The chief justice of the Philippines presides over the Supreme Court and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of April 5,2021,the position is currently held by Alexander Gesmundo,who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the early retirement of his predecessor,Diosdado Peralta,in March 2021.
The University of the East College of Law or UE Law is the law school of the University of the East,a private,non-sectarian university in Manila,Philippines.
Presbitero Jose Velasco Jr. is the incumbent Governor of Marinduque and was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 31,2006.
Romeo J. Callejo Sr. was the 152nd associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the court on August 26,2002,by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,and served until his mandatory retirement on April 27,2007.
Antonio Tirol Carpio is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 26,2001,and served until his retirement on October 26,2019. He served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a period of eighteen years. He also served as chief justice in an acting capacity several times during his tenure as Senior Associate Justice.
Teresita Leonardo de Castro is a Filipina who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines;she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28,2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor,Maria Lourdes Sereno,was removed via a quo warranto petition;making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice,and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Ma. Merceditas Consunji Navarro Gutierrez is a Filipino government official who is currently serving as member of the board of trustees of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). Following her graduation from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School in 1973,she established herself as a significant figure within the governmental sphere through key appointments. Aside from becoming a two-time Justice Secretary of the Philippine Justice Department,Gutierrez also became the first woman to head the post of Ombudsman. She assumed the position on December 1,2005,and resigned from office on May 6,2011.
Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13,2009,to October 22,2019. He is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to the high tribunal.
The presidency of Benigno Aquino III began on June 30,2010,when he became the 15th president of the Philippines,succeeding Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. His term ended on June 30,2016. Aquino,the third-youngest person elected president,is the only son of the 11th president,Corazon Aquino,and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
Maria Lourdes "Meilou" Aranal-Sereno is a Filipina lawyer and judge who served as de facto chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2012 until 2018.
Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Representative of Davao del Norte's 1st district since 2016,previously holding the position from 1998 to 2001. He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018. He also served as the Secretary of Transportation and Communications in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2002. He is a stern advocate to shift the current centralized set-up of the Philippines into a federal form,pushing for the establishment of an indigenous state in Luzon and an indigenous state in Mindanao. Initially in favor of an independent Mindanao,Alvarez changed stance when Rodrigo Duterte talked about a federal Philippines with him. In 2017,Alvarez proposed a new set-up to spearheaded federalism in the Philippines.
Noel Gimenez Tijam is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from March 8,2017 to January 5,2019. Prior to his appointment,he was a justice of Court of Appeals from 2003 to 2017.
The quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno,filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines,led to the landmark case Republic v. Sereno,which nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno's appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines,finding that she never lawfully held the office due to a lack of integrity for failing to file certain required financial documents. As a result,she was ousted from the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. The Court handed down its ruling on May 11,2018. The case began with a filing before the House of Representatives of an impeachment demand,the accusations in which Solicitor General Jose Calida used as the factual basis for his quo warranto petition.
Jose Midas Pascual Marquez is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines since 2021,and was previously the ex-member of the Office of the Court Administrator and the Supreme Court spokesperson of the Philippines. Marquez holds the record of being the longest-serving SC Court Administrator. Marquez was included in the final shortlist of official nominees as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Judicial and Bar Council,with the recommendation of Chief Justice Gesmundo,before being passed to the President for the appointment.
Henri Jean Paul Balinghasay Inting is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte replacing then-associate justice and then-chief justice Lucas Bersamin.
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III. Before joining the government,he was involved in private litigation practice as a founding partner of the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra &Suarez law firm since 1990. He was also an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University,where he graduated in 1974.
Priscilla Joson Baltazar-Padilla served as the 188th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2020. She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr.
Ricardo de Rivera Rosario is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr.
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba is a Filipino lawyer who was the longest-serving Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 until 2022. He is currently the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) replacing former Solicitor General Jose Calida. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on November 29,2022.
