ATTY. TEODORO M. LAGANG:
A distinguished profile balancing Law, Leadership, and Family
Atty. Teodoro M. Lagang is a distinguished resident of Sitio Pag-asa, Poblacion, Sierra Bullones, Bohol. Born on September 20, 1977, to Marcelo Lagang and Hilaria Mangogtong, he is the sixth among seven siblings.
Atty. Lagang began his academic journey at Sierra Bullones Central Elementary School, graduating in 1990. He continued his secondary education at Sierra Bullones National High School, where he completed his studies in 1994. Driven by a deep sense of purpose, he entered St. Camillus College Seminary in Marikina City, earning a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Philosophy and a minor in English. Out of seventy seminarians from various provinces, only fifteen—including Atty. Lagang—completed the rigorous five-year seminary formation.
During his time in the seminary, he held several leadership positions, chaired various committees, and served as editor-in-chief of the yearbook, Lellianum ’99.
Pursuing his true calling, Atty. Lagang shifted from theology to law, enrolling at Holy Name University in Tagbilaran City. While studying law, he had to work as a part-time employee at the Bohol Agricultural Promotional Center (Bohol APC) in the morning, while attending classes in the evening, until he got a scholarship from the former Vice Governor Dionisio Balite out of the latter’s benevolence.
ATTY. TEODORO M. LAGANG
He completed his Bachelor of Laws in March 2003. He then took his Bar review at the University of the Philippines Law Center with the financial help of Atty. Dioning Balite and thereafter took the 2003 Bar Examinations, of which he successfully passed on his first attempt.
In 2007, Atty. Lagang passed the Real Estate Broker licensure examination. He furthered his education by obtaining a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Southwestern University in Cebu City, graduating in 2013.
While in private practice, he served in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in various capacities until he was elected as the President of the IBP-Bohol Chapter, serving as such in the years 2015-2017.
Currently, Atty. Lagang is a law partner at Villas Lagang Tumanda Sumampong Law Offices in Tagbilaran City, where he specializes in litigation and handles cases before various trial courts, the Office of the Ombudsman, the Sandiganbayan, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court. He used to work as one of the legal consultants to the Provincial Legal Office of Bohol and was once a professor at the BIT-IC College of Law.
Atty. Lagang is happily married to a lovely lady from Bayabas, Surigao del Sur, Cherry Belle Garcia–Lagang. They have two sons, namely: Randall Thomas Garcia Lagang and Kino Theodore Garcia Lagang.
