Practice Focus
Criminal and Civil Litigation, International and Human Rights Law, Estate Planning and Administration, Banking and Foreign Investment, Intellectual Property, Election Law
Admitted to the Philippine Bar, May 1991
Member, International Criminal Bar (ICB)
Education
Master of Laws with Merit, London School of Economics, London, 1996
Bachelor of Laws, College of Law, University of the Philippines, 1990
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science, Honors College, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985
Congressional Commendation, 15th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, House Resolution No. 263, Commending the House Prosecution Team for their Unprecedented Achievement During the Impeachment Trial of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, thereby Upholding this Institution’s Commitment to Uphold the Rule of Law and to Answer the People’s Call for Truth, Justice, Transparency, and Accountability in Government, dated July 25, 2012.
Bar Examiner in Remedial Law, 2010 Bar Examinations
Associate Professor, University of the Philippines College of Law
Professor, Philippine Judicial Academy
First Asian to be admitted to practice before the International Criminal Court (2004) and UN War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda (2005)
Member of the Board (elected), Governing Council of the Asian Society of International Law and the International Criminal Bar
Founding Editor in Chief, Asia-Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law jointly published by the Institute of International Legal Studies and the International Committee on the Red Cross
Member, Editorial Board, Asian Journal of International Law and the Asian Journal of Comparative Law
Finalist, 2009 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards, Britain’s leading organization promoting freedom of expression
