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New deputy AG Tenorio: Job requires great deal of work, but very satisfying
Saipan lawyer Lillian A. Tenorio stated yesterday that serving as a deputy attorney general requires a great deal of work along with some challenges but that she finds it “very satisfying, gratifying.”
Tenorio said it is an excellent opportunity for her to get back into public service and doing the best she can working for the first elected attorney general, Edward Manibusan, and working on fulfilling the objectives he has set out for the office.
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In his remarks at his swearing in, Manibusan vowed to establish the Office of the Attorney General as the best law firm not only in the Commonwealth but also in the region.
“That’s tall order but we’re making progress to that effect,” Tenorio said.
As Manibusan’s deputy, Tenorio said she has multiple tasks: from the administrative side of the office to reviewing their legal work, some of the opinions that go out, and some of the legal issues that come before the office.
“I oversee all of that,” she said.
Tenorio is still a member of the Micronesian Legal Services board of directors, which provides legal representations and services to indigent people in civil cases.
Prior to her appointment as deputy AG last month, Tenorio had been in private practice for a little over 10 years in a variety of cases.
Before that, she was in public service, working for the CNMI Legislature for several years.
Tenorio said when the opportunity came to join the Office of the Attorney General, she jumped at the chance to get back into public service where her passion really is.
