made on his retirement pay. On the other hand, OPASCOR filed a criminal complaint for qualified theft against Gerodias.5

On February 3, 2017, the Labor Arbiter (LA) dismissed Gerodias' complaint for lack of merit.6 On appeal, the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) affirmed in toto the LA's decision in its April 17, 2017 Decision7 and May 31, 2017 Resolution.8

Meanwhile, a disbarment case was filed by Gerodias against Riveral as the President and General Manager of OPASCOR; Pulvera-Page, as the Corporate Secretary of OPASCOR and one of the lawyers in the firm of Riveral, Pulvera & Associates; and Supatan, as: a lawyer in Riveral, Pulvera & Associates who received Gerodias' Position Paper during the proceedings of the labor case. Gerodias averred that Riveral, Pulvera-Page and Supatan violated Canon 1, Rules 1.01, 1.02 and 1.03 of the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) when they, together, with Jessielou Cadungog (Cadungog), the Labor Union President of OPASCOR, connived and conspired to dismiss him from his employment:

Specifically, Gerodias accused Cadungog, as appointed director of OPASCOR and as Labor Union President, to have represented conflicting interests which resulted in him failing to represent Gerodias' interest during his disciplinary investigation.9 Gerodias also questioned the two confusing and conflicting Secretary's Certificates filed by OPASCOR in the labor and criminal cases which were signed and executed at the same time by two different persons, namely, by Pulvera-Page and Mary Lou Z. Geyrosaga (Geyrosaga), respectively. Both secretary's certificates indicated that Pulvera-Page and Geyrosaga were corporate secretaries of OPASCOR.10

In addition, Gerodias averred that Pulvera-Page's representation of OPASCOR and all the other individual respondents in the labor case, namely, Riveral and Cadungog, is evidence of conspiracy to terminate his employment. Lastly, he likewise claimed that Supatan's act of receiving a copy of his Position Paper during the proceedings of the labor case indicates her connivance with Riveral and Pulvera-Page.

On the other hand, Supatan argued that her participation in the labor case by receiving a copy of Gerodias' Position Paper in behalf of Riveral, Pulvera-Page & Associates does not justify the allegations of conspiracy against her.11 Riveral and Pulvera-Page also belied the conspiracy accusation against them and maintained that Gerodias was not illegally dismissed from employment but voluntarily retired effective on June 17, 2016 by way of graceful exit.12

They further argued that no decision was made by OPASCOR's Board of Directors (BOD) to terminate Gerodias. Instead, Riveral, as the President and General Manager of OPASCOR, approved Gerodias's application for retirement in good faith.13 Lastly, both Pulvera-Page, OPASCOR's Corporate Secretary and Geyrosaga, OPASCOR's Recording Secretary, are duly authorized to issue Secretary's Certificates on motions or resolutions passed and approved by OPASCOR's Board of Directors.14

Report and Recommendation of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines:

On December 22, 2017, the IBP issued its Report and Recommendation15 recommending the dismissal of the administrative case against Riveral, Pulvera- Page and Supatan for lack of factual and legal basis. The acts and/or participation of Riveral, Pulvera-Page and Supatan do not violate any of the Canons in the CPR, the Lawyer's Oath or Section 27, Rule 138 of the Rules of Court. On March 22, 2018,; the IBP Board of Governors (IBP Board) resolved to adopt the findings of fact and recommendation of the Investigating Commissioner to dismiss the complaint.16

Meanwhile, on October 25, 2018, Gerodias sent a Letter17 with attached Affidavit of Desistance18 to the IBP expressing his disinterest in pursuing the disbarment case filed against Riveral, Pulvera-Page and Supatan.


