Ricardo Patiño Galvez Sr. (July 31, 1933 – November 2, 2005) was a Filipino lawyer, judge, and academic who served as Solicitor General of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001.
For high school, he entered San Beda College in Mendiola, Manila but later transferred to University of the Philippines in Iloilo.
[2] In 1956, Galvez began his legal career as an associate of the Manuel O. Soriano Law Offices in Western Visayas.
Among the prominent cases Galvez handled included the Oil Deregulation Law, the Visiting Forces Agreement, and unauthorized Meralco rate hikes.
In February 2001, he submitted his courtesy resignation as Solicitor General of the Philippines after the People Power 2 Revolution.