Sayas at the pre-awards testimonial dinner in December 2018 flanked by Sec. Nick Acosta on his right and Atty. Fred Lim of PAGCOR, sponsor of the event
"I didn't have the money to pay for law school in the States when I migrated, so I had to work first," said Atty. C. Joe Sayas, Jr. when asked how he started out on his American adventure in his mid-twenties in the mid-80s.
"I had to roll up my sleeves, sometimes working as a secretary, sometimes as paralegal, other times as researcher, sometimes as a copier, sometimes even as a messenger for this Filipino-American trial attorney, who was educated in the US, Joe Lauchengco (Jr.). He gave me a break," continued Sayas.