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Arturo Dizon Brion (born December 29, 1946) is a former
associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines An associate justice of the Supreme Court () is one of fifteen members of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, chief justice presid ...
. He took his oath as a member of the Supreme Court on March 17, 2008. 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.


Early life and education

Brion was born on December 29, 1946, in the city of
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, PhilippinesCabinet profiles, Office of the President, Malacañang. 2007. to Edon B. Brion (a retired trial court judge) and Laura S. Dizon. He grew up and undertook his primary, secondary and part of his tertiary studies in San Pablo City, Laguna. He obtained his
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, major in Mathematics, from San Pablo Colleges in 1970. He earned his
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from Ateneo de Manila University Law School in 1974, graduating as ''
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'' and class
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. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Ateneo Law Journal and a member of the Fraternal Order of Utopia. Brion took the 1974
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s and placed first with a bar general average of 91.65%. He thereafter practiced law at the Siguon Reyna, Montecillo, and Ongsiako Law Offices. He also earned a
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, with concentration in Labor and Employment Law, from
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of
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in
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, Canada, in 1994. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws Equivalency Programme from the same law school. He was admitted to the
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and to the practice of law in the province of
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in 1992.


Career

Brion has worked from associate attorney to senior partner levels in various law offices. He was the Director of the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies from 1982 to 1984. He served as an Assemblyman in the
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, representing the province of Laguna, from 1984 to 1986. He was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Labor and Employment during the same period. In
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, he served as counsel in the Ministry of the Attorney General in
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, Canada, from 1992 to 1995. Later, he was appointed as Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals. In 2006, President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (; born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from Presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2001 to 2010 ...
appointed him as Secretary of Labor and Employment, a cabinet position vacated by Patricia Santo Tomas who was made Chairperson of the
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. Brion was among the nominees of the
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to fill the vacancies in the Supreme Court left by the successive retirements of Associate Justices Romeo Callejo, Sr., Cancio Garcia, and Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez. On March 17, 2008, he was named to the Supreme Court by President Macapagal-Arroyo to succeed Justice Sandoval-Gutierrez.


Academe

Brion taught law at the Ateneo Law School from 1976 to 1982, 1986 to 1987, and 1995 to 1997. He authored an article entitled ''The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work in Ontario'', which is archived in the libraries of
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. His specializations lie in the fields of Labor Laws, Public Law, and Occupational Health and Safety.


Organizations

Brion is an active member of the
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(IBP). He served as President of the IBP Laguna Chapter from 1981 to 1983. He was a member of the
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from 1992 to 1995. He is also 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. During the time Brion was in the Supreme Court, Utopia had three members who were seated in the highest tribunal of the Philippines, one is Brion, another was Justice Robert A. Abad and Chief Justice
Renato Corona Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona (October 15, 1948 – April 29, 2016) was a Filipino judge who was the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012. He served as an associate justice after being appointe ...
. Utopia currently has two members who are seated in the highest tribunal of the Philippines, Chief Justice
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and Justice Rodil Zalameda.


Private life

Brion is married to Antonietta C. Articona. They have two children. Antonietta is a chemist-lawyer (B.S. Chem, College of the Holy Spirit, and LL.B., Ateneo Law School, Class '82). His son Arturo, Jr. is a computer engineer-lawyer (Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Ontario; LL.B., University of New Brunswick School of Law) engaged in Intellectual Property Law practice in
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. His daughter Antonella is a B.S. History graduate of York University (Toronto), an interior designer (
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) and a published poet and Toronto-based book designer.


Awards

In the Araw ng Maynila's 437th founding anniversary on June 29, 2008, Brion was named "Outstanding Manilan" in law. He was the master of ceremonies of
Reynato Puno Reynato Serrano Puno, KGCR (born May 17, 1940) is a Filipino jurist. He served as the 22nd chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 8, 2006, by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo until his mandatory retirement on May ...
's July 1 "Forum on Increasing Access to Justice: Bridging Gaps and Removing Roadblocks." Inquirer.net, Manila spreads welcome mat for founding day fest


References


External links


Department of Labor and Employment, Republic of the Philippines

Office of the President of the Philippines

Osgoode Hall Law School of York University

Ateneo de Manila University Law School
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