Atty. Mendoza is the founding and managing partner of the firm. He has been engaged in general law practice for more than twenty (20) years. He has developed extensive experience and expertise in court litigation involving a variety of legal issues, notably land and property disputes, criminal, corporate, civil and family law, government law, obligations and contracts, settlement of estate and housing and land use.
He earned his AB (Philosophy) from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1987, his law education from the Ateneo de Manila School of Law (1988-1991) and Arellano Law Foundation (1991-1993). He took the Bar in 1993 and passed the same in 1994. He also has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Ateneo-Regis MBA Program) which he completed in 2006.
Before he became active in private law practice, he worked in the government, in particular, as OIC-Administrator of the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) and in Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) as legal consultant (1995-1996) .
He worked in the LRTA as its Corporate Secretary (2001-2003), Administrative Department Manager and concurrent Bids and Awards Committee Chairman (2003-2004), and OIC-Administrator and Ex-Officio member of the LRTA Board (2004).
Locally, he has been the chairman of the People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) of Olongapo City (2008 to present). He is also a member of the People’s Law Enforcement Board Association and once served as its President.
Outside of government, he worked as an associate of Cruz, Enverga and Raboca Law Offices in Makati, head, legal section of the Subic Bay Development and Management Center (Taiwanese Industrial Park) in the Subic Freeport Zone (1997-2000). He was the Corporate Secretary of Subic Bay Marine and Exploratorium, Inc. (SBMEI), also in Subic Freeport Zone (2008-2016).
Atty. Mendoza is an active member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the Aquila Legis Fraternity of the Ateneo Law School, Arellano Law Alumni Association, and the Ateneo Alumni Association.