Peralta worked in the private sector before joining government service as an assistant city prosecutor in Laoag City and Manila.[4]
Jurist
Official portrait of Diosdado Peralta
On September 22, 1994, Peralta was appointed judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 95, Quezon City, which was designated as Special Criminal Court on Heinous Crimes and, later, Drugs Cases,[5] then named to the Sandiganbayan in 2002 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.[4] He was designated presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan in March 2008,[7] and served in that capacity until his appointment to the Supreme Court. Peralta is the chairperson of the High Court's Committee on the Revision of the Benchbook on the Application, Computation, and Graduation of Penalties. He previously sat as a member of the House of Representative Electoral Tribunal (HET).[5] Peralta was the chairman of the 2014 Philippine Bar Examination committee.[1][8]
In December 2020, he announced that he would retire on March 27, 2021; a year earlier than his required mandatory retirement, of which he was succeeded as chief justice by Alexander Gesmundo on April 5, 2021.[9]
Peralta was the recipient of several commendations, two of which were the Special Centennial Awards in the Field of Criminal Law, given by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Supreme Court during its centennial celebration on June 6, 2001, and the Judicial Excellence Awards 2002 (Chief Justice Ramon Avanceña Award for Outstanding Regional Trial Court Judge).[5] In recognition of his vast contribution in the field of law, he was also the recipient of the Outstanding Thomasian Alumni Awards for Law (TOTAL Awardee in Law/Justice) on August 2, 2008, which was the highest award bestowed by the University of Santo Tomas to an alumnus.[10]
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In this Philippine name the middle name or maternal family name is Madarang and the surname or paternal family name is 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 1 2 3 He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13 2009 to October 22 2019 4 He is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to the high tribunal 5 The HonourableDiosdado M Peralta26th Chief Justice of the PhilippinesIn office October 23 2019 March 27 2021Nominated byJudicial and Bar CouncilAppointed byRodrigo DutertePreceded byLucas BersaminSucceeded byAlexander Gesmundo162nd Associate Justice of the PhilippinesIn office January 13 2009 October 22 2019Appointed byGloria Macapagal ArroyoPreceded byRuben ReyesSucceeded bySamuel Gaerlan5th Presiding Justice of the SandiganbayanIn office March 28 2008 January 14 2009Appointed byGloria Macapagal ArroyoPreceded byEdiberto Sandoval acting Succeeded byMaria Cristina Cortez Estrada41st Associate Justice of the SandiganbayanIn office June 14 2002 March 28 2008Appointed byGloria Macapagal ArroyoPreceded byNarciso Nario Sr Succeeded byAlex L QuirozPersonal detailsBornDiosdado Madarang Peralta 1952 03 27 March 27 1952 age 70 Laoag Ilocos Norte PhilippinesSpouseFernanda C LampasChildren3Alma materColegio de San Juan de Letran University of Santo TomasAffiliationGamma Delta Epsilon Contents 1 Personal life and education 2 Career 2 1 Legal career 2 2 Jurist 2 3 Chief Justice 3 Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPersonal life and education Edit Chambers of Diosdado M Peralta new Supreme Court building Peralta finished his Bachelor of Science degree at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1974 before pursuing law at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law where he graduated in 1979 5 He is married to Fernanda Lampas Peralta an associate justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals 4 6 Career EditLegal career Edit Peralta worked in the private sector before joining government service as an assistant city prosecutor in Laoag City and Manila 4 Jurist Edit Official portrait of Diosdado Peralta On September 22 1994 Peralta was appointed judge of the Regional Trial Court Branch 95 Quezon City which was designated as Special Criminal Court on Heinous Crimes and later Drugs Cases 5 then named to the Sandiganbayan in 2002 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 4 He was designated presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan in March 2008 7 and served in that capacity until his appointment to the Supreme Court Peralta is the chairperson of the High Court s Committee on the Revision of the Benchbook on the Application Computation and Graduation of Penalties He previously sat as a member of the House of Representative Electoral Tribunal HET 5 Peralta was the chairman of the 2014 Philippine Bar Examination committee 1 8 Chief Justice Edit On October 23 2019 Peralta was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines succeeding Lucas Bersamin 3 In December 2020 he announced that he would retire on March 27 2021 a year earlier than his required mandatory retirement of which he was succeeded as chief justice by Alexander Gesmundo on April 5 2021 9 Awards Edit Justice Peralta sits as Judicial and Bar Council Philippines Chair in the Chief Justice of the Philippines Panel Interview Peralta was the recipient of several commendations two of which were the Special Centennial Awards in the Field of Criminal Law given by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Supreme Court during its centennial celebration on June 6 2001 and the Judicial Excellence Awards 2002 Chief Justice Ramon Avancena Award for Outstanding Regional Trial Court Judge 5 In recognition of his vast contribution in the field of law he was also the recipient of the Outstanding Thomasian Alumni Awards for Law TOTAL Awardee in Law Justice on August 2 2008 which was the highest award bestowed by the University of Santo Tomas to an alumnus 10 See also EditSupreme Court of the Philippines Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diosdado Peralta References Edit a b Gavilan Jodesz October 24 2019 FAST FACTS Who is new Supreme Court Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta Rappler Retrieved June 15 2020 Santos Elmor October 23 2019 Diosdado Peralta is new Chief Justice CNN Philippines Retrieved June 15 2020 a b Corrales Nestor October 23 2019 Diosdado Peralta is new Chief Justice Inquirer net Retrieved 2019 10 23 a b c d Sandiganbayan justice is new SC magistrate GMANews TV 2009 01 14 Retrieved 2009 01 14 a b c d e Supreme Court of the Philippines Archived from the original on 2019 03 26 Retrieved 2015 01 24 Torres Tupas Tetch October 23 2019 Who is newly appointed Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta Inquirer Retrieved June 15 2020 Peralta new Sandiganbayan presiding justice GMANews TV 2008 03 29 Retrieved 2009 03 29 Bar exams set on October Manila Bulletin Online 2014 04 29 Archived from the original on 2015 01 28 Retrieved 2009 01 14 Yap Cecilia 2020 12 01 Philippine Supreme Court Chief Plans to Retire Early Spokesman Bloomberg com Retrieved 2020 12 06 Sandigan Justice leads TOTAL The Varsitarian 2008 09 07 Retrieved 2008 09 07 External links EditSupreme Court WebsiteLegal officesPreceded byLucas Bersamin Chief Justice of the Supreme Court2019 2021 Succeeded byAlexander GesmundoPreceded byRuben Reyes Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines2009 2019 Succeeded bySamuel GaerlanPreceded byEdiberto Sandoval Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan2008 2009 Succeeded byMaria Cristina Cortez EstradaPreceded byCipriano De Rosario Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan2002 2008 Succeeded byAlex Quiroz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diosdado Peralta amp oldid 1114584922, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