Our Ruling


The Court adopts the findings of fact of the IBP and approves the recommendation to dismiss the complaint against respondents Riveral, Pulvera-Page and Supatan. Settled is the rule that for a charge to justify a disciplinary action against a lawyer, the complainant must present convincing proof to substantiate the charge. Otherwise, the lawyer is presumed innocent.19

In this case, the IBP properly found that Riveral, as the President and General Manager of OPASCOR, did not act in bad faith in approving the early retirement of Gerodias instead of criminally charging him and terminating his employment under which he would have received a considerably lesser separation pay than the retirement package. As President and General Manager, he approved Gerodias' request to avail of the early retirement program even when he was short of two years in service as per the company policy. We find no violation of the CPR or the Lawyer's Oath in Riveral's benevolent act of accommodating Gerodias' request. No evidence was presented to show that Riveral acted with bad faith, malice, or ill will. Hence, the presumption of good faith in his favor stands.20

As to the two questioned Secretary's Certificates signed and executed by Pulvera-Page as the Corporate Secretary and Geyrosaga as the Recording Secretary, We agree with the IBP that the act is sanctioned under Article IV, Section 1, 2nd paragraph of the Amended By-Laws21 of OPASCAR. The corporation's power to sue and be sued in any court is lodged with the BOD which may duly authorize an individual through its corporate by-laws or by a specific act to sign documents in behalf of the corporation.22

Hence, there is nothing erroneous nor illegal in Pulvera-Page's signing and executing a Secretary's Certificate as OPASCOR's Corporate Secretary as she is duly authorized to do so by virtue of the Amended By-Laws and the Director's Certificate23 dated July 3, 2017. Thp fact that Geyrosaga is also duly authorized to sign and execute a Secretary's Certificate by virtue of the said Director's Certificate does not connote; connivance nor conspiracy between the two to terminate Gerodias' employment. In addition, OPASCOR BOD's act of authorizing two persons to execute Secretary's Certificate is not prohibited and well within the ambit of the law.

Lastly, We cannot fathom how Supatan's act of receiving Gerodias' Position Paper in the proceedings of the labor case would imply conspiracy and connivance with Riveral, Pulvera-Page and Cadungog in order to illegally terminate Gerodias from his employment. As per the records, Supatan is an associate of the firm of Riveral, Pulvera-Page & Associates which represents OPASCAR in the labor casb filed by Gerodias. Hence, Supatan, as an associate of the firm, is duty bound to assist and represent its client OPASCAR in the said labor case including the receipt of any pleadings filed. To reiterate, her act of receiving a copy of Gerodias' Position Paper is a lawful act and does not in any way violate the CPR nor the Lawyer's Oath.

Mere allegation of conspiracy is not evidence and not equivalent to proof. The burden of proof rests upon the complainant and the case must be established by clear, convincing and satisfactory proof. Evidently, complainant Gerodias utterly failed to discharge such burden. If anything, what is apparent in the records is complainant's penchant for filing baseless disbarment cases for the flimsiest of reasons. It should not surprise him if respondents would justifiably counter with legal actions of their own against him to vindicate their rights.

ACCORDINGLY, this administrative case against Atty. Tomas A. Riveral, Atty. Annabel G. Pulvera-Page and Atty. Lorena M. Supatan is DISMISSED for lack of merit.cj

SO ORDERED.

Leonen, J., (Chairperson), Inting, Delos Santos, and Lopez, J., JJ., concur.

Endnotes:

1Rollo, Vol. 1, pp. 2-9.

2 Id. at 222.

3 Id. at 219-220.

4 Id. at 219-223.

5 Id. at 223.

6Rollo, Vol. II, pp. 55-69.

7 Id. at 71-87.

8 Id. at 89-90.

9 Id. at 4-5.

10 Id. at 6.

11Rollo, Vol. II, p. 30.

12 Id. at 31-32.

13 Id.

14 Id.

15 Id. unpaginated.

16 Id.

17 Id. at 112.

18 Id. at 109-111.

19Mejares v. Romana, 469 Phil. 619 (2004).

20Paguia v. Molina, 735 Phil. 8 (2014).

21Rollo, Vol. II, p. 99.

22Philippine Numismatic and Antiquarian Society v. Aquino, ;804 Phil. 508 (2017) citing Republic v. Coalbrine International Philippines, Inc., 631 Phil. 487, 495 (2010), Shipside, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 404 Phil. 981, 994(2001).

