Russel L. Rodriguez

rlrodriguez@syciplaw.com



Russel L. Rodriguez specializes in civil and commercial litigation. He has handled and tried a broad range of cases involving contract disputes, corporate restructuring and rehabilitation, debt recovery, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, family law and settlement of estates, infrastructure and engineering disputes, intra-corporate controversies, labor disputes, insurance claims, and disputes involving land, mining and natural resources. He also has extensive experience in immigration and deportation cases, insurance law, labor and employment law, and criminal litigation, both as a private prosecutor and as defense counsel.

Admission to the Bar

2002, Philippines

Education

University of the Philippines (B.A., cum laude; LL.B.)



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