US EditionLogan Named Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
Anna Liza Logan fills the vacancy left by Juan Ponce Enrile, leveraging her extensive legal background and senior government role, with 5 of 6 Judicial and Bar Council members supporting her.
- On Tuesday, December 16, Malacañang announced Anna Liza Logan, Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s new Chief Presidential Legal Counsel.
- The vacancy followed the death of Juan Ponce Enrile, late chief presidential legal counsel since the start of the Marcos administration, who died at age 101 after pneumonia.
- As a vetted candidate for Ombudsman, Logan won the nod of five out of six Judicial and Bar Council members and proposed scrapping a Samuel Martires-era memorandum on SALN access.
- The role is charged with giving legal advice and assistance to the president, Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres will take Logan's previous post, and other new Palace appointees include Maria Luwalhati C. Dorotan Tiuseco, Danielle Marie Rieza‑Culangen, and Joseph Irvin A. Obenza.
- Logan's earlier law‑firm work shows ties to First Lady Liza Araneta‑Marcos's now‑defunct MOST firm, prior associate role at Agabin Verzola Hermoso Layaoen & De Castro, and a 1998 San Beda University law degree plus co-founding Logan Masukat Ronulo Huang Law Office in 2019.
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Logan named chief presidential legal counsel
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has filled the key roles in Malacañang left vacant following last month’s Cabinet shake-up and the passing of his trusted legal adviser. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Palace press officer Claire Castro said the President has named lawyer Anna Liza Logan as the new chief presidential legal […]...Keep on reading: Logan named chief presidential legal counsel
Who is Anna Liza Logan, Marcos’ new chief lawyer?
Lawyer Anna Liza Logan, Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs, is President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s new Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, Malacañang announced on Tuesday, December 16. Logan steps into a post last held by the late Juan Ponce Enrile, who had held the position since the beginning of the Marcos administration. It will be an interesting shift for the 51-year-old lawyer, who has mostly kept a low in the administration. Her prof…
Anna Liza Logan named presidential legal counsel after Juan Ponce Enrile’s death
Lawyer Anna Liza Logan, who had previously vied for the position of Ombudsman, has been appointed as the chief presidential legal counsel, the Palace announced on Tuesday, December 16.
Marcos appoints new chief legal counsel
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed lawyer Anna Liza Logan as his new chief presidential legal counsel, Malacañang announced Tuesday.Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Logan, who would replace the late Juan Ponce Enrile, was the deputy executive secretary for Legal Affairs of the Office of the President.She has very extensive law practice in Civil and Criminal Litigation; Family, Labor and Human Settlements Adjudi…
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