Laserna Cueva-Mercader Law Offices - Atty. Manuel J. Laserna Jr.
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Resume of
ATTY. MANUEL J. LASERNA JR.
Trial Lawyer
Former Professsor of Law
EDUCATION
Elementary Jose Rizal Elem. School, Pasay City, 1961-67,
Mentally Gifted (MG) Class
High School Secondary Laboratory School, Far Eastern Univ.,
1967-71, Valedictorian from 1st Yr to 4th Yr.
College AB Journalism, UP Diliman, 1971-75
Post Graduate Bachelor of Laws, FEU Institute of Law, 1980—84, Cum Laude
Master of Laws, UST Graduate School, 1998-2000
FEU Graduate Studies Fellow
HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1. Meralco Educational Grantee and UP Grants-In-Aid Recipient, UP Diliman, 1971-75
2. Cocofed Management Development Training Scholar, Asian Institute of Management, Makati, 1978 (non-degree)
3. Cocofed Full Law Scholar, Bachelor of Laws, 4 years, FEU Institute of Law, 1980-84, cum laude
4. 3rd Placer, 1984 Bar Exams, 90.95% (only 22% passed). The first time in Bar history when no examinee from UP College of Law landed in the Top 10.
5. FEU Graduate Studies Fellow, Master of Laws Program, UST Graduate School, 1998-2000.
OCCUPATION
1. Trial Lawyer since April 27, 1985 (date of admission to the Bar). Specializes in civil, criminal and
corporate litigation.
2. Managing Partner, Laserna Cueva-Mercader Law Offices (LCM LAW), Las Pinas City, 1994 p to the present.
3. Managing Partner, Laserna Paguinto Valmores Law Offices (LAPAVAL LAW), Makati City, 1989-1992.
4. Head, Manuel J. Laserna Jr. Law Office, Manila, 1985-1989.
5. Professor of Law, FEU Institute of Law, since 1985. Subjects taught: Persons and Family Relations, Obligations and Contracts, Property, Land Titles, Torts and Damages, Private Corporation Law, Insurance Law, Criminal Procedure, Public International Law. Retired in October 2006 after 21 years of law teaching.
6. Accredited Labor Voluntary Arbitrator, 1993
7. Licensed Patent Attorney, 1993
8. Manager and in-House Legal Counsel, Phil. Coconut Producers Federation (Cocofed), Manila, 1975-1994. Retired in 1994. Defended and argued before the Sandiganbayan and the Supreme Court En Banc the sequestration-related cases of Cocofed and its directors, officers and members from 1986-1992.
9. Worked with and was under the mentoring of name and senior partners of the prominent law firm ACCRA LAW, Makati City, as a Cocofed counsel, for 6 years from 1986 to 1992, where his litigation and legal research skills were fully developed.
10. Chairman, First Uniland Realty Corp., Makati, 1983-1991.
11. President, Laserna Abellar Realty, Las Pinas, 1991-1995.
12. Legal Lecturer, Real Brokers Assn of the Phils.
13. Co-Convenor, Lawyers for Reform Movement, Pasig City, 2003-2005. The pro bono legal group of the 2004 presidential campaign of the late Sen. Raul Roco.
14. Pro Bono Counsel, National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms.
15. Pro Bono Counsel, Barangay Talon 5, Las Pinas City
16. Pro Bono Counsel, Agro Homes Homeowners Assn, Talon 5 Las Pinas City
ASSOCIATIONS
1. Founder and Past Chairman and Past President, Las Pinas City Bar Association. A model local voluntary Bar association in the Philippines.
2. Served as a Director and later as Vice President, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), Pasay Paranaque Las Pinas Muntinlupa (PPM) Chapter, from 1995 to 2007.
3. Founding Trustee and Past Chairman, Mary Immaculate Development Foundation, 1989-2007. This NGO built 700 houses for the poor in Moonwalk Village, Las Pinas City, in 1989 and was a recipient of the Mother Theresa International Award.
4. Past President, Parish Pastoral Council, Mary Immaculate Parish, Moonwalk Village, Las Pinas City, 1987-89. Helped in the building of the parish hospital, parish school, parish restaurant, and The Nature Church.
5. Founder, Mary Immaculate Lawyers League, Las Pinas City, 1987. A Catholic human rights group.
6. Member, World Jurists Association
7. Associate Member, American Bar Association
8. Member, International Bar Association, London
9. Member, Philippine Bar Association, Manila
10. Member, Philippine Society of International Law (as a professor of public international law).
11. Founder, Laserna Aguilar Family Assn Inc. (paternal side)
12. Founder, Juanir Pinon Family Assn Inc. (maternal side)
13. Co-Founder, U.P. Manila Tau Omega Mu Fraternity, 1972. Now a nationwide college fraternity.
PUBLICATIONS
Author of various legal articles published in THE LAWYERS REVIEW, FAR EASTERN LAW REVIEW, IBP NEWSLETTER, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, and in his website athttp://attylaserna.blogspot.com.
FOREIGN TRAVELS
1. Delegate, United Nations First World Conference on Vegetables Fats and Oils, Madrid, Spain, 1977, sponsored by Cocofed
2. Study Tour, Western Europe, 1977, sponsored by Cocofed
3. Study Tour, Southeast Asia, 1979, sponsored by Cocofed
4. Delegate, Sukyu Mahikari Asian Convention on Spiritual Purification, Singapore, 2004.
