Jhosep Lopez

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honorable

| office1 = Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines

| footnotes =

| name = Jhosep Lopez

| image = Jhosep Y. Lopez 2022-12-06 09-52-32-576.jpg

| caption = Lopez in December 2022

| office = Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

| term_start = January 26, 2021

| term_end =

| appointer = Rodrigo Duterte

| predecessor = Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla

| successor =

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| term_end1 = January 26, 2021

| term_start1 = May 17, 2012

| appointer1 = Benigno Aquino III

| predecessor2 = Josefina Guevarra-Salonga

| successor2 = Jill Rose Jaugan-Lo

| office3 = Member of the
Manila City Council
from the 3rd district

| term_start3 = June 30, 1992

| term_end3 = June 30, 1998

| term_start4 = June 30, 2001

| term_end4 = February 14, 2006

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|02|08|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Umingan, Pangasinan

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| alma_mater = University of the Philippines (BA, LLB)

| party = Liberal (1998)

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Jhosep Ylarde Lopez (born February 8, 1963) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla who retired on November 3, 2020.{{Cite web|title=CA Justice Jhosep Lopez appointed to Supreme Court|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/773272/ca-justice-jhosep-lopez-appointed-to-supreme-court/story/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=GMA News Online|date=26 January 2021 |language=en}}

Education

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.{{Cite web|last=Macairan|first=Evelyn|title=CA justice Lopez named to SC|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/01/27/2073354/ca-justice-lopez-named-sc|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Philstar.com}}{{Cite web|title=Sigma Rho congratulates new Justice Lopez for being eighth member to join SC {{!}} Abogado|url=https://abogado.com.ph/sigma-rho-congratulates-new-justice-lopez-for-being-eighth-member-to-join-sc/|access-date=2021-08-16|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Punzalan|first=Jamaine |date=2021-01-26|title=Duterte appoints Court of Appeals' Jhosep Lopez as Supreme Court associate justice|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/26/21/duterte-appoints-court-of-appeals-jhosep-lopez-as-supreme-court-associate-justice|access-date=2021-01-26|website=ABS-CBN News|language=en}} He passed the Bar examinations in 1989 with an average of 84.55%.

Career

= Legal =

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.{{Cite web|date=January 26, 2021 |title=New SC Associate Justice: Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez|url=https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/16669/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Supreme Court of the Philippines}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2019-06-27|title=Manila City Council endorses appointment of CA Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez to the SC|url=https://mb.com.ph/2019/06/27/manila-city-council-endorses-appointment-of-ca-associate-justice-jhosep-lopez-to-the-sc/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Manila Bulletin|language=en-US}}

He was also a partner in the Lopez Rasul Maliwanag Baybay Palaran Law Offices from 1993 to 2006.

= City councilor =

He served as a city councilor of the 3rd District Manila from 1992 to 1998 and 2001 to 2006.

= Justice of court of appeals =

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.

= Associate justice of the Supreme Court =

On January 26, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Lopez as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Lopez fills the post vacated by Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla who retired on November 3, 2020.