WORK EXPERIENCE
As a young boy, Miller Quintin Jr., was not a stranger to odd jobs. He once sold ice candy to farmers at the La Trinidad Valley. He also sold bread like "butchi" and "long john" by knocking on his neighbor's doors and shouting out his goods during early morning.
When he was a teenager he helped at the family farm in Bineng, La Trinidad. Together with his brothers they spent their summer vacations in the farm learning life lessons that only experience can give.
Miller also tried selling promotional goods door to door. Goods like stuffed toys, penlights, educational books and electronic gadgets. At one time he volunteered as a nurse at the Benguet General Hospital.
After earning his nursing degree he was elected as the Sangguniang Kabataan of Barangay Poblacion, La Trinidad, Benguet. It was his stint as an ex-officio kagawad that he was to be immersed in local governance. At the Municipal SK Federation level he was elected as the secretary and kept the records of the organization and at the same time did clerical and administrative functions. In 1999, while still in the middle of his term as SK chairman, he enrolled in law school and later earn a law degree from the Baguio Colleges Foundation.
At the end of his term as an SK chairman, Miller ran for and was elected as a regular Sangguniang Barangay Kagawad. In 2007 while in private law practice he was asked by the newly elected Municipal Mayor, Artemio Galwan, to be the Municipal Legal Officer of La Trinidad. Reluctantly giving up his practice and resigning as a barangay kagawad, he immered himself in public service and was subsequently appointed as the Municipal Administrator in 2009.
After a change in administration, Miller returned to private law practice. Finding that he has to start from scratch Miller sought additional employment and was asked to teach at the Cordillera College Development College where he currently teaches law subjects in the College of Criminology and the College of Law.
A list of his work related experiences are listed below:
v June, 2010- Present Private Law Practitioner
1st Floor, SJV Bulasao Building, Km. 4, Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines
Law Instructor
College of Law, Cordillera Career Development College
College of Criminology, Cordillera Career Development College
v March, 2009-2010 Municipal Administrator
Office of the Administrator, Local Government Unit of La Trinidad
Accomplishments:
Rendered opinions and comments which were adopted by the municipality as its stand on particular issues.
Instituted measures to facilitate and improve the provision of services by the Local Government Unit.
Instituted measures to improve administrative discipline.
Served as a regular resource person during seminars, training and workshops in relation to laws and regulations.
v June, 2007-February, 2009 Municipal Legal Officer
Office for Legal Servicers, Local Government Unit of La Trinidad
Accomplishments:
Assisted in increasing revenue by instituting measures to enforce the collection of taxes and regulatory fees.
Successfully represented the LGU in civil and administrative cases and in prosecuting violators of municipal ordinances.
Introduced a system to facilitate the procurement process in relation to RA 9184.
Served as a regular resource person during seminars, training and workshops in relation to laws and regulations
v May, 2004-June, 2007 Private Law Practitioner
Bacuso,Quintin and Sabog Law Office, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines
Accomplishments:
Successfully protected the rights of private individuals in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings.
Drafted contracts, deeds and agreements in accordance with law.
Provided legal counseling to indigents and to paying clients.
Served as a regular resource person during seminars, training and workshops in relation to laws and regulations.
v 2002- May 30, 2007 Barangay Kagawad
Barangay Poblacion, La Trinidad, Benguet
Accomplishments:
Enactment of relevant ordinances and resolutions for the community.
Assisted the Lupon in improving mediation and conciliation proceedings in consonance with the KP Law.
Improved the documentation and recording process of the barangay through the introduction of standard forms and updated computerization.
Served as a legal advisor in complicated issues faced by the barangay.
v 1996-2002 Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman (Ex-officio Barangay Kagawad)
Barangay Poblacion, La Trinidad, Benguet
Accomplishments:
Implemented Programs, Projects and activities for the youth of Barangay Poblacion.
Introduced the use of a computer as an indispensable tool in local governance.
Introduced standard forms through the use of a computer.
