Arturo Brion

Arturo Dizon Brion (born December 29, 1946) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

From 2006 until his appointment to the Supreme Court, Brion served in the cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment.

He grew up and undertook his primary, secondary and part of his tertiary studies in San Pablo City, Laguna.

In 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed him as Secretary of Labor and Employment, a cabinet position vacated by Patricia Santo Tomas who was made Chairperson of the Development Bank of the Philippines.

[1] Brion was among the nominees of the Judicial and Bar Council to fill the vacancies in the Supreme Court left by the successive retirements of Associate Justices Romeo Callejo, Sr., Cancio Garcia, and Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez.

He authored an article entitled The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work in Ontario, which is archived in the libraries of York University.

[3] In the Araw ng Maynila's 437th founding anniversary on June 29, 2008, Brion was named "Outstanding Manilan" in law.

He was the master of ceremonies of Reynato Puno's July 1 "Forum on Increasing Access to Justice: Bridging Gaps and Removing Roadblocks.

Chambers of Arturo D. Brion (new Supreme Court of the Philippines building)