1. Arturo Dizon Brion was born on December 29,1946 and is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
21 Facts About Arturo Brion
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Arturo Brion took his oath as a member of the Supreme Court on March 17,2008.
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From 2006 until his appointment to the Supreme Court, Brion served in the cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment.
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Arturo Brion grew up and undertook his primary, secondary and part of his tertiary studies in San Pablo City, Laguna.
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Arturo Brion obtained his Bachelor of Arts, major in Mathematics, from San Pablo Colleges in 1970.
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Arturo Brion was Editor-in-Chief of the Ateneo Law Journal and a member of the Fraternal Order of Utopia.
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Arturo Brion thereafter practiced law at the Siguon Reyna, Montecillo, and Ongsiako Law Offices.
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Arturo Brion earned a Master of Laws, with concentration in Labor and Employment Law, from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1994.
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Arturo Brion obtained a Bachelor of Laws Equivalency Programme from the same law school.
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Arturo Brion was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada and to the practice of law in the province of Ontario in 1992.
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Arturo Brion has worked from associate attorney to senior partner levels in various law offices.
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Arturo Brion was the Director of the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies from 1982 to 1984.
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Arturo Brion served as an Assemblyman in the Regular Batasang Pambansa, representing the province of Laguna, from 1984 to 1986.
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Arturo Brion was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Labor and Employment during the same period.
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Arturo Brion was among the nominees of the Judicial and Bar Council to fill the vacancies in the Supreme Court left by the successive retirements of Associate Justices Romeo Callejo, Sr.
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Arturo Brion taught law at the Ateneo Law School from 1976 to 1982,1986 to 1987, and 1995 to 1997.
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Arturo Brion authored an article entitled The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work in Ontario, which is archived in the libraries of York University.
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Arturo Brion is an active member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
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Arturo Brion served as President of the IBP Laguna Chapter from 1981 to 1983.
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Arturo Brion was a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada from 1992 to 1995.
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Arturo Brion is a member of the Fraternal Order of Utopia, an Ateneo Law School based fraternity established in 1964 which has produced 40 bar topnotchers since 1964, three of which have placed number one in the Philippine Bar Exams, one of which is Brion.