MANILA, Philippines -- Embattled President Joseph Estrada hopes his popularity among ... Mr. Estrada is counting on Estelito Mendoza, the lawyer of choice for the country's rich and famous.

Lawyers for former President Joseph Estrada claim they have successfully refuted prosecution allegations that P130 million in kickback money was once delivered to Estrada at his Greenhills ...

MANILA — His legal options virtually gone, former President Joseph Estrada faced ... Other charges against Estrada include violation of the anti-graft law, misuse of public funds, perjury ...

While the Constitution does not require that a senator be a lawyer in order to preside over an impeachment trial, a ...

MANILA, Philippines, Jan 6 -- President Joseph Estrada said Saturday that two of the lawyers defending him at his corruption trial have been getting death threats. The Philippine leader announced ...

Former Senate President Franklin Drilon said that although the Constitution does not require that a senator be a lawyer to ...

A court-appointed lawyer of ousted President Joseph Estrada wants Ombudsman Aniano Desierto to be declared in contempt of court for pre-empting the Sandiganbayan in announcing plans to file ...

MANILA -- The lawyer for ex-Philippine president Joseph Estrada Friday dared judges to sentence his client after the deposed leader resisted prosecutors' attempts use him as a witness in his own trial ...

MANILA — A court today found former Philippine President Joseph Estrada guilty ... removal from office of President Estrada in 2001.” Estrada’s lawyer said he would appeal the verdict.

Flaminiano was also one of the lawyers of former President Joseph Estrada during his impeachment trial in the Senate in 2000. The trial was not completed, as Estrada, accused of plunder ...

MANILA, Philippines - A lawyer of former President Joseph Estrada insisted Monday that his client is qualified to run in the 2010 presidential elections. In a statement, Lawyer Jay Flaminiano said no ...

In their motion seeking a clarification, the two lawyers quoted one of the paragraphs in the conditional pardon that read: “Whereas, Joseph Ejercito Estrada has publicly committed to no longer ...