Dean, College of Law
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Associate Dean
Former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals

Administrative Officer
Former Presiding Judge – Metropolitan Trial Court, Manila

Former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals

Associate in Arts - San Pablo Colleges - 1957
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – San Pablo Colleges – 1961
Master of Laws (LLM) – University of the Philippines, Diliman

1999 Fellow, 36th Academy of American & Int’l. Law, Dallas,
Texas U.S.A. May-July 1999

Bar Reviewer in Legal Ethics,
Chanrobles Professional Review, Inc.- 2012-present

Phil. Judicial Academy Professorial Lecturer - 2009-present

Law Professor, San Beda Alabang - 2005-present
Assoc. Justice, Court of Appeals, Manila (ret.) - 1997-2008
Professor, College of Law, Univ. of Perpetual, Laguna - 1994-2000

Executive Judge, Regional Trial Court,
Br. 24, Biñan, Laguna - 1993-2000

Executive Judge, RTC, Br. 13, Lipa City - 1988-1990
State Prosecutor, Ministry of Justice, Manila - 1974-1987
Achievement Awardee, Court of Appeals, 2008
Ulirang Ama Awardee, 2008
Outstanding San Pableño Awardee, 2008
Awardee, Justice George Malcolm Award (2005)
Most Outstanding Alumnus San Pablo College of Law (2003)

Teaches Human Rights, Environmental Law, Practicum I

Former Presiding Judge – Metropolitan Trial Court

Associate in Arts - University of Santo Tomas - 1961
Bachelor of Laws - University of Santo Tomas - 1964
Presiding Judge - Branch 24, Metropolitan Trial Court, Manila (METC)
Pilot Court Small Claims Court, Metropolitan Trial Court, Manila - 2008

Member, Judicial Excellence Screening Committee in search for “The Most Outstanding Clerk of Court” nationwide - 2006-2008

Executive Judge Metropolitan Trial Court Manila - 2005

Finished “ Court Case Flow Management Course” - Osaka, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan - June 2002

Member, Supreme Court Revision Committee “2000 Revised Manual for Clerks of Courts” - 2000

Gold Leaf Awardee as Most Outstanding Court Official given by the Free Media Association, Phils. - 1996

Plaque of Appreciation given by then Court Administrator Presbitero Velasco Jr. for her role in TV Series “Iyo ang Katarungan” as Defendant in Ejectment Case - 2005

Most Outstanding Judge of Metropolitan Trial Court Manila awarded by Mayor Alfredo S. Lim June - 2006

Director & Asst. PRO, Metropolitan & City Court Judges Association of the Phils. (METCJAP) - 2006-2007

President, Manila Metropolitan Trial Court Judges Association (METCJAM) - 2007-2009

Vice-President for 1st Level Courts, & Asst. Treasurer Philippine Women Judges Association of the Phils. under Supreme Court Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario and Supreme Court Justice Teresita L. De Castro as President respectively - 2007-2010

Teaches Legal Forms, Practice Court II & Practicum III

Judge, Metropolitan Trial Court

A.B. Philosophy - University of Santo Tomas (Cum Laude)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - University of Santo Tomas (Cum laude)
Master of Laws (LLM) – Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
Master in International Studies - De La Salle University
Manager's Course - University of the Philippines

Public International Law
The Hague Academy of International Law in Netherlands

Cayetano Arellano Award for Outstanding RTC Judge – 2009
Best Decision in a Civil Case for MeTC – 2004
Outstanding MeTC Judge - 2004
Best Pre-trial Judge for MeTC – 2003
Teaches Property, Public International Law

Judge, Regional Trial Court

Pre-Law Graduate, University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City (1978)
Law Graduate, Ateneo de Manila University (1986)

Passed 1986 Bar Examinations with a rating of 83.4% when less than 19% of the examinees passed.

