Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA)
Section 33. Serious offenses. - Serious offenses include: (a) Gross misconduct, or any inexcusable, shameful or flagrant unlawful conduct; (b) Serious dishonesty, fraud, or deceit, including falsification of documents and making untruthful statements; ( c) Bribery or corruption; (d) Gross negligence in the performance of duty, or conduct that is reckless and inexcusable, which results in the client being deprived of his or her day in court; ( e) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude; (f) Grossly immoral conduct, or an act that is so corrupt or false as to constitute a criminal act, or so immoral as to be reprehensible to a high degree; (g) Misappropriating a client's funds or properties; (h) Gross ignorance of the law or procedure, or the disregard of basic rules and settled jurisprudence, when either is attended by bad faith, malice, or corrupt motive; (i) Grossly undignified conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice; (j) Sexual abuse; (k) Gender-based sexual harassment or discrimination; (l) Open defiance to any order of the court, tribunal, or other government agency; (m) Threat of physical or economic harm, amounting to a crime, directed at a fellow lawyer, the latter's client or principal, a witness, or any official or employee of a court, tribunal, or other government agency; (n) Willful and deliberate forum shopping, and forum shopping through gross negligence; ( o) Intentional violation of the rule on privileged communication; (p) Violation of the notarial rules, except reportorial requirements, when attended by bad faith; . (q) Intentional violation of the conflict of interest rules;
(r) Influence-peddling or using one's relationships to obtain a favorable action on, or outcome in, any pending matter or proceeding, directly or indirectly, with or without monetary consideration, from any officer of a court, tribunal or other government agency; (s) Unlawful discrimination under Canon V; and (t) Sale, distribution, possession and/or use of illegal drugs or substances.