This list of Aquila Legis members includes alumni of the Ateneo Law School fraternity who attained prominence in various branches of government, or distinguished themselves in public life.
Prominent Members
editJudicial Department
- Supreme Court Justice Mariano Del Castillo[1]
- Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Rosario[2]
- RTC Judge Virgilio Gesmundo (Former Dean of Arellano Law)[3]
Executive Department
- Former Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman, former Executive Secretary, former Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary, former Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary and former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr.[4]
- Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary, former Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary and former Executive Secretary Ernesto "Ernie" Maceda[5][6][7]
- Former Muntinlupa Mayor, former Metropolitan Manila Authority (now MMDA) Chairman, former Presidential Spokesman, former Press Secretary (OPS) and now Monetary Board Member Ignacio "Toting" Bunye[4][8]
- Former Tagaytay City Mayor, former League of Cities President, former Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino
- Former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Antonio "Serge" Apostol
- Former Press Secretary (OPS) Ricardo "Dong" Puno, Jr.
- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio A. Abaya
- Former Mandaluyong Mayor Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II[8][9]
- Lipa City Mayor Meynardo "Meynard" Sabili
- Barobo Surigao Del Sur Mayor Felixberto S. Urbiztondo
Legislative Department
- Former Senate President Ernesto "Ernie" Maceda[6][8]
- Former Senator Teofisto Guingona, Jr.[8]
- Former Speaker of the House Prospero "Boy" Nograles[8][10][11]
- Congressman Florencio “Bem” Noel (An Waray Partylist)[12]
- Congressman Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II (now Majority Floor Leader)[8][9][13]
- Congressman Sergio Antonio "Serge" Apostol (now chairman of the Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries)[8][13]
- Congressman Raul Del Mar[9]
- Former Congressman Ignacio "Toting" Bunye[4]
- Former Congressman Joseph Emilio A. Abaya[13]
- Former Congressman Adam Relson Jala[9]
Bar Topnotchers and Placers
editThrough the years, Aquila Legis has produced over 40 lawyers who reached the top ten of the Philippine Bar Examinations, four (now five)[14] of whom placed first.[15][16] A number of alumnus bar topnotchers have gone on to distinguished public careers in government.
| PLACE | NAME | YEAR |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Januario Soller, Jr. | 1972 |
| 1st | Vicente Solis | 1973 |
| 1st | Virgilio Gesmundo | 1977 |
| 1st | Gregorio Batiller, Jr. | 1979 |
| 1st | Cesareo Antonio S. Singzon, Jr. | 2010 |
| 2nd | Gabriel Singson | 1952 |
| 2nd | Antonio F. Navarrete | 1957 |
| 2nd | Prospero Nograles | 1971 |
| 3rd | Teodoro Villarmia, Jr. | 1966 |
| 3rd | Basilio Alo | 1967 |
| 3rd | Liberador Villegas | 1971 |
| 3rd | Francis Ampil | 1999 |
| 4th | William Veto | 1951 |
| 4th | Jose Reyes | 1953 |
| 4th | Redentor Salonga | 1960 |
| 4th | Arthur Soller | 1969 |
| 4th | Solon Garcia | 1972 |
| 4th | Vicente Ruaro | 1974 |
| 4th | Augusto Panlilio | 1975 |
| 4th | Marius Corpuz | 1979 |
| 4th | Nelson Victorino | 1992 |
| 5th | Luisito Baluyot | 1967 |
| 5th | Reynaldo Salutan | 1980 |
| 5th | Thaddeus Venturanza | 1989 |
| 5th | Eric David Tan | 2009 |
| 6th | Jose Brillantes | 1960 |
| 6th | Roldan Dalman | 1975 |
| 6th | Jose Jesus Laurel | 1981 |
| 6th | Yves-Randolph Gonzalez | 2009 |
| 7th | Antonio Quintos | 1954 |
| 7th | Rufino Luna | 1955 |
| 7th | Sergio Apostol | 1958 |
| 7th | Adolfo Angala | 1964 |
| 7th | Arthur Cabilete | 1966 |
| 7th | Raul Cabrera | 1968 |
| 7th | Noel Sanchez | 1980 |
| 7th | Efren de Leon | 1982 |
| 9th | Meynardo Tiro | 1952 |
| 9th | Amado Santiago | 1958 |
| 9th | Ramon Aviado, Jr. | 1966 |
| 9th | Ding Concepcion | 1990 |
| 10th | Ernesto Maceda, Jr. | 1956 |
| 10th | Franklin Ebdalin | 1967 |
| 10th | Nicolas Gomez, Jr. | 1977 |
| 10th | Giorgidi Aggabao | 1980 |
| 10th | Grain Baysa-Pee | 1999 |
| 10th | Darren L. Salipsip | 2010 |
| Excellent | Fernando Felix L. Imperial | 2020/21 |
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- ^ Ricardo Rosario
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