Law, graduating salutatorian, and passing the Bar in
Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin
Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin was appointed an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on April 2, 2009
by President Arroyo. He was then sitting as a Member of
the Court of Appeals, to which he had been appointed
on March 10, 2003 also by President Arroyo. Prior to his
stint in the Court of Appeals, he had served as the
Presiding Judge of Branch 96 of the Regional Trial Court
Judge in Quezon City continuously since November 5,
1986. Chief Justice Bersamin hails from Bangued, Abra,
where he was born on October 18, 1949 to the late Dr.
Luis F. Bersamin, Sr., a World War II veteran and
survivor of the infamous...
Justice Antonio T. Carpio
Born in Davao City, Philippines, Justice Antonio T.
Carpio was sworn in as member of the Supreme Court
on October 26, 2001. Justice Carpio obtained his law
degree from the College of Law of the University of the
Philippines where he graduated valedictorian and cum
laude in 1975. He placed sixth in the 1975 Bar
Examinations. He earned his undergraduate degree in
Economics from Ateneo de Manila University in
1970. In his student days, Justice Carpio was Chairman
of the Editorial Board of the Philippine Law Journal of the
U.P. College of Law. He was Editor-in-Chief of The
Guidon, the school paper of Ateneo de Manila
University. He also served as Managing Editor of
the Philippine Collegian, the school paper of the...
Justice Diosdado M. Peralta
Born in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, to former Digos City,
Davao del Sur and Manila Court of First Instance Judge
Elviro Lazo Peralta and public school teacher Catalina
Madarang Peralta, Justice Diosdado M. Peralta started
his career in government service in 1987 when he was
appointed Third Assistant City Fiscal of Laoag City. In
1988, he was assigned to the Prosecutor's Office in the
City of Manila. He later became the Assistant Chief of
the Investigation Division of the Office of the City
Prosecutor in the early part of 1994. In September 1994,
Justice Peralta was appointed as Presiding Judge of
Branch 95 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon
City, which was designated as a Special Criminal Court
on Heinous...
Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe
On September 16, 2011, the appointment of then Court
of Appeals Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court completed the
15-member High Tribunal before the year ended. Justice
Perlas-Bernabe replaced Justice Conchita Carpio
Morales who, after retiring in June 2011, has since been
named Ombudsman. Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe,
a native of Plaridel, Bulacan completed her pre-law
studies, Bachelor of Science in Commerce, at St. Paul
College Manila graduatingmagna cum laude in 1972.
After earning her law degree from the Ateneo College of
1976, she immediately joined the Judiciary as Technical
Assistant in the office of then Justice Lorenzo Relova....
Justice Marvic Mario Victor F.
Leonen
EducationLL.M, Columbia University, New York
(2004)LL.B, University of the Philippines (1987)(Signed
Roll of Attorneys, May 28, 1988)LL.B, University of the
PhilippinesB.A., University of the Philippines Marvic
M.V.F. Leonen is currently an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines. He is the Former
Dean and Professor of Law at the University of the
Philippines College of Law since 1989. He graduated
with an AB Economics degree, magna cum laude, from
the School of Economics in 1983. He obtained his
Bachelor of Laws degree from the College of Law in
1987 ranking fourth. Later that year, he cofounded the
Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc, a legal
and policy research and advocacy insitution which...
Justice Alfredo Benjamin S.
Caguioa
Justice Andres B. Reyes, Jr.
Born on 11 May 1950, Andres B. Reyes, Jr., is the
youngest child of the former Minerva Bernal and the late
Justice Andres C. Reyes, Sr., former Presiding Justice of
the Court of Appeals. Justice Andres, Jr., is a third
generation justice in the Reyes family, his grandfather
being Alex A. Reyes, Sr., himself a justice of the Court of
Appeals, and later of the Supreme Court. Justice
Andres, Jr., has been a green archer from grade school
all the way to college, first attending La Salle Green Hills
(LSGH) and the De La Salle University (DLSU)
thereafter. He continued his tertiary education at St.
Mary's College of California, obtaining the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Economics. He...
Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo
Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo was appointed to the
Supreme Court as Associate Justice on August 14,
2017. Previously, he was Associate Justice of the
Sandiganbayan, appointed on October 15, 2005, where
he served as Chairperson of its 7th Division and as co-
Chairperson of the Sandiganbayan Committee on Rules.