Manager, Litigation Division (Legal Department) Technology & Livelihood Resource Center, Office of the President (1998)

Managing Partner, Law Firm of Velasquez Rodriguez Respicio Ramos Nidea & Prado (2001)

Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 35, Calamba City (2011)

Professor, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, College of Law; handling Sales, Credit Transactions, Taxation II and Labor Relations

Teaches Criminal Law I

Presiding Justice, Sandiganbayan

A.B. Political Science – Ateneo de Manila - 1963
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – University of the Philippines – 1967
Bar Examiner – Criminal Law – 2004 Bar Examinations

Former Director of Securities & Exchange Commission;
Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan;

Teaches Practice Court

Associate Justice, Court of Appeals

A. B. Political Science – Lyceum of the Philippines – 1964 (Valedictorian)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Lyceum of the Philippines – 1968 (Valedictorian)
Consistent Valedictorian since Grade One (Grade School) up to the time she finished her law degree

Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, Manila
Former Presiding Judge – Regional Trial Court, Branch 274, Parañaque City (Handled, tried, and decided the celebrated Vizconde Massacre Case, which was dubbed and described by the media as “the Crime of the Century”)

Recipient of Woman of Distinction Award – Soroptimist International, Metro Manila
Northwest District – 2000
Recipient of the Outstanding Lawyer In Public Service Award - Rotary Club of Diliman
North in cooperation with the Top Justice of the Philippines Foundation, Inc – 2010
Recipient of the Most Outstanding Kapampangan Award (MOKA) in the Field of Judicial Service for the Year 2005 given by the Province of Pampanga

Award of Recognition in the Justice System - Rotary Club of Mabuhay Rotonda, Rotary International District 3780 – 2011 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Law - Lyceum of the Phil. Law Alumni Association – 2008

Chairperson, 5TH Division, Court of Appeals, Manila

Teaches Persons & Family Relations,
Civil Law Review II and Commercial Law Review

Associate Justice, Sandiganbayan

B. S. Economics – Lyceum of the Philippines – 1977
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Ateneo de Manila University – 1984
Bar Examiner – Remedial Law – 2009 Bar Examinations

Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan

Teaches Remedial Law Review

Office of the Solicitor General

B. S. C. Accounting – Adamson University – 1980
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – University of Santo Tomas – 1990
Assistant Solicitor General – Office of the Solicitor General

Teaches Obligations and Contracts and Criminal Law Review

Former Presiding Judge – Regional Trial Court

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – University of the Philippines – 1958
M. A. in Economics – Lyceum of the Philippines – 1970
Diploma Course in Procurement Attorney’s Course
USAID Grantee, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia U.S.A.

Diploma Course in Economic Development
Colombo Scholar, Lakehead

University, Thunderbay Ontario, Canada
Member – New York Bar Association and American Bar Association

Presiding Judge – Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, Dasmariñas, Cavite (Retired)
Chairperson, Transparency International, Philippine Chapter
Legal Consultant – Solar Resources Inc. – 2005 to Present

Teaches Special Proceedings, Succession and Legal Counseling

Executive Judge – Regional Trial Court

A. B. Political Science – University of the Philippines – 1969
Bachelor of Laws – Ateneo de Manila University – 1975
Admitted in the New York State Bar Association - 1989
Presiding Judge – Regional Trial Court
Branch 204, Muntinlupa City

Executive Judge – Regional Trial Courts
Muntinlupa City – 2003-2005, 2011-Present

Director – Philippine Judges Association – 2011-Present

Teaches Evidence, Legal Profession and Criminal Procedure

Presiding Judge – Regional Trial Courtbr />
B. S. Biology – Central Philippine University – 1982 (Scholar)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Central Philippine University – 1986
Master of Laws (LLM) – University of Santo Tomas – 1995

Course on Management Development for Court Administrators (Sponsored by PAHRDF – An Australian Government Initiative, thru the Honorable Supreme Court) - Tagaytay & Manila, Philippines; Sydney & Adelaide Australia – 2006 Writer: The Sandiganbayan Hymn entitled “SANDIGANBAYAN: The Pillar of our Nation”

Reservist with the Rank of Captain – Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command (AFPRESCOM) Top Graduate for Academic Excellence of Class 06-2000 Broadcaster, DWDD Legal Matters (Free Legal Counseling and Lectures On-Air) – 2002-2004, 2006 and 2007

Chief Justice Awardee for Outstanding Service in Judiciary – 2004

Included in the 2008 (Silver Anniversary Edition) and 2009 Edition of The Marquis Who’s Who in the World Publications (inclusion is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their own fields of endeavor and who have, thereby, contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society)

Presiding Judge – Regional Trial Court
Branch 77, San Mateo Rizal / Vice Executive Judge

Teaches Civil Procedure, Labor Standards and Land Titles

Former Presiding Judge – Metropolitan Trial Court

Associate in Arts – University of Santo Tomas – 1961
Bachelor of Laws – University of Santo Tomas – 1965

