Ricardo C. Puno

Ricardo Concepcion Puno, Sr. (born 4 January 1923 in Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines) is a Filipino lawyer and founder of Puno & Puno Law Offices. Puno is married by Priscilla Villanueva-Puno; they have twelve children.

Education

• Ateneo de Manila University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1947)
• Manuel L. Quezon University (LL.B., magna cum laude, 1948)

Memberships

• Integrated Bar of the Philippines
• Philippine Bar Association
• Philippine Society of International Law
• American Chamber of Commerce
• World Law Association
• ASEAN Law Association (Vice President, 1983-1985; Chairman, Philippine National Committee, 1983-1985)

Biography

• Author: "An Outline of Philippine Civil Law," Central Book Supply, 1954, 1958, 1964, 1967
• "Cases and Comments on the Law on Succession in the Philippines," PCB Publishing, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1964
• "The New Parameters of Registration in the Family Code," The Lawyers Review, 1987
• District Judge, 1962-1973
• Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, 1973-1978
• Assemblyman, 1978-1984
• Minister of Justice, Republic of the Philippines, 1979-1984
• Philippine Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, 1979-1984
• Bar Reviewer in Civil Law
• Professor of Civil Law, Political Law and Remedial Law
• Ateneo de Manila University
• San Beda College
• Manuel L. Quezon University
• University of Santo Tomas
• San Sebastian College
• Adamson University
• University of the Philippines Law Center, 1949-1991
• Presently, Consultant, Supreme Court Committee on Continuing Legal Education and Bar Matters
• Chairman, Supreme Court Sub-Committee on the Rules Governing Notaries Public

Website

• Ricardo Puno's website