Lilet Matias, Attorney-at-Law: Atty. Lilet, mapapatalsik ba sa law firm? (Episode 124)

Aired (August 27, 2024): Masisisante ba ang star lawyer?!

Transcript

00:00Now for the last thing on our agenda is whether or not and how to sanction attorney Lilette Matias

00:06for failing to submit the counter affidavit for our esteemed client the Philippine Mega Model

00:13Agency. We have to decide on this because it's very important. Remember in our first general meeting

00:21I assigned three associates for certain tasks and only attorney Lilette Matias failed.

00:30So do we sanction her? And if so, what should we give her as a consequence for having failed to

00:41submit something very important for our client? We have to of course take care of the reputation

00:47of our client.

00:48Attorney Mur, according to this report, attorney Matias and attorney Ignacio filed a motion for extension.

00:59And the latest update, the city prosecutor approved the 10-day extension in the interest of justice.

01:10So why do we still need to punish attorney Lilette? And the problem has been solved.

01:15You are right attorney Constantino, the situation has been rectified. But we still cannot deny the

01:22fact that something was not submitted. And this is a case where attorney Matias has to face the

01:29consequences. I agree with attorney Mayor. I also talked to the Philippine Mega Models Agency and they want

01:37an answer in case there is a negative impact on the image of Jonah Castillo.

01:43And they're even threatening to drop us as their official legal representative.

01:51Because like I said, PMMA is one of our biggest clients. So I recommend that we impose a sanction

02:00commensurate to the mistake. And we are doing this so that it won't happen again and it won't be

02:07imitated by others. All I'm saying is let's take into consideration the character and history of attorney Lilette Matias.

02:16She's always been a reliable lawyer. In fact, look attorney Constantino, I know attorney Matias

02:22has been with you. Because she used to be your scholar and fairly one of your star lawyers.

02:28But you cannot be protective of her. We make decisions as Keystone. We belong to one firm now.

02:36No more Lab. No more D&R. Just Keystone. And here at Keystone, we have to be fair and objective.

02:46Regardless of whether the lawyer is tenured or not, star or not, those requirements are not the

02:54primary considerations. That's how it is. Whoever made a mistake will face the consequences.

03:01This time, it is attorney Matias.

03:04So what kind of example are we trying to set here?

03:10We're going to remove our star lawyer? Well, any mistake is going to affect the image of Keystone,

03:17trivial or not. And any wrong information about how we manage situations internally may reach

03:25clients whose reactions we have absolutely zero control over. So yes, for the sake of

03:31Keystone's integrity. No, no. You're recommending that we remove attorney Matias from this firm?