Place of Birth:  Barangay Albano, Dingras, Ilocos Norte

Name of Parents:  Andres Albano (Deceased);  Guillerma Soriano (Deceased)

Civil Status:  Married to Lilian Ahorro

II.  PRESENT POSITION

August 1998 to the Present:  Dean, College of Law, University of Perpetual Help System- Laguna

Senior Partner, Albano, Albano and Dolleton and Associates Law Office, 2^nd Floor, CCP Bldg., National Highway, Landayan, San Pedro, Laguna; Tel. No. 520-29-39

III.  POSITIONS HELD

January 1987- August 1991:  Presiding Judge, Metropolitan Trial Court, City of Manila, Branch X

August 1991 to 1997:  Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga, Branch L

May 1998 - October 1990:  Designated Acting Judge, Metropolitan Trial Court, City of Manila, Branch XXVIII

1990-1991:  Designated as one of the twenty (20) Judges to preside over courts to try Violators of tax law and profiteers

July 1992 - March 1993:Detailed Acting Judge, Regional Trial Court, City of Manila, Branch VII

April 1993 - December 1993:  Detailed Acting Judge, Regional Trial Court, City of Manila, Branch VIII

IV. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Author of the following books:

1.  Civil Law Reviewer

2.  Civil Law Review Guide

3.  T orts and Damages (Co-Authored by Prof. Samson Alcantara) 

4.  Political Law Reviewer

5.  Remedial Law Reviewer

6.  Family Law (Persons and Family Relations) 

7.  Bar Reviewer in Legal Ethics

8.  Pre-Week Reviewer in Remedial Law

1979 to 2001:  Professor of Law, FEU - Institute of Law

Law Professor atSan Beda College of Law, Adamson University, Perpetual Help College of Law

Pre-Bar and Pre-Week Reviewer In Civil Law:   University of the Philippines, San Beda College, Lex Reviews and Seminars, Inc. (Cagayan de Oro City, Iloilo City; Baguio City; Legaspi City; Tacloban City; Isabela; Bacolod City; Cotabato City; Pampanga), Arellano University, National Bar Review Center, University of Manila

Pre-Bar and Pre-Week Reviewer in Political Law:  National Bar Review Center; Lex Reviews and Seminars, Inc.; Arellano University

Lecturer in Civil Law, Remedial Law:  University of the Philippines General Law Practice Institute Law Center

Lecturer in Civil Law:  Philippine Judicial Academy, Supreme Court of the Philippines

V.  SCHOOLS ATTENDED 

Elementary:  West Central High School Dingras, Ilocos Norte (1957 -1963)

High School:  Dingras National Agricultural School (1963-1970)

College:  Institute of Arts and Science, Far Eastern University (1967 -1970, October), Institute of Law, Far Eastern University (1970- 1974)

VI.  DEGREES, HONORS AND AWARDS

Summer 1963:  Valedictorian Philippine Fold School, Dingras, Ilocos Norte

1967:  Salutatorian, Dingras National Agricultural School, Dingras, Ilocos Norte

1970:  Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Far Eastern University

1974:  Bachelor of Laws (Cum Laude), FEU, Institute of Law

 

1989:  Awarded a Plaque of Appreciation by Mariano Marcos State University for spearheading the scholarship program of the DHS DNAS MMSCT MMSU Alumni Association, Dingras Ilocos, Norte

1988 and 1991:  Adjudged one of the Outstanding MTC Judges by Integrated Bar, Manila, 

1992 and 1993:   Outstanding Alumnus, Mariano Marcos State University

1995:  Awarded the Tamaraw Award as the Most Outstanding Alumnus in the Academe by the FEU,  Institute of Law

1996:  Outstanding Alumnus, Mariano Marcos State University

1991 to 1996:  Holder of the Juan Ponce Enrile Professorial Chair in Civil Law Institute of Law, Far Eastern University

Lex Reviews and Seminars, Inc.

1988 to 1991:  Holder, Pedro Concepcion Professorial Chair in Civil Law, Institute of Law, FEU

VII.  GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS TAKEN

1976:  Bar Examination

1974:  First Grade, Civil Service Commission

1970:  Second Grade, Civil Service Commission

VIII.  EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1965-1966:  News Editor, Dingras Courier

1996-1997:  Editor-in-Chief, Dingras Courier

March 1967:  Representative to the Reporter's Pool Interscholastic Meet in Laoag City

1968-1969:  AB Councilor Institute of Arts, FEU

1969 –1970:  President, Al1s Leaders League Institute of Arts, FEU

Summer 1970:  Vice President and Presiding Officer of Mock Constitutional Convention

1990:  Member, Editorial Board, Philippine Laws and Jurisprudence

IX.  OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member, Social Justice Society of the Philippines (A Non-Government Organization)

Member, Fairchild, Inc.

Member, Ilocos Norte Integrated Bar Chapter