Samuel Hufano Gaerlan (born December 19, 1958) is an associate justice of the

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. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to fill Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta's position, which became vacant after Duterte appointed Peralta to be Chief Justice.

Education

Gaerlan obtained his law degree from the

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Legal and judicial career

Gaerlan served as a Public Attorneys' Office lawyer before becoming a municipal trial court judge in Bangar, La Union and later as a regional trial court judge in Branch 26 of San Fernando, La Union and Branch 92 of Quezon City. He was appointed as a

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justice in 2009.

Supreme Court appointment

Gaerlan had been nominated and interviewed for the seat vacated by Jose C. Mendoza, but was not shortlisted. On January 8, 2020, Gaerlan bested 5 others who made it to the shortlist and was appointed to the court to fill the seat vacated by

Diosdado Peralta Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta (born March 27, 1952) is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines fr ...

Personal

Gaerlan was born in San Juan,

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on .

References

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