Final Report
Introduction
The Law Firm
Brief Background
The Firm De Jesus Linatoc Castillo & Associates (previously De Jesus Linatoc Mendoza & Associates) is a general partnership of lawyers registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission under SEC Registration No. AP096-00938.
It was organized in mid-1993 under the firm name Gozos Marquez & De Jesus Law Offices, consisting of Attys. Oscar L. Gozos, Reynaldo Q. Marquez and Solomon L. De Jesus. It was first registered with the SEC in 1994 under SEC Reg. No. AP094-001416.
Atty. Solomon L. de Jesus, one of the original partners, served as City Councilor of Lipa City in 1995 onward. The other founding member, Atty. Oscar L. Gozos, became the Chief Provincial Prosecutor of Batangas in 1995, and was elected as Congressman for the 4th District of Batangas in 2001 and re-elected in 2004. In 2007, Atty. Gozos served as City Mayor of Lipa. Atty. Reynaldo Q. Marquez, the Firm’s long-time Chief of Litigation, separated from the Firm in 1996 to serve his own growing clientele. He still actively practices his profession.
With the above developments, Atty. Andrew C. Linatoc became a Senior Partner and eventually a Managing Partner, joined by his Senior Partner, Atty. Glenn P. Mendoza. Atty. Mendoza separated from the Firm in 2007, when he became the City Administrator of Lipa.
Way back in February 2002, the Firm opened an extension office at Rosario, Batangas to efficiently serve its clients from Rosario, Padre Garcia, Ibaan, San Juan, and Taysan, Batangas. The Rosario Office was manned by its Associate Lawyer Triven P. Castillo, a former Municipal Administrator of Rosario. He now holds office at its Lipa Office as a Senior Partner. To better serve its clients, Atty. Pamela T.