MANILA, Philippines - All the 16 law graduates recruited in 2009 by the law firm of Angara Abello Concepcion Regala and Cruz (ACCRALAW) successfully passed the 2009 Bar examinations. Leading the group are first placer among Bar topnotchers, Reinier Paul Yebra, a lawyer in the Firm’s corporate and special projects department and a graduate of the San Beda College of Law with an average of 84.80 percent; and fourth placer, Caroline Lagos from the Firm’s labor and employment department who is a graduate of the University of the Philippines, with an average of 84.40 percent. Fourteen other ACCRALAW lawyers who passed the 2009 Bar examinations are UPLaw graduates Leandro Angelo Aguirre, Ben Joshua Baltazar, Catherine Marie Drilon, Melissa Encanto, Juan Paolo Fajardo, Everlene Lee, Amando Virgil Ligutan, Maria Theresa Roldan, Katherine Sotto, Kurt Glen Yeung, and Ateneo graduates Marvin Jaspar Guerra, Kristine Jane Pague, Maria Katrina Del Rosario, Jose Victornino Salud. ACCRALAW has a defined merit-based career path for its Associates designed to lead to admission to Partnership based on performance.