Background
Ortega, Gregorio F. was born on March 5, 1932 in Batangas, Batangas, Philippines.
Ortega, Gregorio F. was born on March 5, 1932 in Batangas, Batangas, Philippines.
University of the Philippines (Associate of Arts, 1953. Bachelor of Laws, 1957). Spoken languages: English and Pilipino.
Worked at Ortega, Delegate Castillo, Bacorro, Odulio, Calma & Carbonell (Metro Manila) specializing in General Practice, Foreign Investments, Corporation, Taxation, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Technology Transfers, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Insurance, Securities, Labor Law, Admiralty, Estates and Trusts, Aviation, Immigration, Banking and Finance, Oil and Mining, Media Law, Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1958, Republic of the Philippines. HISTORY: The firm"s beginnings are traced to PILLSBURY & SUTRO which was founded in 1901 by Oscar Sutro of San Francisco, United States of America Oscar Sutro was joined by his elder brother Alfred Sutro and East.J. Pillsbury, both partners of the San Francisco firm of PILLSBURY, MADISON & SUTRO. Because of a previous requirement that the name of a partner who ceases to be with a firm should be dropped from the firm name, its firm name has undergone many changes, ROSS, SELPH & CARRASCOSO and BITO, LOZADO, ORTEGA & CASTILLO were the firm names for many years.
All partners were Americans until 1936 when the first Filipino partner (Antonio T. Carrascoso, Junior) was admitted.