23Rollo, Vol. II, p. 106.cj



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  • G.R. No. 236920 - GEMMA A. RIDAO, Petitioner, v. HANDMADE CREDIT AND LOANS, INC., REPRESENTED BY TEOFILO V. MANIPON, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 237514 - HELEN M. ALBERTO, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES NICASIO FLORES, JR. AND PERLITA FLORES, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 239190 - RAUL D. BITCO, Petitioner, v. CROSS WORLD MARINE SERVICES, INC., KAPAL (CYPRUS) LTD. AND/OR ELEAZAR G. DIAZ, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 244815 - RENATO B. PADILLA AND MARIA LOUISA PEREZ-PADILLA, Petitioners, v. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 222129 - PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. COMMISSION ON AUDIT AND COA CHAIRPERSON MICHAEL G. AGUINALDO, COA REGIONAL OFFICE VI, AND COA REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ATTY. EDEN T. RAFANAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 238660 - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE - REVENUE INTEGRITY PROTECTION SERVICE, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN AND CLEMENTE DEL ROSARIO GERMAR, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 230679 - THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Petitioners, v. REXLON T. GATCHALIAN, Respondent.G.R. NOS. 232228-30 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. REXLON T. GATCHALIAN, RENCHI MAY M. PADAYAO AND EDUARDO Y. CARREON, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 223694 - REMEDIOS T. BANTA, Petitioner, v. EQUITABLE BANK, INC. (NOW BDO UNIBANK, INC.), ANTONIO BANTA, ARMANDO BANTA, SONIA BANTA, ERLINDA TAN AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MALABON CITY, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 220558 - EMZEE FOODS, INC., Petitioner, v. ELARFOODS, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 219325 - PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK Petitioner, v. ATTY. HENRY S. OAMINAL, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 200772 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. RAMON G. ASUNCION, PEDRO G. ASUNCION, CANDIDA ASUNCION SANTOS, LEONORA ASUNCION HENSON, ARISTON G. ASUNCION, AND ANNABELLE ASUNCION-PERLAS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 239505 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. ROGELIO B. CIRUELAS, REPRESENTED BY HIS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, DOMINADOR B. CIRUELAS, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 244115 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Petitioner, v. HEIRS OF ANDRES FRANCISCO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 224729 - MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, v. APOLINAR A. ARGENTERA, Respondent.; G.R. No. 225049 - APOLINAR A. ARGENTERA, Petitioner, v. MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY/MANNY V. PANGILINAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 244140 - BENSON CHUA, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES PHILIP L. GO AND DIANA G GO, Respondents.

