He received a bachelor's degree in law from Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City.
[1] He also had a post-graduate degree at the Far Eastern University, and special studies as a government scholar at the Academy of American and International Law in Dallas, Texas.
Goco served as Solicitor General from August 1992 to September 1996 during the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos.
He had 6 children namely: Raul Gerardo, Regina Paz, Emmanuel Pio, Raoul Roberto, Philip Benjamin and Maria Anna Eugenia.
[1] He had developed pneumonia and renal failure after undergoing surgery for an aneurysm on August 12.