Atty. Agamata is a graduate of the University of the Philippines where he obtained his Bachelor of Laws Degree (Class of 2007), as well as his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art Studies (Class of 2002).

    As a student at the State University, he was actively involved in debate and campus politics. He was a founding member of one of the University’s student political parties and served as a Department Representative in the College of Arts and Letters Student Council. He was also a member of the UP Law Debate Union and participated in various debate tournaments such as the University Open Debate Tournament sponsored by the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Pi Sigma Open where he was part of the Champion Team in 2006.

    During his freshman year in law school, he worked as a full-time paralegal for the Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon and San Jose Law Offices while attending evening classes at the UP College of Law. He was also part of the said firm’s Summer Internship Program in his junior year. This stint with one of the country’s leading law firms enabled him to hone his research and writing skills, having been assigned to the firm’s litigation and corporate departments.

    Atty. Agamata has also served in the public sector. He worked for the Office of the Labor Attache in Osaka, Japan and was part of the Legal Team of one of the members of the House of Representatives.