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


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