Filipino Jurists

This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on notable lawyers from the Philippines or of Filipino descent. Dates of when they passed the bar or membership to the Philippine Bar and its precursors follow the name. Topnotchers of the Bar Exam are so marked. Find more at the master project page, Families of the Philippines.

International Jurists

United States :: Thelma Buchholdt :: Tani Cantil-Sakauye :: Noel Francisco :: Sean D. Reyes

Local Jurists

A

• Cresenciano Europa Abad, 21 January 1955
• Felipe Encarnacion Agoncillo, 04 October 1905, Scored 100%
• Natividad Almeda-Lopez, 07 September 1914
• Edgardo Angara, 13 May 1959
• Gregorio Anonas, 18 October 1919, 1st Place
• Gregorio S. Araneta, 30 October 1913
• Cayetano Arellano, Spanish era
• Joker Paz Arroyo, 14 April 1953
• Jose Uria Avelino, Jr., 07 September 1914
• Antonio N. de las Alas, Sr., 17 October 1913
• Hermenegildo Atienza, 04 February 1933, 1st Place

B

• Adolfo Brillantes, 27 September 1920, 1st Place

C

• Felipe Calderon, Member, Colegio de Abogados de Filipinas.
• Jose C. Campos, 06 June 1950
• Fred Ruiz Castro, 21 December 1936
• Marciano P. Catral, 10 November 1934, 1st Place
• Alan Peter Cayetano, 6 May 1998
• Pia Cayetano, 5 June 1992
• Rene Cayetano, 3 March 1960
• Roberto Concepcion, 16 January 1925, 1st Place
• Private
• Mariano Lugo Crisostomo, Spanish era

D

• Hilario Davide Jr., 03 March 1960
• Leila de Lima, 3 June 1986
• Lilia de Lima, 7 February 1963
• Epifanio C. de los Santos, 03 April 1906
• Rafael del Pan, Spanish era
• Miriam Defensor-Santiago, 30 March 1970
• Marcelo H. del Pilar, 1880
• Andrés Avelino del Rosario
• Roque V. Desquitado, 05 November 1923, 1st Place
• Rafael Dinglasan, 31 December 1925, 1st Place
• Franklin Drilon, 23 March 1970
• Ramon Gonzales Duterte, 31 December 1925
• Rodrigo Duterte, 20 June 1973
• Sara Zimmerman Duterte, 12 May 2006

E

• Romeo Escareal, 27 February 1952
• Enrique Estrellado, 18 November 1935, 1st Place

F

• Enrique Medina Fernando, Sr.
• Ricardo J. Francisco, 9 April 1953
• Vicente Francisco

G

• Manuel Viola Gallego, Sr., 18 October 1919
• Felipe Gozon, 8 February 1963, 13th Place
• Manuel Goyena, 07 September 1914, 1st Place
• Leon Guinto Sr., 27 September 1920
• Paulino Gullas, 13 November 1916, 1st Place

I

• Jorge Samson Imperial, 25 January 1955

K

• Cesar A. Kintanar, 03 January 1928, 1st Place

L

• Alejo Labrador, 30 September 1918, 1st Place
• Oscar Sanchez de Larrazabal, 1948
• Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel, 03 August 1953
• Sotero Remoquillo Laurel, 16 December 1940
• Espiridion D. Laxa, 02 March 1956
• Jose Leuterio, 11 January 1932, 1st Place
• Private, 27 February 1961
• Domingo Barcelona Lopez, 16 April 1904
• Eusebio M. Lopez, 07 September 1914

M,

• Apolinario Mabini, Member, Colegio de Abogados de Filipinas
• Diosdado Macapagal, 21 December 1936, 1st Place
• Felix Makasiar, 20 December 1939
• Francisco Villapando Marasigan, 21 December 1939
• Ferdinand Marcos, 26 October 1940, 1st Place
• Mariano Marcos, 07 March 1927
• Private, 02 February 1951
• Cecilia A. Muñoz-Palma, 23 December 1937, 1st Place

N

• Andres Narvasa, 29 January 1952, 2nd Place

O

• Oscar de la Paz Ongsiako, 01 April 1948

P

• Ambrosio Bibby Padilla, 10 November 1934, 3rd Place
• Narciso Rosa Padilla, Spanish era
• Sabino Bibby Padilla, 15 September 1915
• Teodoro de los Reyes Padilla, 19 February 1954
• Rafael Velasquez Palma, 1901
• Kiko Pangilinan, 15 March 1994
• Filomeno B. Pascual, 03 December 1928, 1st Place
• Pablo C. Payawal, 24September 1921, 1st Place
• Eugeniano O. Perez, 07 March 1927, 1st Place
• Juan Ponce-Enrile, 23 January 1954

Q

• Lope C. Quimbo, 06 November 1933, 1st Place
• Carlos Felix Lozada Quirino, 29 August 1945

R

• Narciso Ramos, 07 February 1963
• Claro M. Recto, 07 September 1914
• Augusto Revilla
• Bartolome San Jose Revilla
• Eulogio Eleizegue Revilla, Jr.
• Pedro Revilla
• Jose Calleja Reyes, 19 January 1954
• Manuel Acuna Roxas, 17 October 1913, 1st Place
• Mariano Ubaldo Rojas
• Private, 13 October 1930

S

• Tecla R. San Andres, 13 October 1930, First woman to top the Bar
• Leonardo Tiongson Siguion Reyna, 01 April 1948
• Filemón Sotto, 30 October 1905
• Vicente Yap Sotto
• Lorenzo Sumulong, 07 December 1929, 1st Place
• Albino Z. Sycip 薛敏老, March 1913, 1st Place

T

• Claudio Teehankee, 16 December 1940, 1st
• Mariano Quijano Tinio, 13 October 1930
• Arturo M. Tolentino, 10 November 1934, 2nd Place
• Juan S. Torralba, 11 October 1909.

V

• Amando L. Velila, 06 November 1922, 1st Place
• Gregorio Balid Veluz, 10 April 1953
• Jose Olfinas Vera
• Francisco C. Villanueva, Jr., 15 September 1915, 1st Place
• Wenceslao Vinzons, 06 November 1933, 3rd Place

Y

• Felipe Ysmael, 04 October 1917, 1st Place

How to Contribute

1. Please click the "Join Project" button on the upper right of the project page.
2. After getting yourself added as a collaborator for the project, select the profile of the prominent Filipino you wish to add.
3. Navigate to the profile. Under the "More Actions" link, choose "Add to Project" and select sub-project to which your ancestor should be included in.
4. Include in the "About Me" section a brief biographical sketch, summarizing the person's significant contributions and accomplishments. (Required)
5. Include a photograph, if one exists.
6. Mark the profile as "public" and not "private". (Required)

Collaborator Notes

• Check date when a jurist was accepted into the bar here: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/lawlist/
• Encode the names of Bar Top Notchers from here: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/bar/bar%20topnotchers/1913-1944.php. Start at 1940.