Bernardo Pardo (born February 11, 1932) is a former associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines
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and a former
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Chairman. He was appointed by former Philippine President
Joseph Estrada
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. He was born in
Manila
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, to San Isidro,
Nueva Ecija
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natives, Dr. and Mrs. Leopoldo G. Pardo, and is married to Zenaida C. De Dios, with whom he has 4 children: Lourdes, Bernardita, Mercedes Patricia, and Victor.
[Philippine Panorama, Manila Bulletin, March 19, 1995]
Education
He graduated high school at
Letran College
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, with honors, in 1950. He was a graduate of Law from the
University of Santo Tomas
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in 1955, and passed the bar examinations with a bar rating of 81.55%, on March 6, 1956. He was a
fellow
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at the Academy of American and International Law, at the
University of Texas
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, USA in 1978.
Associate Justice
He practiced law, by having been a lawyer in Jose W. Diokno Law Office, 1955–1961. He was Solicitor, in the Office of the Solicitor General, 1971–1974. He was Acting City Judge, Manila, 1965–1967. He was CFI Judge of Caloocan, from 1974 to 1983, RTC Judge of Manila, Br. 43, from 1983 to 1993, and CA Justice from 1993 to 1995. He was promoted Chair of the
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from 1995 until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1998.
[Philippine Panorama, Sunday, January 10, 2001, page 10]
He was appointed by
Joseph Estrada
Joseph Ejercito Estrada, (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor. He served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th vice preside ...
on September 30, 1998. He retired on February 11, 2002.
See also
*
Commission on Elections (Philippines)
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References
External links
Supreme Court
1932 births
Colegio de San Juan de Letran alumni
Living people
Lawyers from Manila
People from Nueva Ecija
Chairpersons of the Commission on Elections (Philippines)
Ramos administration personnel
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
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