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The Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines (Filipino: Tanggapan ng Taga-usig Panlahat), formerly known as the Bureau of Justice, is an independent and autonomous office attached to the Department of Justice. The OSG is headed by Menardo Guevarra. The Office of the Solicitor General is the "law firm" of the Republic of the Philippines.
Pages in category "Solicitors general of the Philippines" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jose Callangan Calida (born July 7, 1950) [1] is a Filipino lawyer. He previously served as Undersecretary of Justice and executive director of Dangerous Drugs Board under the Arroyo administration, as Solicitor General under the Duterte administration, and as Chairman of Commission on Audit (COA) under the Marcos administration.
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra (born May 23, [citation needed] 1954) [1] is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos.
He was a member of the Committee that drafted the 2000 Rules of Criminal Procedure. In February 2001, he submitted his courtesy resignation as Solicitor General of the Philippines after the People Power 2 Revolution. He resumed private practice as in the Tan, Acut, and Lopez Law Offices. [2]
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Goco worked at the Department of Justice from 1957 to 1961. [3] He then became a solicitor until 1971. In 1973, he was elected governor of the newly-organized Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), serving until 1975.
A solicitor general is a government official who serves as the chief representative of the government in courtroom proceedings. In systems based on the English common law that have an attorney general or equivalent position, the solicitor general is often the second-ranked law officer of the state and a deputy of the attorney general.