Emmanuel Caparas

Emmanuel Caparas
Secretary of Justice Acting
In office January 22, 2016 – June 30, 2016
President	Benigno Aquino III
Preceded by	Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa (Acting)
Succeeded by	Vitaliano Aguirre II
Personal details
Born	Emmanuel Leido Caparas
Nationality	Filipino
Alma mater	University of the Philippines
Occupation	Lawyer

Emmanuel "Copper" Leido Caparas is a Filipino lawyer who served as acting Secretary of Justice under the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. Prior to his appointment as acting secretary he worked as undersecretary and spokesperson of the Department of Justice. He also worked as Acting Chief of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office.

Caparas finished elementary in Ateneo in 1973 then high school in 1977. He obtained his Economics degree from University of the Philippines in 1981, and acquired his Bachelor of Laws from UP College of Law in 1985. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar the following year.

Caparas started working in the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 as Research attorney of then Chief Justice Roberto Concepcion from July 2 to September 15, 1986. He was then assigned as Senior Law Clerk for Associate Justice Florentino P. Feliciano from September 16, 1986 until October 31, 1989.

In November 1989, he joined SyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan Law Office where he worked as Senior Associate focusing on litigation, arbitration and corporate work until January 1994. He then founded CD Technologies Asia, Inc in February 1994. While serving as chair and president of the new company he also served as IT Consultant at the Commission on Human Rights, Integrated Bar of the Philippines and Office of the Government Corporate Counsel. In February 2006, he retired from CD Asia and set up Symferon KMR, Inc. which engaged in local and overseas activities.

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