Finished Court Case Flow Management Course in Osaka, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan – 2002

Presiding Judge – Metropolitan Trial Court, Manila (Retired)

Teaches Legal Forms, Practice Court II and Practicum III

Presiding Judge – Metropolitan Trial Court

A.B. Political Science – University of Santo Tomas – 1993
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – San Beda College – 1997
(Ranked in the Graduating Class)

Master of Laws
University of Santo Tomas – 2003 (Academic Requirements completed)

Recipient of the Award for Model Employee, Supervisory Level (for her “work performance rendered with impressive productivity, creativity, leadership, dedication and interpersonal skills that exemplifies the image of the Judiciary workforce at its best) – 2007

Awarded as the Most Outstanding Judge of Manila (in recognition of her unceasing devotion to duty and faithful discharge of her authority as dispenser of justice and for her untiring efforts in unclogging her court’s docket) – 2010

Currently the Vice-President of the Metropolitan Trial Court Judges Association of Manila (METCJAM), the Executive Vice-President of the Metropolitan and City Judges Association of the Philippines (METCJAP) and the Vice-President for MeTC of the Philippine Women Judges Association. (PWJA)

Secretary – Society for Judicial Excellence – 2006 to 2011
Don Antonio P. Madrigal Award for judicial excellence 2012

Presiding Judge – Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 20, Manila

Teaches Practicum II and Legal Ethics

State Prosecutor

B.S. Zoology – University of Santo Tomas – 1980
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – University of Santo Tomas – 1980

Associate Attorney – Prospero Crescini Law Office – 1992-1998
Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary – American International Group – BPSI – 2004 to 2006

State Prosecutor (Trial Prosecutor) – DOJ/Office of the City Prosecutor, Parañaque City

Teaches Credit Transactions and Transportation

B.S. Foreign Service
Lyceum of the Philippines - 1970

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
Lyceum of the Philippines – 1978

Master in Government Management
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila – 1980

Former Legal Officer IV in the Commission on Audit Presiding Judge – Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 1, Manila

Teaches Legal Writing and Statutory Construction

B.S. Agriculture – University of the Philippines – 1960
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – University of the East – 1970
B.S. Business Administration – University of the East – 1971
Master in Business Administration (MBA) – DLSU – 1974
Master in International Management (MIM) – I/AME– 1986

Member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Camarines Norte – 1987 to 1992

One of the twelve (12) most outstanding Provincial Board Members of the Philippines – 1991-1992

Bar Reviewer – Land Titles and Deeds
Managing Partner – Arias Bilog and Associates Law Firm
Chair/CEO – Bantay Bayan Foundation, Inc. – 1991-Present
President – UE Law Center – 2008-Present

Teaches Forensics, Remedial Law Review, Election Law and Practicum IV

B. S. Political Science – San Sebastian College – 2002
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – San Sebastian College – 2008
Master of Laws Major in Commercial Laws – San Beda
Graduate School of Law – 2009 to Present
Secretary – Director, Las Piñas Bar Association – 2011

Teaches Insurance and Banking and Law Practice

A. B. Economics – University of the Philippines
1980 (Cum Laude)

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Ateneo de Manila University – 1984
(2nd Honors) 10th Place, 1984 Philippine Bar Examinations

Master of Laws (LLM) – De Witt Full Scholar,
University of Michigan School of Law, 1990

Member – New York State Bar
(Passed the 1991 New York State Bar Examinations with grade of 87%)

Senior Associate – Sycip Gorres & Velayo (SGV)

Teaches Buss. Organization I and II, Taxation I and Taxation Review

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – University of the Philippines – 1961
(Ranked 20th in a class of 150 Certified Graduates)

Master of Laws (LLM) – MLQ University, Manila – 1996

Former OIC, Assistant Commissioner – BIR Legal Services
Head Revenue Executive Asst. Director II – BIR Legal Services
Member – National Association of Women Lawyers, American Bar Chapter, Chicago, Illinois

Head, Philippine Panel on Tax Treaty Negotiations – Czech Re- public – 1998
Head, Phil. Panel on Tax Treaty Negotiations – Thailand – 1999
Head, Philippine Delegation on Study Tour on German Tax Administration – Germany – 1999

