22 Facts About Estelito Mendoza

Estelito "Titong" Patdu Mendoza was a Filipino lawyer who served as Solicitor General of the Philippines from 1972 to 1986.

Estelito Mendoza was the Chairman of the United Nations General Assembly Legal Committee in 1976.

Estelito Mendoza served as Minister of Justice from 1984 to 1986, Member of the Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1980 and 1984 to 1986, and provincial governor of Pampanga from 1980 to 1984 and from 1985 to 1986.

Estelito Mendoza was the founding partner of Estelito P Mendoza and Associates.

Estelito Mendoza was born on January 5,1930, in Manila, Estelito Mendoza was the eldest child of Guillermo Dizon Mendoza and Barbara Lugue Patdu both from Bacolor, Pampanga, both of whom are public school teachers.

Estelito Mendoza received his secondary education from UP High School in 1946.

Estelito Mendoza was a member of Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity, as well as the Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu honor societies.

Estelito Mendoza was conferred with a Doctor of Laws by Central Colleges of the Philippines in 1975, Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea in 1978, University of Manila in 1985, Angeles University Foundation in 1997, and University of the East in 2004.

Estelito Mendoza was a member of the faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law from 1954 to 1974, teaching subjects in both public and private law and participating in several law reform projects.

Estelito Mendoza was a member of the University of the Philippines Board of Regents from 1979 to 1985, and President of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association from 1979 to 1985.

Estelito Mendoza was the Philippine Representative to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee from 1972 to 1979, Vice Chairman of the Philippine Delegation to the UN Seabed Committee and to the Conference on the Law of the Sea from 1971 to 1981.

Estelito Mendoza served as Philippine representative to several multilateral and bilateral conferences and meetings which included, among others, UN Conference on the Law of Treaties in 1968 and 1969, negotiations with the US government on the amendment of the US-Philippine Military Bases Agreement from 1971 to 1978, the proposed US-Philippine Extradition Treaty in 1981, and Special Counsel on Marine and Ocean Concerns in 2010.

Estelito Mendoza served as chief counsel for Joseph Estrada during his impeachment trial which culminated in the Second EDSA Revolution.

Estelito Mendoza served as counsel of Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda, and cronies Lucio Tan, Roberto Ongpin, and Danding Cojuangco in various cases for sequestered wealth.

Estelito Mendoza successfully demonstrated that he was in fact a natural-born Filipino.

Estelito Mendoza secured before the Supreme Court a bail grant for plunder defendant former senator Juan Ponce Enrile who was implicated in the multi-billion-peso pork barrel scam of Janet Lim-Napoles.

Estelito Mendoza got Jaime Dichaves's plunder case dismissed by the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan.

In corporate practice, Estelito Mendoza was Non-Executive Director of Petron Corporation since January 8,2009.

Estelito Mendoza was a member of the Board of Directors of San Miguel Corporation and Philippine National Bank.

Estelito Mendoza was engaged in the practice of law for more than 60 years, and operated his own firm, Estelito P Mendoza and Associates.

Estelito Mendoza was married to Rosa Fernan Adams and had five children.

On June 28,2010, Estelito Mendoza received a Presidential Medal of Merit as Special Counsel on Marine and Ocean Concerns and was awarded by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association its 1975 "Professional Award in Law" and in 2013 its "Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award".