politics

1. 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, Chief 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.
CHIEF JUSTICE
DIOSDADO M. PERALTA

2. 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 Law, graduating salutatorian, and passing the Bar in 1976, she
immediately joined the Judiciary as Technical Assistant in the office of then Justice Lorenzo Relova....
Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe

3. 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.

4. Justice Alfredo Benjamin Sabater Caguioa is the 174th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Prior to his
appointment on January 22, 2016, Justice Caguioa began his government service in the Executive Department, serving
as Secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (CPLC) to former President
Benigno C. Aquino III. As DOJ Secretary and Attorney-General of the government, Justice Caguioa rendered legal
advice and opinions to government agencies and to government-owned and -controlled corporations. At the DOJ, he
introduced reforms to streamline the agency’s operations and improve the quality of DOJ services to its stakeholders.
Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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 Amy C. Lazaro-Javier

10. 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.

11. 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 under an academic scholarship
grant. A member of the Fraternal Order of Utopia, he was a dean's lister and served as Associate Editor of
the Ateneo Law Journal and a senior staff member of the Ateneo Law Bulletin. After passing the Bar
examinations in 1988, he joined the Judiciary.

12. Justice Mario V. Lopez
Justice Mario Villamor Lopez became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on December 5, 2019. His
illustrious career began when he pursued Bachelor of Laws in San Beda College where he graduated with
Cum Laude Honors. Throughout his study, Justice Lopez was noted for his remarkable proficiency and was
one of the celebrated Top Thirty in the 1980 Bar Examinations. His involvement in the judiciary started
after law school as technical assistant in the Supreme Court (1981-1983) before working as Hearing Officer
in the Supervision and Examination Sector, Central Bank of the Philippines (1983-1985).

13. Justice Edgardo L. Delos Santos
Associate Justice Edgardo Lao Delos Santos was born on June 12, 1952 to fisherman Francisco Diongzon
Delos Santos and housewife Basilisa Pajaron Lao in the town of Palompon, Leyte. During his elementary
and high school years, Justice Delos Santos was a consistent honor student and class president despite having
to overcome financial dire straits by assisting in his father’s fishing expeditions and peddling food
items. After finishing his basic education, he initially took up Pre-Med in the University of San Carlos before
shifting to AB Political Science. He eventually took up Bachelor of Laws in the same university, graduated in
1977, and passed the Bar Examinations in 1978.

14. Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan
Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan was born on December 19, 1958 in San Juan, La Union. He obtained his Bachelor
of Laws degree from San Beda College in 1983 and was admitted to the Philippine Bar the year after. He
started his professional career as a private practitioner, serving as lead counsel, Executive Director and/or
Corporate Secretary of various companies and associations. Among others, he worked for the Philippine
Association of Securities, Brokers and Dealers, Inc. and Securities Investors Protection Fund, Inc. Heeding
the call and finding fulfillment in the greater goal of administering justice, he became Public Attorney II of
the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) under the Department of Justice (DOJ) from 1990 to 1993. Then, he
joined the bench and climbed