EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT:

Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude), Ateneo de Manila - 1964
Bachelor of Laws (Cum Laude), Ateneo de Manila - 1968
Third place in bar examination of 1968 with grade of 86.8%

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Practicing Lawyer since 1969
Junior Partner - Romulo, Mabanta, Buenaventura, Sayoc & De los Angeles since May 1988
 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

Faculty Member

College of Law, Ateneo de Manila - 1970 up to the present
Faculty of civil Law, University of Santo Tomas - 1989 up to the present
College of Law, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila -1998 up to 2007

Bar Reviewer

Ateneo de Manila -1978 up to the present
University of the Philippines Law Center - 1982 up to the present
Far Eastern University - 1987 up to 1993
University of Santo Tomas - 1989 up to the present

Holder of Alexander Sycip Professorial Chair - 1983 to 1984 and 1986 to 1988

Holder of Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Professorial Chair - 1989 to 1990 and 1994 to 1997

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Director of Manila IV Chapter - 1979 to 1981, 1993 to 1985 and 1987 to 1989
Secretary of Manila IV Chapter - 1981 to 1983, 1985 to 1987 and 1989 to 1991
Member National Committee on Non-Judicial Appointments - 1981 to 1983
Delegate to the House of Delegates - 1981 to 1985 and 1987 to 1989
Alternate Delegate to the House of Delegates - 1979 to 1981, 1985 to 1987, 1989 to 1991 and 1992  to 1993

Philippine Bar Association - Member

Philippine Association of Law Professors - Charter Member, Director-1986 to 1992, Secretary-1987 to 1990

Congress of Center for International Studies - Charter Member

BOOKS EDITED:

Maritime Convention on Shipping - 1985
Current Issues/Problems in Legal Education - 1992

MONOGRAPHS AND BOOKS WRITTEN:

Monograph on Commercial Law in the Philippines in Commercial Law in East Asia published by Sweet & Maxwell

Monograph on Intellectual Property Law in the Philippines in Intellectual Property Law in Asia published by Sweet & Maxwell

Philippine Law on Insurance in International Insurance Law and Regulations published by Oceana Publishing, Inc.

Philippine Law on Intellectual Property in International Encyclopedia of Laws published by Kluwer Law International

Political Law Compendium given the Centenary Book Award by the Supreme Court

LECTURES DELIVERED:

Suretyship - Philippine Association of Surety Underwriters, Inc., 1976 and 1977

The Philippine Constitution - University of the Philippine Law Center, 1976, 1977, 1988 and 1989

Survey of Supreme Court Decisions in Constitutional Law - University of the Philippine Law Center, 1990 up to the present

The Negotiable Instrument Law - University of the Philippines Law Center, 1993 and 1994

The Company Director - International Research Institute, 1982

State Immunity from Suit - Office of the Solicitor General, 1991

ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

The New Bouncing Check Law - Ateneo Law journal, March 1990
The Jurisdiction of Courts under the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 - Ateneo Law Journal, March 1982
Corporate Watch Dogs - Ateneo Law Journal, December 1982
Lands as the Heritage of the Filipinos - Ateneo Law Journal, October 1984
The Unscontitutional Commission - Ateneo Law Journal, January 1986
Critique of the Nolasco Decision - Ateneo Law Journal, May 1986
Arrests, Searches and Seizures - Ateneo Law Journal, February 1988
The Cruel, the Degrading, and the Inhuman - Ateneo Law Journal February 1988
A Medley of Constitutional Rights - Ateneo Law Journal, February 1990
The Untrustworthy Decision on Trust Receipts - Ateneo Law Journal, February 1991
Jurisdiction - Lawyer's Digest, October 1984
The Right to Counsel in Criminal Cases - The Lawyers Review, April 30, 1989
Defamatory Imputations and Privileged Communications - Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines - 3rd and 4th Quarters of 1990
The Liability of Financing Companies as Registered Owners of Motor Vehicles Under Lease - Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, 1st and 2nd Issues of 1991
Taking Private Property for Public Use - Ateneo Law Journal - February 2001