LEX PARETO NOTES

Zigfred Maceren Diaz together with his classmates started the Lex Pareto Notes during their senior year in the college of law at Southwestern University. His college freshman and sophomore years were spent at the college of engineering at the University of Sto Tomas in Manila. Later on he transferred to the Cebu Institute of Technology and graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He finished his elementary and high school at Bob Hughes Christian academy and graduated as the most outstanding student of the batch. He is currently the Vice president for Operations for the Diaz group of companies, a group of family owned companies with business interest in Funeral servicing, casket manufacturing, funeral supplies, Memorial care and education. He is also into private practice with the Law offices of Loon & Diaz, and is also currently teaching law subjects at the Southwestern University School of law and the Cebu Institute of Technology. He is also a bar exam coach at the Jurists Bar Review Center. 

He is a member of The Bible Baptist Church of Cebu City. With His God given ability to lead, he has been a youth leader for several years in the youth department of his church and is occasionally a featured speaker in various religious radio programs and churches across the country. His current studies involved pursuing an integrated program for a Masters Degree in Divinity and Doctorate in Ministry with the Trinity Graduate School of Theology and Apologetics. 

He regularly blogs about several topics including law, leadership, technology, financial management, investments, making money online, SEO, theology, technology and other interesting topics at www.zdiaz.com  

Zigfred is the son of Engineer Nolan Diaz and Dra. Arlene Diaz. He is happily married to Zenith Gerodias, a licensed Social worker and a teacher. Together with their son, Zed Avalon Diaz they are currently residing at Talisay City, Cebu. 


Al Rey Igot Ouano is the son of Engr. Oscar Perez Ouano and Dr. Corazon Igot Ouano. He reviewed in Jurist review located in Las Pinas Metro Manila. He was a graduate of law of Southwestern University. He is the eldest of five boys namely Michael Czar, Philip Charles, Pierre and Oscar Jr. He finished his elementary education at St. Alphonsus Catholic School and his high school at the Don Bosco Missionary Seminary. He got his degree in Bachelor of Science in Biology at Velez College. Initially, after graduation he decided to become a doctor at Cebu Doctors College of Medicine and took up medicine but later on decided to take up law instead. Currently, He is currently connected with the Public Attorney’s Office in Cebu City. He current address is, 2nd floor of Our Lady of the Rule Hospital, 2085 Humay-humay Street Lapu-lapu City, Pajo. Cebu City Philippines.

Louella Arreglo Matsumoto graduated from law school at the Southwestern University on 2006. On the same year, she took and passed the bar examinations. Louella hails from Mandaue City, Cebu. She finished her elementary and high school education at the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion. She obtained her B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of San Carlos. She was employed as the Production Planning and Inventory Control Section Head of a PEZA-registered Japanese manufacturing company in Mactan. Subsequently, she left for Japan where she acquired her written and oral proficiency in the Japanese language through a two-year intensive Japanese Language course. She passed the 1996 Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 1 held in Tokyo. After returning home to the Philippines, she worked at the Consular Office of Japan in Cebu. 

She was interviewed for a Japanese daily newspaper to relate her personal experience in taking the bar examinations. She believes that when you wholeheartedly trust and remember the Lord in everything you do, He will surely show you the way.  

“Loi”, as she is fondly called by her family and friends, is the daughter of Pedro Arreglo and Celestina Alivio Arreglo. She is happily married to Shigeki Matsumoto. Currently they are staying in a Spanish-speaking country in Central America to in a volunteer work mission. They will be back in Cebu sometime late 2008.

Maria Salud Dionaldo Barillo, is a law graduate of Southwestern University, Cebu City, Philippines. The word “Salud” means health or healthy in Spanish. Salud hails from Guihulngan, Oriental Negros. She is the youngest daughter of Judge Hector Barillo and Mrs. Victoria Dionaldo Barillo. She finished her Elementary at Guihulngan South Central School and her High School at St. Paul’s University in Dumaguete City. She spent her college days at Cebu Doctors’ University. 

“Salud” as she is commonly called is currently residing at Guadalupe, Cebu City. She is a member of Jesus Restoration Ministries. This lady is now a licensed Medical Technologist, who desires to make a difference in the field of law having righteousness and justice as her guiding principle. She believes that God is the Supreme Judge who will ultimately bring justice to all. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” - (Proverbs 18:15) 

Danell Maravillas Fernandez is the eldest among the other siblings of Julius and Lourdes Fernandez. He was originally from Vallehermoso, Oriental Negros and it is there where he took his elementary education. When he was in 3rd year high school at Colegio de Sto. Tomas Recoletos at San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, he decided to enter the seminary of the Order of the Augustinian Recollects. Upon finishing college with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary at Baguio City, it dawned on him that priesthood was not for him so he changed course. He then pursued Bachelor of Laws at Silliman University at Dumaguete City but finished said degree at Southwestern University at Cebu City on 2006. Now married, he is currently living with his son, aged 4 months, Linus Ven and wife Ma. Kristina at Bayawan City, Negros Oriental.

Nolito Morales Dayanan was born and raised in Davao Oriental. He finished his elementary education at the Carcar (Cebu) elementary school. His high school education was completed at Our Lady’s academy in his hometown. He decided to enroll in seminary and spent 3 years at the San Carlos Seminary college. For personal reasons, he decided to pursue his studies at the University of San Carlos and graduated with a degree in AB Philosophy. 

“Nholie” as his friends call him is an avid chess player. He is a silver medalist in the 2004, 2005 SIGLAKAS. (SWU intramurals) He is an active member of several school organizations such as the Bar operations, Mock bar committee and the Lex review committee. He also had opportunity to serve as chairman of the Lex review committee. Currently he is the coordinator of Jurists Bar Review Center - Cebu


Maria Patricia Katrina De Guia - Trish’s life has always been a fusion of passion, philosophy and religion in its purest form. Taoism, Christianity and existentialism all lived to the fullest in a single lifetime. Through it all, she describes herself as a work in progress, always in quest for new things to learn and ways to grow. She considers this life as her school as its experiences taught her many valuable lessons. At present she is currently a partner at the law firm of Pallera Tobias & De Guia and at the same time managing her own business. 

Helenytte Yu hails from Roxas City Capiz, she managing her own business at the same time through the help of her parents Hernan a businessman and Haydee a registered nurse. She studied at University of Perpetual-DALTA but completed her law degree at Philippine Law School in Pasay City for personal reasons. She took up Bachelor of Arts major in Political Science at De La Salle University-Dasmarinas as a preparatory course.

She is serving as the Regional Director in Visayas for the Filipino Chinese Catholic Youth for four years now and is an active member of Filipino Chinese Catholic Young Adult, a Filipino-Chinese Religious organization focused.