Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo was appointed to the Supreme Court as Associate Justice on August 14, 2017, and later as the 27th Chief Justice of the Philippines on April 5, 2021. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan, later becoming Chairperson of its 7th Division. Chief 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 as Most Outstanding Solicitor in 1998.  He was on Seconded Appointment as Commissioner of the Presidential Commission...

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 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. He exercised supervision and control over the offices of the DOJ and exercised administrative supervision over DOJ-attached agencies such...

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...

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 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 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...

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). He served in the Government as Special Prosecution Officer with the Office of the Ombudsman until his appointment as RTC Judge of Batangas City in...

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)...

Justice Ricardo de Rivera Rosario was born on October 15, 1958 to Atty. Eduardo Gutierrez Rosario of Pangasinan and Mrs. Anita Alvarez De Rivera of Aparri, Cagayan. He is the fourth of thirteen siblings: Ma. Elena, Eduardo Jr., Benjamin, (Ricardo), Ma. Elizabeth, Renato, Ma. Theresa, Ma. Anita, Enrico, Edgardo, Rossano, Ma. Cristina and Bernard. Justice Rosario obtained his pre-law degree in Political Science from the Far Eastern University in 1979, and his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1983. He is a proud member of the Aquila Legis Fraternity. After passing the Bar in 1984, Justice Rosario began his legal career as a Legal Officer at the National Bureau of Investigation...

Prior to his appointment as the 190th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez served as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals for almost nine years and was the Senior Member of the Fifth Division. Justice Lopez graduated cum laude with a Political Science degree at University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, where he also pursued his law studies while working as a research assistant at the UP Institute of Judicial Administration. He passed the Bar examinations in 1989 with an average of 84.55%. He then worked as UP’s legal counsel for a year before being promoted as chief legal officer of UP Manila-Philippine General Hospital (PGH).

Justice Japar Babay Dimaampao served as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals (CA) for more than 17 years and was the Chairperson of its 3rd Division before his appointment as the 191st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He previously served as a Legislative Staff Officer and as a Political Affairs Assistant IV at the House of Representatives; as a Court Attorney at the Court of Appeals; as a Senior State Prosecutor at the Department of Justice; and then as Presiding Judge of Branch 208 and as Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Mandaluyong City. He was promoted to the Court of Appeals on April 2, 2004.

Prior to his appointment as the 192nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on November 16, 2021, Justice Jose Midas P. Marquez served as Court Administrator for more than a decade, having held the position since January 2010. A homegrown SC Justice, Justice Marquez began his career in the SC in February 1991 as an apprentice in the Office of Associate Justice Abraham F. Sarmiento. He then rose from the ranks, serving as Executive Assistant II in the Office of Senior Associate Justice Ameurfina A. Melencio-Herrera in November 1991; and Executive Assistant IV in the Office of Senior Associate Justice Josue N. Bellosillo in June 1992, until he became Court Attorney VI in March...

Justice Antonio Tongio Kho, Jr. was born in 1966 in Sulu, Jolo. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the San Beda University College of Law in 1991, placing 10th in the Bar Examinations held that year. He served as Undersecretary of the Department of Justice from 2016 to 2018 before he was appointed as Commissioner of the Commission on Elections from 2018 until the end of his term on February 2, 2022. Justice Kho will compulsorily retire on June 29, 2036.Justice Kho took his oath as the 193rd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court before Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo on February 24, 2022

Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law with Second Honors distinction. She pursued further studies at the Washington College of Law of the American University in Washington, D.C., USA for a Master of Laws in International Legal Studies. She earlier obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English major in Imaginative Writing, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines. She practiced law for 10 years before joining the Judiciary in October 2002 as the Presiding Judge of Branch 31 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Quezon City. She was appointed Executive Judge of the MeTC-Quezon City thereafter and served for two...