Largo, Joan S.

Joan is a partner who is based in Romulo’s Cebu office. She handles a wide range of legal work, from litigation to advising on corporate matters and education laws.  Her litigation experience includes the active handling of civil, criminal, administrative, medical malpractice, election, public interest, and appellate cases.  She has also advised clients engaged in ESL, BPOs, agri-industry business, real estate, and general corporate work.  

Joan is currently the dean of University of San Carlos School of Law and Governance where she also served as professor of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Appellate Law Practice, Trial Technique, Constitutional Law, and Torts and Damages.  Her work in the academe equips her with experience in school management and education laws.

Joan is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts Major in Political Science under full State scholarship and as Class Valedictorian and Magna Cum Laude of Batch 1995 from University of San Carlos, Asia’s oldest educational institution in the heart of Central Philippines. After college, she took up her law studies in the same university under full scholarship from R. H. Goipeng Foundation.  While a law student, she worked full time as legal researcher of Florido & Associates Law Offices.  She graduated Cum Laude and Valedictorian of her Law Class in 1999.

Joan authored a book titled Laws and Jurisprudence on Torts and Damages and co-authored a book on outcomes-based education with William Spady titled Beyond Outcomes Accreditation, both published by Rex Bookstore- Philippines.