Caviteño Lawyer in US Champions Filipinos' Rights

by The Manila Times

Jul 02, 2021 12:00 am

Spotlight: Atty. C. Joe Sayas, Jr.

'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.

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