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    Howard D. Terrell, an attorney, was ordered to show cause for why he should not be suspended for assisting in organizing the Centro Bellas Artes Club, which he knew was created to evade existing laws. The court found that Terrell's knowledge and involvement in establishing the organization for an illegal purpose warranted his suspension from practicing law. The court held that an attorney promoting organizations to violate the law constitutes misconduct and grounds for removal or suspension from their role.

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    Howard D. Terrell, an attorney, was ordered to show cause for why he should not be suspended for assisting in organizing the Centro Bellas Artes Club, which he knew was created to evade existing laws. The court found that Terrell's knowledge and involvement in establishing the organization for an illegal purpose warranted his suspension from practicing law. The court held that an attorney promoting organizations to violate the law constitutes misconduct and grounds for removal or suspension from their role.

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    In Re Terrell Doctrine: Facts

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    Howard D. Terrell, an attorney, was ordered to show cause for why he should not be suspended for assisting in organizing the Centro Bellas Artes Club, which he knew was created to evade existing laws. The court found that Terrell's knowledge and involvement in establishing the organization for an illegal purpose warranted his suspension from practicing law. The court held that an attorney promoting organizations to violate the law constitutes misconduct and grounds for removal or suspension from their role.

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    In re Terrell

    Doctrine:

    Facts:

    Howard D. Terrell, an attorney-at-law, was ordered to show cause why he should not be suspended

    The Allegations against him were:

    - assisted in the organization of the "Centro Bellas Artes" Club, after he had been notified that the said organization was
    made for the purpose of evading the law then in force in said city
    - acting as attorney for said "Centro Bellas Artes"

    Issue: Whether or not he should be suspended

    Held:Yes

    The knowledge and acts of the accused in connection with the organization of the "Centro Bellas Artes" Club were of such a
    nature and character as to warrant his suspension from practice.

    The promoting of organizations, with knowledge of their objects, for the purpose of violating or evading the laws against crime
    constitutes such misconduct on the part of an attorney, an officer of the court, as amounts to malpractice or gross misconduct in
    his office, and for which he may be removed or suspended.

    The assisting of a client in a scheme which the attorney knows to be dishonest, or the conniving at a violation of law, are acts
    which justify disbarment.

    Although he was acquitted of the charge of estafa in the criminal case, the Court resolves that the ends of justice will be served
    by the suspension of said Howard D. Terrell from the practice of law in the Philippine Islands for the term of one year from the
    7th day of

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