Member: Phil. Panel on Signing of Tax Treaty with the Peoples Republic of China – 1999

Member of the Philippine Panel (First Round) on Tax Treaty Negotiation between the Manila Economic and Cultural Office and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office – 2002

Chairperson – BIR Legal Information System

Teaches Taxation II

Political Science – Mindanao State University - 1987
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Manuel L. Quezon University – 1997
Master in Industrial Relations – University of the Philippines

Masters’ Education Program on Social Security International Orientation (ILO) Training Center – Turin Italy – 1998

State Dep’t Study Grant on Accountability of Gov’t & Buss. S. Int’l Study in Washington D. C., Denver, Minnesota – 2002

Executive Director V (Assistant Secretary) – Presidential Anti- C),
Office of the President – 2001-2002

Titular Member of the General Council – ITUC-
Asia Pacific Presidential Merit Awardee – 2005

Commissioner – Social Security System – 2006-2010
Head – Phil. Social Security Delegation in the
Negotiation of Bilateral Social Security

Agreement with Portugal – Manila and Lisbon – 2009 and 2010

Workers’ Adviser – Phil. Tripartite Delegation in the
99th Int’l Labor Conference – Geneva – 2010
National President – Federation of Free Workers-ITUC – 2011

Workers’ Representative – Nat’l Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC) – 2012

Teaches Constitutional Law I and II

B. S. Accountancy – San Beda College – 1996
Certified Public Accountant – 1996 CPA Board Examinations
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – San Beda College – 2002
Placed 9th in the 2002 Bar Examinations

Associate in Feria Tantoco Robeniol Law Offices

Teaches Negotiable Instruments,
Sales & Real Estate and Lease & Ejectment

B. S. Psychology – Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
1996 (Cum Laude)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – San Beda College – 2003
15th Place, 2003 Philippine Bar Examinations

Presidential Management Staff – Office of the President, Malacañang

Teaches Local Government and Legal Research

A. B. Political Science – Manuel L. Quezon University
1973 (Scholar)

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Manuel L. Quezon University – 1980

Bar Reviewer and Bar Lecturer in Labor Law
Bar Examiner in Labor and Social Legislation on 2008 Bar Examinations Author, Textbooks and Reviewer in Labor Law

Dean of the College of Law – University of Manila – 2009 to Present

Teaches Labor Relations and Labor Law Review

Certificate in Secretarial Course
St. Ignatius Vocational School – 1957

A. B. Political Science – University of the East
1962 (Dean’s Lister)

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – San Beda College – 1966

Special Studies on Labor Relations – University of the Philip- pines
1967 Bar Reviewer and Lecturer



Author, Law Textbooks (Principles, Comments and Cases in Constitutional Law Vol. 1 and 2, A Mile To Go For Genuine Land Reform In the Philippines, Agrarian Reform and Social Legislation, Introduction to Law, Comparative Study: Roman Law and Philippine Law, Notes and Comments on the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, 1987 Constitution for Pre-Law and other College Students and the General Public) and Reviewers (Political Law Reviewer, Constitutional Law Reviewer, Six Months Before the Bar Outline/Reviewer, Three Months Before the Bar Outline/Reviewer), and other Non-Law Books

Teaches Public International Law

Specialization in Family Medicine
University of the Philippines – PGH and Medical Center – 1982

Bachelor of Science – University of Santo Tomas
Passed the Physician Licensure Examination – 1987
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Jose Rizal College – 1992

Doctor of Medicine – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
University of Santo Tomas – 1997

Master of Laws (LLM) – Post Graduate Institute of Law
San Beda, Mendiola

Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration
San Beda, Mendiola

Diploma Course in Pharmaceutical Medicine
Philippine College of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Fellow and Diplomate, Philippine Academy of Family Physician Member, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine – United Kingdom Former Medical and Service Director in Abbot Laboratories Board Reviewer in Legal Medicine
Medico Legal Adviser, University of Perpetual Help-DALTA Medical Center

Teaches Legal Medicine

B. S. Commerce – Business Administration and Management
Aklan College - 1966

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Aklan College – 1972
Studies in International Relations – Sociedad de Estudios
International School, Madrid Spain – 2000

Master of Laws (LLM) – UST, Manila
2004 (Cum Laude)

Former Dean – College of Law – Aklan College

Teaches Conflict of Laws and Intellectual Property Law