Jhosep Lopez
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Jhosep Lopez | |
|---|---|
 Lopez in December 2022 | |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| Assumed office January 26, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla |
| Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines | |
| In office May 17, 2012 – January 26, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by | Josefina Guevarra-Salonga |
| Succeeded by | Jill Rose Jaugan-Lo |
| Member of the Manila City Council from the 3rd district | |
| In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998 | |
| In office June 30, 2001 – February 14, 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 8, 1963 Umingan, Pangasinan, Philippines |
| Party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines (BA, LLB) |
Jhosep Ylarde Lopez (born February 8, 1963) is a Filipino politician and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines since 2021. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla.
Lopez graduated cum laude with a degree in Political Science from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He proceeded to take up his Law studies at the same University where he became a brother of the Sigma Rho law-based Fraternity.[1][2][3] He passed the Bar examinations in 1989 with an average of 84.55%.[2]
Lopez worked as legal counsel of the University of the Philippines for a year before being promoted as chief legal officer of the Philippine General Hospital.[4] In 1991, he worked under former Senate president Jovito Salonga and was later appointed as chief legal counsel of the Senate of the Philippines. He was appointed as Chief City Prosecutor of Manila in February 2006.[5] He was also a partner in the Lopez Rasul Maliwanag Baybay Palaran Law Offices from 1993 to 2006.
He served as a city councilor of Manila from the 3rd District from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2006.[4] He also ran for representative for the same district under the Liberal Party in 1998, but lost to Harry Angping.[6]
Lopez was appointed as associate justice of the Court of Appeals on May 17, 2012, and served for more than eight years until his appointment to the Supreme Court.
