Florin Hilbay

Florin T. Hilbay
Official Portrait
Dean of the
Siliman University College of Law
Assumed office
November 1, 2022
Preceded byMyles Nicholas Bejar
Solicitor General of the Philippines
In office
August 20, 2014 – June 30, 2016
PresidentBenigno Aquino III
Preceded byFrancis Jardeleza
Succeeded byJose Calida
Personal details
Born (1974-03-19) March 19, 1974 (age 50)
Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Political partyIndependent (2021–present)
Aksyon Demokratiko (until 2021)
EducationUniversity of Santo Tomas (BA)
University of the Philippines (LLB)
Yale University (LLM)
ProfessionLawyer

Florin "Pilo" Ternal Hilbay[1] (born March 19, 1974)[2] is a Filipino lawyer who served as the Solicitor General of the Philippines from 2014 to 2016. He acted as the Philippine agent in the international case, Philippines v. China, which nullified all historical claims of China in relation to the South China Sea dispute.[3] He ranked first place in the 1999 Philippine Bar Examination.

He is a member of the faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law since 2000, where he teaches Advanced Constitutional Litigation, Constitutional Law, and Philosophy of Law, with emphasis on issues relating to Church and State, post-colonial constitutionalism, and the relationship between the information environment and legal consciousness. He also taught Obligations & Contracts and Public Officers & Election Law.[4]

  1. ^ Jimenez-David, Rina (December 5, 2018). "Rags-to-service, the tale of Pilo Hilbay". INQUIRER.net.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fl45 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Press release" (PDF). www.pcacases.com. 2015. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  4. ^ "Florin Hilbay – UP COLLEGE OF LAW". law.upd.edu.ph. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.