ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Georgetown University Law Center - Washington, D.C. Masters Degree in Law Ateneo de Manila University Manila, Philippines Bachelor of Laws Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines Bachelor of Arts |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
ORDOVEZA LAW OFFICES 2045 N. 15th Street, Suite 102 Arlington, VA 22201 |
General Practice of Law (1982 to Present): Litigation before courts and federal and state agencies. Emphasis on civil practice, including personal injury cases, workers' compensation law, domestic relation law, bankruptcy law, business law, contracts, immigration law, wills and trusts, real estate law, traffic and criminal cases, and international trade law. Approved real estate attorney for major title insurance companies. Approved settlement attorney for several real estate mortage companies. |
ORDOVEZA, GARCIA & ASSOCIATES VA Office - 2045 N. 15 Street, Suite 102 Arlington, VA 22201 MD Office - 10905 Ft. Washington Road, Suite 410 Ft. Washington, Maryland 20745 |
General Practice of Law (1996 to Present): Emphasis on civil practice, including personal injury cases, workers' compensation law, domestic relations law, bankruptcy law, business law, immigration law, wills and trusts, pension law, criminal and traffic cases and representation of juveniles. |
ORDOVEZA & RECINTO LAW OFFICES 2045 N. Street Arlington, VA 22201 |
Senior Partner - 1977 TO 1982 General Practice of law with emphasis on civil and criminal matters. |
COMMERCE CLEARING HOUSE, Inc. - CCH Publishers of Topical Law Reports 425 13th Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20004 |
Senior Law Editor - Labor Law Reporter March 1968 to August 1975 Duties: Legal Writing and legal editing; revising and updating Labor law Guidebook and Labor Law Course Textbook; revising, updating, annotating and preparing explanatioins for Labor Relations Reporter Compilations; responsible for revising and annotating chapters on NLRB jurisdiction, Bargaining Units, Collective Bargaining, Secondary Boycotts, Mediation and Concilation, Arbitration and sections on Public Employee Bargaining; preparing and drafting CCH analysis; digesting and headnoting NLRB decisions, and Supreme Court, federal courts of of appeals and state court decisions on labor law and arbitration, as well as EEOC decisions; digesting and headnoting wage-hour opinion letters and court decisions on wage-hour laws; preparing digests and explanations of newly enacted law and recent amendments to existing federal and state laws and regulations. |
PIKE AND FISHER, Inc. 1726 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. |
Legal Editor - June 1966 to March 1968 Law firm and legal publishing firm specializing in the preparation and publication of textbooks and loose leaf services in Administrative Law, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Uniform Commercial Code, Federal Communications Law (Radio Regulations, Satellite Communication Law, etc.), Labor Arbitration, Maritime and Shipping Regulations. Duties:Legal editing and legal research; analyzing legal opinions and digesting and headnoting legal issues and rulings. |
VICENTE FRANCISCO LAW OFFICES 201 Samanillo Building Escolta, Manila, Philippines |
Assoicate Attorney 1962 - 1965 Duties: Trial work, legal research, opinion writing, in areas involving civil and criminal cases, as well as labor, corporate, estate and tax matters; drafting deeds, contracts, articles of incorporation and other legal documents; preparing legal briefs, memoranda, pleadings and motions; assisted Atty. Vicente Francisco at various trials and in research and annotation on his books on Criminal and Civil Procedure and Evidence. |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS |
Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals Admitted to practice - Federal District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court Active Member, Virginia State Bar Active member, Virginia Trial Lawyers' Association Member, Tenth District Lawyers' Disciplinary Committee - Virginia State Bar (1990 - 1993) Active member, American Immigration Lawyers Association Active member, Arlington Bar Association Admitted to the practice of law in the Philippines Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines Deputy Director, Philippine-American Support Committee for the Jaime V. Ongpin Institute of Business & Government Approved Real Estate Attorney for Major Title Insurance Companies Legal Counsel for various Corporations and Organizations Member, Georgetown University Alumni Association President, Ateneo Alumni Association Metropolitan Washington, D.C. |
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English, Spanish, Tagalog or Filipino |