Attorneys

The lawyers of the Firm are alumni of the University of the Philippines.

Attorney Manuel N. Camacho

Atty. Camacho is an experienced lawyer of almost 50 years. He is a member of Class 1958 of the University of the Philippines College of Law.

Over the years, Atty. Camacho has distinguished himself as a litigation attorney and as a formidable maritime and insurance lawyer. He is one of the co-founders/officers of MARLAW, an association of lawyers engaged in maritime and admiralty practice in the Philippines. Many of the cases that have been successfully handled by Atty. Camacho can be found in the Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA). He has won nearly every case that he appealed to the Supreme Court.

Aside from his thriving law practice, Atty. Camacho is also a professor at the University of the Philippines College of Law, where he teaches Transportation Law and Special Proceedings.

Attorney Peter Christopher A. Gonzales

Atty. Gonzales graduated cum laude with a degree in Political Science from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Subsequently, he enrolled in the College of Law of the same university and obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1999.

At the young age of 24, Atty. Gonzales was elected Municipal Councilor of Bocaue, Bulacan. In the following elections, he ran and was elected Vice-Mayor. Despite the demands of public office, Atty. Gonzales still managed to successfully practice law.

Atty. Gonzales began working for Camacho & Associates in February 2002. Aside from his work at the Firm, he is at the same time a Supervising Lawyer at the University of the Philippines Office of Legal Aid.

Attorney Fhillip D. Sawali

Atty. Sawali graduated cum laude with a degree in Political Science from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi International Honors Society and the International Honors Society of Pi Gamma Mu.

Atty. Sawali joined Camacho & Associates as a legal researcher in October 2002. He is a member of Class 2002 of the University of the Philippines College of Law.

Before joining the Firm, Atty. Sawali worked as Editor/Proofreader in the Office of Policy Planning and Legal Affairs at the Department of Agrarian Reform. He also served as volunteer/monitor in Bantay Katarungan and SENTRA, both NGOs.

Attorney Alice Teresa A. Singzon

Atty. Singzon is a graduate of the College of Mass Communications of the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She entered the College of Law of the same university in 2001 after having worked extensively in mass media.

Atty. Singzon is a veteran broadcast-journalist, having worked successively as TV News Anchor for RJTV Channel 29 and IBC Channel 13, News Producer/Head News Writer for ABC Channel 5, and Editor/Columnist for The Manila Times. She also produced segments in “Sa Ngalan ng Batas,” a legal affairs television show that aired over PTV Channel 4 in 1997. In 1999, Atty. Singzon wrote a weekly column in the business section of ETC, a Canadian newspaper.

Atty. Singzon joined Camacho & Associates in May 2007.