Justice Gesmundo obtained his law degree from the
Ateneo de Manila University in 1984 and passed the Bar
in April 1985. He entered government service in August
1985 as Trial Attorney in the Office of the Solicitor
General. He was awarded Most Outstanding Solicitor in
1998. In August 2002, he was promoted to Assistant
Solicitor General. He was on Seconded Appointment as
Commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good
Government from July 17, 1998...
Justice Jose C. Reyes, Jr.
Hailing from Tacloban City, Leyte, Justice Jose Calayag
Reyes, Jr. was appointed on August 9, 2018 as the
179th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Justice
Reyes is a graduate of AB Political Science and
Bachelor of Laws, both in San Beda College, in 1970
and 1977, respectively. Even before becoming a
member of the bar, Justice Reyes already embarked in a
career path in the judiciary when he became a technical
assistant to then Chief Justice Felix V. Makasiar for
seven (7) years, beginning in 1978. Upon Justice
Makasiar’s retirement, Justice Reyes transferred to the
Office of the Chief Attorney as a Court Attorney III until
he was appointed as Presiding Judge of the Metropolitan
Trial Court of Pasig, where...
Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando
Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando was born in
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan on August 27, 1966.
His primary years of schooling, from 1972 to 1978, were
spent at the Tuguegarao East Central School. He later
went to St. Louis High School of Tuguegarao for his
secondary education, graduating with the Class of 1982.
In 1986, he earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts in
Literature from the Pontifical University of Sto. Tomas,
paving the way for his eventual enrollment in law school,
a boyhood wish. San Beda College of Law bestowed on
him the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1990. Prior to his
admission to the Bar in 1992, Justice Hernando
already...
Justice Rosmari D. Carandang
Justice Rosmari D. Carandang was born in Ilog, Taal,
Batangas, and a daughter of two public school teachers,
Sixto and Loreto Carandang. She is a consistent
valedictorian from her grade school days at San Luis
Elementary School to fourth year high school at
Batangas West High School. A college scholar for four
semesters, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts Major in
Political Science at the University of the Philippines. Also
from the same university, she obtained her Bachelor of
Laws graduating Salutatorian of the class and Cum
Laude in 1975. She garnered 9th place in the 1975 Bar
examinations. Before she joined the Judiciary, Justice
Carandang was connected with private financial and
government institutions....
Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (From March 7,
2019 to date)Held the post of Associate Justice of the
Court of Appeals (From September 13, 2007 to March 6,
2019)Vice Chairperson of Committee on Gender
Responsiveness in the Judiciary (CGRJ) - (July 25,
2019) and Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)
Oversight Sub-Committee (June 26, 2019) Held a zero
backlog case docket as Associate Justice of the Court of
Appeals.2011 BAR EXAMINER in Political Law.2012-
2013 – Member, Supreme Court Sub-Committee on
Revision of Rules of CivilProcedure.Law Professor from
1983 to March 2019 at the UST Faculty of Civil Law,
teaching Constitutional Law, Commercial Law, Civil Law,
Remedial Law and Legal Ethics.Bar Reviewer in
Constitutional Law, Remedial Law...
Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting
Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting obtained his Bachelor
of Laws degree from Ateneo de Davao University in
1982 where he graduated cum laude. Prior thereto, he
earned a degree in Bachelor of Science, Major in
Psychology from the University of San Carlos Cebu. He
completed his elementary and secondary education from
Ateneo de Davao. For more than thirty years, he has
devoted his entire career to public service. In 1978, as a
working law student, he started as Clerk in the Bureau of
Lands and, a year later, as Legal Researcher in the City
Court of Davao City. After passing the 1982 Bar
Examinations, he began his legal career as Senior
Corporate Attorney in the National Housing Authority in
1983,...
Justice Rodil V. Zalameda
Justice Rodil V. Zalameda was sworn in as a member of
the Supreme Court of the Philippines by Chief Justice
Lucas P. Beramin on August 6, 2019. Justice
Zalameda’s appointment completed the 15-member
roster of the High Tribunal. Born in Caloocan City on
August 2, 1963, Justice Zalameda obtained his Bachelor
of Laws Degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in
1987. A member of the Fraternal Order of Utopia, he
also served as Associate Editor of the Ateneo Law
Journal and was a senior staff member of the Ateneo
Law Bulletin. After passing the Bar examinations in
1988, he joined the Judiciary as Branch Clerk 1 of the
Makati City Regional Trial Court....