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MANILA - The Supreme Court has dismissed a complaint for allegedly soliciting legal business and clients in violation of standing bar ethics standards filed against an 80-year-old lawyer. In a resolution dated July 6 and published online July 18, the tribunal junked the administrative complaint filed by lawyer Maria Nympha Mandagan against her fellow counsel, Fatemah Remedios Balbin. Mandagan claimed that Balbin encroached on the cases she was handling for her client Marcelino Ramos whom she represented in 2014 to handle charges for murder and a land dispute case before the Iligan City, Isabela Regional Trial Court (RTC). As Ramos was paralyzed, blind, and with no means to shoulder the litigation expenses, the client offered to compensate his lawyer with a portion of the proceeds of the sale of land in the property dispute case. After his release on criminal charges, Ramos moved to Solsona, Ilocos Norte, to receive treatment from faith healers. Once more burdened with debt, the client,