Arturo D. Brion

Personal:

• Birthdate: December 29, 1946
• Birthplace: Manila
• Father: Edon B. Brion, retired RTC Judge, from San Pablo City
• Mother: Laura S. Dizon, from San Pablo City
• Spouse: Antonietta C. Articona, B.S. Chemistry ’67, College of the Holy Spiritl 1967; LL. B. ’82, Ateneo de Manila
• Children:
  o Antonella A. Brion, B.A. History, York University, Toronto, Canada
  o Arturo Brion, Jr., B.S. Computer Engineering, McMaster University; Bachelor of
  Laws, University of New Brunswick; currently engaged in intellectual property law practice in Ottawa Canada.

Education:

• Master of Laws, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada (1994), Main area of study is labor law; Thesis: “The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work in Ontario”Bachelor of Laws Equivalency Programme at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canda (1990-1991)
• Bachelor of Laws, Ateneo de Manila University (1984)
  o Cum laude and class valedictorian; Awardee of Golden Leaf Award, Gold medal for academic excellence; First Honors Gold medal
  o 1st place, 1974 Philippine Bar examinations with a grade of 91.65%
• Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics), San Pablo Colleges, San Pablo City (1970)
• Pre-Judicature Program Phases I and II, Philippine Judicial Academy, (December 2001- January 2002)
• Estudiante de Español, Nivel 10, Instituto Cervantes, Manila (2005-2006)

Career:

• Associate Justice, Supreme Court, March 17, 2008 to the present
• Secretary, Department of Labor and Industry, June 2006 to March 17, 2008
• Associate Justice (Senior member, 15th Division), Court of Appeals, July 2003 – June 200
• Bar Examiner in Political and International Law, 2004 Bar Examinations
• Undersecretary for Special Projects, Department of Foreign Affairs, August 2002-June 2003
  o Headed the DFA Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat and handled special projects for the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
• Undersecretary for Labor Relations), Department of Labor and Employment, July 2002
  o Headed the DOLE Labor Relations Cluster (NLRC, NCMB, BLR); handled assumption of jurisdiction cases; prepared labor relations and labor standards decisions for the DOLE Secretary; represented the Philippines in various international conferences on migration and overseas employment.
• Consultant, Civil Service Commission, January 1996, on public sector unionisrn, leading to the paper “Public Sector Unionism — a Proposed Reconfiguration”.
• Deputy Minister of Labor (for Legal and Legislative Affairs), Ministry of Labor, 1985-1986
• Mambabatas Pambansa, Philippine National Assernbly, 1984 – 1986; Vice-Chairman, Labor and Employment Committee; Member, Committee on Revision of Laws and Constitutional Amendments;and member, Committee on Privileges.
• Executive Director, Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies, Philippine Ministry of Labor, 1982 -1984
  o ILMS was the research,training and policy formulation arm of the then Philippine Ministry of Labor.
• Law practice:
  o Senior Partner, Siguion Reyna, Montecillo & Ongsiako Law Offices, Makati, Philippines, 1975-1982; July 1995 – January 31, 2001; engaged mostly in labor law practice
  o Senior Partner, Natividad, Delos Reyes, Maambong & Brion, Philippine Social Science Center, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 1986 – 1988
  o Canadian Law Practice: Solicitor, Legal Services Branch, Management Board Secretariat (MBS) and the Ministry of Labour, Province of Ontario, 1992 – 1995
• Teaching:
  o Member of the Faculty, Ateneo de Manila University, College of Law, 1976 – 1981, 1986, 1995 – 1997
  o Member of the Faculty, School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR), University of the Philippines, 2001 – 2002
  o Member of the Faculty, Institute of Law, Far Eastern University, 2005 – 2006

Affiliations:

• Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
• Member, Philippine Bar Association
• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Chapter President, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Laguna Chapter, 1981 – 1983
• Editor-in-Chief, Ateneo Law Journal, 1974
• Editor-in-Chief, Legal Update, a publication of the Legal Services Branch, Ontario Ministry of Labour, 1992 – 1993
• National President, YMCA of the Philippines, 1985; Member of the National Board, 2006
• Free and Legal Masons, Teodoro Kalaw Memorial Lodge No. 136; Jacobo Zobel Memorial Lodge No. 202; Scottish Rites, Manila Bodies No. 1

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