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Ramon Paul Hernando

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Ramon Paul Hernando
Hernando in December 2022
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Assumed office
October 10, 2018
Appointed byRodrigo Duterte
Preceded bySamuel Martires
Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines
In office
February 16, 2010 – October 10, 2018
Appointed byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byMyrna Dimaranan-Vidal
Succeeded byBonifacio Pascua
Personal details
Born
Ramon Paul Layugan Hernando

(1966-08-27) August 27, 1966 (age 58)
Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
Alma materUniversity of Santo Tomas (BA)
San Beda College (LLB)

Ramon Paul Layugan Hernando (born August 27, 1966) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Samuel Martires.

Education

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Hernando studied at Tuguegarao East Central School from 1972 to 1978; later graduating from St. Louis High School of Tuguegarao in 1982.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Laws from the San Beda College of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1991. He later pursued post-graduate studies at the Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business and San Beda Graduate School of Law.[2]

Career

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He first worked as member of the staff of late Associate Justice Florenz Regalado and later with the staff of retired associate justice Edgardo Paras in the years after his admission into the bar. He also worked as Department of Justice prosecutor and was appointed San Pablo, Laguna Regional Trial Court judge in 2003. He was later appointed RTC judge in Quezon City in 2006, and was elevated to the appellate court in 2010. He has also taught at his alma mater San Beda and in San Sebastian College of Law and the Ateneo Law School.[3]

Supreme Court appointment

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Hernando originally applied for a vacancy created by the retirement of Associate Justice Jose C. Mendoza in 2017, but the seat ultimately went to Alexander Gesmundo.[4] In October 2018 he was appointed by Rodrigo Duterte to replace Samuel Martires who was appointed ombudsman. He is Duterte's sixth appointment to the Supreme Court.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando". Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Duterte appoints CA justice Ramon Hernando to Supreme Court". ABS-CBN News. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  3. ^ "Getting to know Ramon Paul Hernando and his long road to the Supreme Court". Interaksyon. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  4. ^ Damicog, Jeffrey. "13 seek SC seat". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  5. ^ Punay, Edu (2018-10-11). "Court of Appeals Ramon Paul Hernando promoted to Supreme Court". philstar.com. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
Legal offices
Preceded by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
2018–present
Incumbent