Amy Lazaro-Javier (born Amy Carillo Lazaro; November 16, 1956) is an associate justice of the

Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court ( fil, Kataas-taasang Hukuman; colloquially referred to as the ''Korte Suprema'' lso used in formal writing is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on Ju ...

. She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte replacing Associate Justice Noel Tijam.

Education

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the

Philippine Normal College The Philippine Normal University (PNU; fil, Pamantasang Normal ng Pilipinas) is a public coeducational teacher education and research university in the Philippines. It was established in 1901 through Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission '' ...

in 1977 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. She received her law degree from the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Miguel ...

. She graduated valedictorian in 1982.

Legal and judicial career

She joined the Office of the Solicitor General in 1983 as trial attorney, and later became Assistant Solicitor General in 1994. She was appointed to the Court of Appeals of the Philippines on August 29, 2007.

Supreme Court appointment

In June 2017, Lazaro-Javier was under consideration to replace Associate Justice

Bienvenido Reyes Bienvenido "Bogie" Lorenzo Reyes (born July 6, 1947) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He left the Court of Appeals on August 23, 2011 to assume his seat on the Supreme ...

. Again in June 2018, Lazaro-Javier was under consideration to replace Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. On December 7, 2018, her name was once again submitted for a vacancy left by the retirement of

Noel Tijam Noel Gimenez Tijam (born January 5, 1949) is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from March 8, 2017 to January 5, 2019. Prior to his appointment, he was a justice of Court of Appeals from ...

, and was finally appointed. She took the oath of office on March 6, 2019. She is expected to serve until 2026.

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