(Ret.) Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Severino Hunt Gaña, Jr.

  • Of Counsel

Education, Honors and Awards

  • Master in Government Management, Pamantasang Lungsod ng Maynila
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Santo Tomas, 1979
  • Bachelor of Science in Commerce, University of Sta. Clara, California, USA, 1974

Professional Background

  • Senior Deputy State Prosecutor (Assistant Chief State Prosecutor), Department of Justice (DOJ), 20 March 2018 – 25 March 2000
  • Officer-in-Charge City Prosecutor, Office of the City Prosecutor, Las Piñas City, 29 August 2005 – 5 January 2007; 1 June 2004 – July 2005; June – July 2003
  • Senior State Prosecutor, DOJ, 2 March 1992 – 30 April 2000
    • Concurrent Program Director, Witness Protection Security and Benefit Program, DOJ, 1 April 1998 – 30 April 2000
    • Concurrent Officer-in-Charge, Director of Administrative Service, DOJ, 9 September 1997 –  31 March 1998 
    • Concurrent Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 4 July 1995 – 8 September 1997
    • Concurrent Chief of the Intelligence Investigation & Special Operation Division (IISOD), Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), 2 July 1993 – 24 April 1995 
  • State Prosecutor II, DOJ, 18 February 1991 1 March 1992 
  • 2nd Assistant Provincial Fiscal, Office of the Provincial Fiscal, Province of Cavite, 9 February 1987 – 17 February 1991 
  • Special Counsel, Office of the Provincial Fiscal, Province of Cavite, 1 February 1983 – 8 February 1997
  • Private Practice, 1980 – 1983

Affiliations

  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Cavite Chapter
  • Vice-President for Prosecution of the United Nations Asia Far East Institute (UNAFEI) Alumni Association of the Philippines
  • International Director, Asia Crime Prevention Foundation (ACPF), Tokyo, Japan
  • Director of Asia Crime Prevention Philippines Inc. (ACPPI)
  • President, State Prosecutors Association Inc. (SPAI), 1991 – 1993
  • Vice President for Luzon, National Prosecutors, League of the Philippines (NPLP), 1992 – 1994