Renato D. Bermejo
Of Counsel
Mr. Renato D. Bermejo was appointed by the former President Rodrigo R. Duterte as Administrator of the Land Registration Authority (LRA), which under E.O. 649 shall have the same rank and qualifications as those of an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. He served in such capacity from 2017 to 2022.
He was also appointed as Presiding Judge in 2013 and as Public Prosecutor in 2009. He was designated as Acting Police Regional Appellate Board Chairman in 2006, and appointed as Department of Agrarian Reform Trial Attorney in 2003.
After having passed the 2001 Bar exam he engaged in private practice of law until his abovementioned appointments in the government.
Under his watch, in more than 4 years alone, the LRA had already instituted 261 program versions and revisions in the agency’s computerization, which is higher in volume than the combined programs of all his predecessors. In one year alone, in year 2018, he had instituted more program versions and revisions than the entire 6 years of any of his predecessors.
In the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report and in an article by Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas, which was published in the GMA News Online on October 24, 2019, higher scores were registered in the registering property.
It was reported as having higher scores even when there are other government agencies that were included and rated in the aforesaid group indicator and only the LRA registered the scores.
His alma mater are Ateneo De Cagayan and Ateneo De Davao, where he earned degrees in Marketing and Law.
He is frequently visiting coffee shops to drink coffee or tea and also finds time to keep in touch with nature such as the forests, water falls, hot springs, and the lakes.