SMFM Law Senior Partner Abdiel Dan Elijah S. Fajardo was elected as a Trustee of the Philippine Bar Association (PBA).

The PBA Board, together with its Officers and Council of Advisers, took their oaths at the Supreme Court in Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila on 06 February 2023 before Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo.

Also inducted as Trustees of the 131-year old Association were Jose Luis V. Agcaoili, Joel Raymond R. Ayson, Chrysilla Carissa P. Bautista, Rodelle B. Bolante, Peter Irving C. Corvera, Rico V. Domingo, Israfel D. Fagela, Ernestine Carmen Jo D. Villareal-Fernando, Alfredo John B. Molo III, Miguel Luis H. Orosa, Victor E.M. Pangilinan, Joseph Manolo R. Rebano, Maria Teresita Geraldine C. Sison Go, and Arnel Victor C. Valeña.

The PBA is the oldest voluntary national organization of lawyers in the Philippines founded in 1891.