Ricardo Rosario
Ricardo Rosario | |
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![]() Justice Rosario in 2020 | |
189th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
Assumed office October 8, 2020 | |
Appointed by | Rodrigo Duterte |
Preceded by | Jose Reyes Jr. |
Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines | |
In office September 12, 2005 – October 8, 2020 | |
Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Personal details | |
Born | Ricardo de Rivera Rosario October 15, 1958 Quezon City |
Parent(s) | Eduardo Gutierrez Rosario Anita de Rivera Rosario |
Alma mater | Ateneo Law School |
Ricardo de Rivera Rosario (born October 15, 1958) 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.[1]
Education
Rosario received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo Law School.[2]
Legal career
He started his career in law as a legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation, and thereafter as senior corporate attorney in the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.
Judicial career
Trial court judge
Rosario was appointed senior assistant city prosecutor in Quezon City in 1994, where he served for three years. Rosario became the presiding judge of Manila Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 19 in 1997, then later as presiding judge of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 66 until he was promoted to the Court of Appeals in September 2005.[3]
Appellate court
On September 12, 2005, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals by then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Rosario was Chairman of The Court of Appeals' Ninth Division. He held the position for 15 years until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2020.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
On October 8, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Rosario Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.[4] Rosario filled the post vacated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr., who had retired that September.[5] He was chosen out of six other potential candidates, Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justices Ramón Cruz, Japar Dimaampao, Jhosep López, Eduardo Peralta Jr., and María Filomena Singh, as well as Court Administrator Midas Márquez.[6]
References
- ^ Lagrimas, Nicole-Annie (16 September 2020). "JBC shortlists 7 for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy". gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "CA Justice Rosario appointed to Supreme Court". CNN Philippines. September 9, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Patag, Kristine Joy (October 9, 2020). "CA justice Rosario appointed to Supreme Court". philstar.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Esguerra, Darryl John (October 9, 2020). "CA Justice Rosario appointed to SC". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Busn, Lian; Ranada, Pia (2020-10-09). "CA Justice Rosario is Duterte's newest Supreme Court appointee". Rappler. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pazzibugan, Dona (October 9, 2020). "Seven nominated to Supreme Court". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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