Salvador Panelo
| Salvador Panelo | |
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| Chief Presidential Legal Counsel | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Caguioa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Salvador San Buenaventura Panelo Naga, Camarines Sur, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| Occupation | Politician, radio journalist |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Salvador "Sal" San Buenaventura Panelo is a Filipino lawyer from Camarines Sur, Philippines. He is the Chief Legal Counsel of President Rodrigo Duterte who also served as the former Davao City Mayor's legal adviser during his 2016 presidential campaign. As a private lawyer, he has handled cases involving politicians and other controversial personalities. He is also a former Director of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
Panelo is a native of Naga, Camarines Sur. He moved to Manila for his college education at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1966, where he earned his BS Political Science and BA English degrees in 1971. As a student at the UP Diliman, he was involved in student activism during the pre-Martial law period. He stayed at UP Diliman and completed law school at the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1974. He passed the Philippine Bar Examination the same year.
Panelo first practiced law at United Laboratories where he served as the company's legal counsel from 1977 to 1987. He assumed the directorship of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in 1983 and presidency of the IBP Rizal Chapter in 1985. In 1987, he was hired as a radio anchor at DZEC Radyo Agila where he worked for one year. It was also in 1987 when he started his private law practice.
In his 40 years of law practice, he served as the defense lawyer of prominent politicians such as Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. who was implicated in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez who was tried for the 1993 Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez murder, Senator Bong Revilla who was one of the accused in the 2013 Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, and the family of former President Ferdinand Marcos in relation to recovering their alleged ill-gotten wealth.
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