Andres Reyes Jr.

Andres Bernal Reyes Jr. (born May 11, 1950) is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2017 to 2020. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte replacing Associate Justice Bienvenido L. Reyes.[1][2]

The Honorable
Andres Reyes Jr.
Justice Andres Reyes in 2018
177th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
July 12, 2017 – May 11, 2020
Appointed byRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byBienvenido L. Reyes
Succeeded byPriscilla Baltazar-Padilla
Presiding Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
In office
February 22, 2010 – July 12, 2017
Appointed byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Personal details
Born
Andres Bernal Reyes Jr.

(1950-05-11) May 11, 1950
Alma materAteneo Law School
AffiliationFraternal Order of Utopia

Works

Andres, the first Atenean law graduate appointed by Duterte, previously served the Metropolitan Trial Court of Makati, Regional Trial Court of San Mateo Rizal and started working as the Associate Justice of the appellate court in 1999.[3] In 2010, he was appointed as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals.[2]

Personal life

Reyes is the son of Andres Reyes, Sr., a former Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals during the Marcos era, and Minerva Bernal.

References
  1. "CA Presiding Justice is new SC judge". 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. "Duterte appoints Andy Reyes as Supreme Court justice". 13 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. "CA chief Andres Reyes named new SC justice". The Philippine STAR. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.


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