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Friday January 13, 2017
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ILOILO City – An longgo lawyer was appointed Assistant Secretary for the Consumer Protection Group of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Atty. Ernesto Perez took his oath of office before DTI secretary Ramon Lopez on Dec. 22, 2016.
Perez graduated class valedictorian from Mandurriao Elementary School in 1972 and as high school class salutatorian from the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV) in 1976.
He completed his bachelor’s degree in business administration major in accountancy from UPV as a consistent college scholar. He was also an Adriano Hernandez scholar.
Perez finished his Bachelor of Laws at the Ateneo Law School in 1986 and passed the bar examination in 1987 as the Top 15 passer of his batch.
He has been involved in community service since his college years, serving as president of the University Student Council of UPV from 1978 to 1980. He was also the president of the Rotary Club of Makati Central in 2014 and coordinator for the Philippines of the Rotarian Action Group against Child Slavery.
Perez is also serving as the treasurer and finance committee chairman of the Ateneo Law Alumni Association.
DTI undersecretary Teodoro Pascua and Management Services Group (MSG) undersecretary Rowel Barba witnessed Perez’ oath-taking.
Perez has been practicing law since 1987, with expertise in the fields of international relations, immigration, banking, taxation, labor, insurance, transportation, corporate, and criminal and civil litigation.
Prior to his assumption into office, Perez served as managing partner for the EV Perez Law Office (2014), the Gana Manlangit & Perez Law Office (2009-2014), and the Martinez and Perez Law Offices (1990-2009).
He also worked as lecturer on negotiable instruments, credit transactions, and remedial law in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Law (2009-2014), and as a senior associate at Cesar C. Cruz and Partners (1987-1988, 1989-1990).
As a certified public accountant, he worked as a credit and collection manager in Hoechst Agro Chemicals, Inc. (1988-1989), a financial analyst at the Philippine National Bank (1981-1986), and a project accountant at the Philippine Hospitals and Health Services, Inc. (1980-1981). (David Israel Sinay, DTI-6/PN)
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