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Agnes VST Devanadera (former Government Corporate Counsel), is the incumbent 41st and first woman Philippine Solicitor General(with office at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines) or Attorney General duly appointed on February 22, 2007 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (having succeeded Supreme Court of the Philippines Associate Justice Antonio Nachura) assumed office on March 2, 2007. Devanadera is a candidate for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (to be vacated by Ruben T. Reyes’ retirement on January 2, 2009).

President Arroyo appointed Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera DOJ officer-in-charge on September 1, 2007, and as acting secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 5, 2007 to temporarily assist Raul Gonzalez (Philippines), 75, who was hospitalized for bleeding stomach ulcer and later he had kidney transplant. Alberto Agra rsucceeded her as Government Corporate Counsel, Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) of the Department of Justice (DOJ). She is an Ateneo de Manila Law School alumnus, and student of her mentor, Dr. Hernando Perez, former Secretary of Justice.

Other Information

• Name : Agnes VST Devanadera
• Schools Attended :
  • Ateneo de Manila Law School

Career History

• Mayor, Sampaloc, Quezon (1988 to 1997)
• President, League of Municipalities of the Philippines
• Executive director, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (1998 to August 2000)
• Undersecretary,  legal and legislative affairs, Department of the Interior and Local Government (Philippines) (April 1, 2003, to Aug. 31, 2004)
• Perez’ partner in Balgos and Perez law office (1976 to 1987)
• Senior partner, Libarios, Jalandoni, Devanadera and Dimayuga law firm
• Department of Justice’s (DoJ) undersecretary
• Assumed office as Government Corporate Counsel (September 1, 2004)
• Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera DOJ officer-in-charge (September 1, 2007)
• Acting secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ) (September 5, 2007)

Achievements

• Graced the OSG 1st Painting Exhibit, collection of 46 paintings ( 24 October 2007)
• Successfully convinced the United States Department of Justice and the US Solicitor General to file a brief for the United States as amicus curiae in the case of $35 million deposited account of Arelma (forfeiture case before the Sandiganbayan on Philippine claim
• Won for the Government, MILK CODE case (May 12, 2006)
• Graced the Investiture Rites of Dr. Hernando B. Perez as the 2nd president of the University of Batangas (UB) (15 August 2007)

Notable Events

• Legal controversy (2004)
• Disbarment case (July 04, 2008)