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 :: SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS WATCH

   Leonardo V. Quisumbing

1. PERSONAL DATA

 

Born on November 6, 1939, Masbate

Married to Dr. Purificacion Valera-Quisumbing

Children: Mrs. Josefa Q. Dawson and Ms. Cecilia Quisumbing

 1. PERSONAL DATA

 

Born on November 6, 1939, Masbate

Married to Dr. Purificacion Valera-Quisumbing

Children: Mrs. Josefa Q. Dawson and Ms. Cecilia Quisumbing
 

2. PROFESSION

 

Member, Philippine Bar

Attorney and Counselor-at-law (12th Place, 1966 Bar Examinations)

 

3. EDUCATION

 

Elementary                              Uson Elementary School (1951) (Honors)

High School                             Masbate High School (1955) (Valedictorian)

 

 

 

College                                     A.A. Manuel L. Quezon University (1957) (High Honors)

A.B., Manuel L. Quezon University (1959) (Magna Cum Laude)

LL.B., University of the Philippines (1965) (College Scholar)

Post Graduate                         LL.M., Cornell University (NEC-AID Grantee) (1969)

Honorary Degrees            Doctor of Public Administration, Honoris Causa, Polytechnic University of the Philippines (1995)

                                                Ph.D., Honoris Causa, University of Pangasinan (1997)

 

Special Training                       Management of Public Agencies, Cornell Graduate School; Research, George Washington University; Communications, Michigan State University; Public Sector Negotiations, Harvard University

 

4. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Editor-in-Chief (1958), The Quezonian, MLQ University

President, Arts Student Council, MLQ School of Arts and Sciences

Chairman, University Student Council, University of the Philippines

Editor-in-Chief 91961), Philippine Collegian, U.P.

Member, National Debating Team to Australia that won the Wilmot Cup; COMDA, College Editors Guild

President, Student Councils Association of the Philippines (SCAP)

Delegate, 11th International Student Conference in New Zealand; International Youth Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia

Grantee, Fullbright Youth Leader Grantee to Harvard, Columbia, and Georgetown University.

May Day State Visitor to Moscow, Russia, and Vilnius, Lithuania.

 

5. ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Member, former Director, UP Law Alumni Association

Member, Cornell Club of the Philippines

Member, Rotary Club of Intramuros

Member-Participant, ASEAN Law Association; International Law Association; World peace thru Law Conference (now World Jurist Association)

Member (Alumni Group), Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity (U.P.); Kappa Gamma Phi (M.L.Q.U.)

Commodore, Philippine Coast Guard – 106th Auxiliary Squadron

 

 

 

6. PROFESSIONAL CAREER (Past Positions)

Technical Assistant, office of the Executive Secretary and Designated Assistant to the President on Youth Affairs, Malacanang Palace, 31 December 1965-1969.

Assistant Special Attorney (Assistant State Counsel), Legal Staff, Department of Justice, 17 February 1969-1971.

Private Law Practice, Perez Law Office (1971-1977) and LAWYERS’ INN (1977-1986).

Professional Lecturer (Part-Time), UP College of Law, 1977-1989, Holder of the COMELEC Professional Chair; U.P., Polytechnic University of the Philippines, (1966-1971).

Dean, Northwestern University College of Law, 1983-1986.

President, National Alliance of Teachers and Allied Workers 9NATAW) , 1982-1983

Chairman, Confederation of Industry Unions of the Philippines (CINUP), 1983-1985.

Secretary-General, Lakas Manggagawa Labor Center (LMLC), 1984-1986.

Delegate, International Labor Organization Conference 9Geneva – 1986, 1996, 1997).

Member-Participant, ASEAN Labor Ministers Meeting (Bangkok, 1996; Hanoi, 1997). APEC Labor Ministries Conference (Seoul, 1997)

Senior Exec. Assistant to the Minister of National Defense, MND, 23 November 1986 to 20 February 1987.

Undersecretary of National Defense (Designated 3 Times as Acting Secretary of National Defense), DND, 21 February 1987 to 9 February 1992.

PARTNER (Private Law Practice), YULO QUISUMBING TORRES BELLO Law Offices, June 1992 to June 1993

Senior Deputy Executive Secretary, Malacanang (O.P.), 23 June 1993 to 14 January 1996.

Acting Executive Secretary, Malacanang (O.P.), 5-9 December 1994

Office-in-Charge, O E S, Malacanang (O.P.), 2-9 September 1995

Acting Executive Secretary, Malacanang (O.P.), 7-11 December 1995

Secretary of Labor and Employment, DOLE, 15 January 1996 to January 27, 1998

 

7. conferences/ workshops attended recently

Participant, Four Focus Areas of SC-UNDP project, Singapore Visit (march 10-16, 1999)

Court’s Representative, International Judicial Conference on Patents Law and Intellectual Property, Washington, D.C. (October 17-20, 1999)

Participant (Speaker), Policy Courts International Working Conversation – Einstein Institute for Science, Health, and the Courts [EINSHAC], Mauna Lani Bay, Hawaii (June 30-July 4, 2001).

Delegate (Panel Chairman), World Intellectual property Organization (WIPO) Asia-Pacific Regional Colloquium for the Judiciary on Intellectual property, new Delhi, India (February 6-8, 2002).

Delegate, Governing Council Meeting of the Asean law Association, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam (may 3-5, 2002).

Participant (Panel Vice-Chairman), Courts’ International Working Conversation on Biotechnology Issues—Einstein Institute for Science, Health, and the Courts [EINSHAC], Ottawa, Canada (June 14-17, 2002)

Participant, Meeting/Dialogue with various Canadian agencies and officials on judicial reforms under a program by the Canadian Government through Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Ottawa, Canada and Halifax, Nova Scotia (June 18-21, 2002)

 

8. PUBLISHED WORKS

Constitutional Control of the Electoral Process

Compensation in Land Reform Cases: Comparative Public Law Study

Asean Comparative Law (Vol. IV ed., Corporation Law) Series

Law on Taxation in the Philippines

EEC and ASEAN: Two Regional Experiences (Contributor)

Labor Law and Jurisprudence (1992-1998)

 

9. AWARDS

Gold Medalist, Secondary Schools press Conference (1955)

First Prize, College Editors Guild (1958)

Most Outstanding Alumnus Plaque, Arts and Sciences, MLQ University

Most Outstanding Alphan Plaque, APB, University of the Philippines Outstanding Alumnus in Labor and Industrial Relations Plaque, College of Law, University of the Philippines Presidential Medal of Merit, Malacanang, June 23, 1998

Filipino(s) of the Year 2001, Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 2002.

 

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