A practicing Attorney in both the United States and the Philippines, and former municipal judge in the Philippines, admitted to practice in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the Philippines, as well as before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Legal education at San Beda College of Law in Manila (LL.B.) and the George Washington University Law Center (M.C.L. in American Practice). Past president and founding member, Philippine American Bar Association (PABA) and first president and founding member, Ilocano Society of America, (ISA), Washington, D.C.