  • G.R. Nos. 232724-27 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COUNCIL, Petitioner, v. THE SANDIGANBAYAN AND OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 200608 - DIOSCORO POLI�O BACALA, SUBSTITUTE JUDICIAL GUARDIAN OF INCOMPETENT AQUILINO O. POLI�O, Petitioner, v. HEIRS OF SPOUSES JUAN POLI�O AND CORAZON ROM, NAMELY: RUBEN R. POLI�O, BRENDO R. POLI�O, CARLITO R. POLI�O, AND BANDY R. POLI�O, REPRESENTED BY RUBEN R. POLI�O, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 240144 - DEL MONTE LAND TRANSPORT BUS, CO., Petitioner, v. RENANTE A. ARMENTA, RONALD C. AUSTRIA, ARMANDO V. RAGOS, VICENTE SUBITO, ROBERT T. DOMINGO, PAULO B. PE�ARANDA, MARVIN R. BARBA, NOEL MONDOZA, ANDY VITERBO, KEVIN DE LARA, JOSE P. GUINTO, LOUIE DAHANG, ANTONIO S. MATIAS, SR., RONALD L. PANALIGAN, VERGEL A. MORADO, ROCHEL A. BACHILLER, EDWIN M. INFANTE, MICHAEL ALMORFE, ARNOLD P. AMOGUIS, CHAREDICK RAYALA, MARNILOU B. SAN JUAN, JESSIE M. MACASAMOT, JOMAR M. DELA CERNA, MELCHOR P. JAVIER, JEFFREY N. MERLE, ROLLY E. QUINTO, ALDRIN FISCAL, MICHAEL S. BONGOL, CRISPO PABALLA, JR., EDWIN M. MALIHAN, ARVIN SOLIVEN, DANCRIS G. GRANADA, MICHAEL E. POLA, FERDINAND I. REYES, RODERICK ACERO, MARK ALVIN ORTIZ, DANTE A. LOPEZ, DIOSDADO S. PEROY, JIMUEL RUBIO, VICTOR SAN ESTEBAN, ROBERT P. BARING, VIRGILIO LAGUDA, SONNY BOY A. MALASMAS, ROMULO A. COSICO, ERIC D. DELA CRUZ, PAULINO N. OCBINA, EDWIN R. VELASQUEZ, ARMANDO F. BESIN, RICHARD R. EHILLA, FREDDIE B. NOBLADO, NORIEL BALAYBOA, LOUIE DAHANG, MICHAEL ANGELO V. BOGUE, PETER ASHLEY F. MORALES, MARLON R. DUMARAOS, EDGARDO M. TABION, ANTHONY T. MENDOZA, RAMIL B. PASAHON, MARIO B. CALDERON, VARISTO D. ARANDA, JOEMARIE A. CASTILLANO, EFREN DE GUZMAN, RICO H. SINOLBA, JESUS G. FORLAJE, RAYMOND M. VILLARIN, ELISEO H. QUINTOS, NIXON SORIANO, MICHAEL B. BUENO, HAROLD V. BROSAS, GERONIMO CORTIZ, EDMUND P. GARCIA, CRISPIN R. DAVAC, WEDDIE G. NAPONE, FREDDIE U. RAMOS, RODANTE DELOS REYES, MORRIE B. FERRER, JINNO E. GALVEZ, JOEL V. DOMINGO, RICKY VIOLANTA, ARMANDO C. JAVIER, MARLON SALARROSA, ALDRINE GARCIA, NICK ANDREW SALUDES, THOMPSON T. BONOEN, DONDIE MALAPAD, JR., SHERWIN CHRISTIAN M. GOREZ, LORENZO D. SARMIENTO, WILFREDO Q. VILLAPANDO, JULIUS R. PAYONG, PABLITO N. SAYAS, JR., EDWIN DANICO, FRANKIE B. FERNANDEZ, REYNANTE T. TUYOGON, ROMMEL M. RIOJA, JEFFERSON V. JAVIER, FREDERICK ABATAYO, JUPITER D.C. MARTINEZ, JOHNREY I. TURA, JESSIE ESCOLASTICO, HENRY AZAREZ, EDWARD JAINGA, RONALD C. AUSTRIA, ARNEL C. ACO AND REX B. DOGTONG, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 213815 - MA. SHARMAINE R. MEDINA/RACKEY CRYSTAL TOP CORPORATION, Petitioners, v. GLOBAL QUEST VENTURES, INC., Respondent.

  • A.M. No. RTJ-20-2588 [Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 14-4336-RTJ] - ARSENIO V. DELAGUA, Complainant, v. PRESIDING JUDGE NI�O A. BATINGANA, BRANCH 6, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 233507 - SPOUSES BERNARDO T. CONSTANTINO AND EDITHA B. CONSTANTINO, Petitioners, v. ALEJANDRIA N. BENITEZ, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 234191 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EFREN T. TABIEROS AND JOHN DAVID INFANTE, ACCUSED; AND JOHN DAVID INFANTE, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 252087 - XXX, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 209440 - FCF MINERALS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. JOSEPH LUNAG, ALEXANDER SIMONGO, MAXIMO ALEJANDRO, JACQUELINE BUGNAY, PENNAN SOTERO, JONALYN SOTERO, MARINA SOTERO, VIRGINIA FABIA, MARLON BALANTE, WILLIAM BALANTE, JAMES SIMONGO, JOCELYN GUILLAO, GREGORIO OYANGWA, JOSIE GILLAO, FELIX RAFAEL, JIMMY TANIZA, PATRICIO CULAY-ON, NAPOLEON NITAPAC, VICTOR CONDE, AND RAMON BOLANSONG, Respondents.