Presbitero Velasco Jr.
The Honorable Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. | |
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Governor of Marinduque | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 30, 2019 | |
Vice Governor | Romulo Bacorro Jr. (2019-2022) Adeline Angeles (2022-present) |
Preceded by | Romulo Bacorro Jr. |
157th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
In office March 31, 2006 – August 8, 2018 | |
Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Preceded by | Artemio Panganiban |
Succeeded by | Jose Reyes Jr. |
Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals | |
In office April 22, 1998 – August 8, 2003 | |
Appointed by | Joseph Estrada |
Judicial and Bar Council Representative from the Integrated Bar | |
In office January 7, 1993 – March 22, 1995 | |
Appointed by | Fidel V. Ramos |
Preceded by | Leon Garcia Jr. |
Succeeded by | Francisco Santiago |
Personal details | |
Born | (1948-08-08) August 8, 1948 (age 76) Pasay, Rizal, Philippines |
Political party | PFP (2024-present) |
Other political affiliations | PDP–Laban (2018-2024) |
Spouse | Lorna Quinto Velasco |
Children | Vincent Michael Lord Allan Tricia Nicole |
Alma mater | University of the Philippines (BA, LL.B) |
Affiliation | Sigma Rho |
Presbitero Jose Velasco Jr. (born August 8, 1948) is the incumbent Governor of Marinduque and was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 31, 2006.
Early life and education
Born on August 8, 1948, in Pasay, Justice Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. is a product of the public school system. He went to J. Sumulong Elementary School (First Honorable Mention) and the University of the Philippines (UP) Preparatory School, respectively, for elementary and high school.
He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from UP finishing the course in only three years. He went on to take up his Bachelor of Laws from the same university. At the UP College of Law, Justice Velasco was a member of the Order of the Purple Feather Honor Society and served on the Editorial Board of the Philippine Law Journal. He graduated eighth in the Class of 1971. He placed sixth in the 1971 Philippine Bar Examination with a bar rating of 89.85%.[1]
Career
Early career
Velasco engaged in private law practice for 20 years before joining the public sector as a regular member of the Judicial and Bar Council in 1993.
He served as Undersecretary of the Department of Justice from 1995 to April 1998. He was concurrently Commissioner of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board. He was also Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Parole, Commissioner of the Commission on Settlement of Land Disputes, and Member of the Committee on Privatization.
In 1998, he was appointed Court of Appeals Justice. He was ranked eighth in disposition of cases when he was named Court Administrator in 2003.
Justice Velasco has also served the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in several capacities: as its National President in 1987, as Commissioner of the IBP Committee on Bar Discipline, and as Honorary Chairman and Past National Co-Chairman of the IBP National Committee on Legal Aid.
He was awarded Most Outstanding Jurist by the Consumers Union of the Philippines in 2000.
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Velasco was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 31, 2006.
Governor of Marinduque
In 2018, he filed his candidacy for Governor of Marinduque for the 2019 elections in which he won ending the rule of the Reyes clan, which has ruled Marinduque for almost two decades.
Personal life
Justice Velasco is married to Lorna Quinto-Velasco with whom he has three children: Vincent Michael, Lord Allan Jay, and Tricia Nicole. Tricia (Ateneo Law School, Juris Doctor program) passed the 2008 Philippine Bar Examination.[2]
Some notable opinions
- Manotoc v. Court of Appeals (2006) — on requisites for valid service of summons
- Spouses Algura v. LGU of the City of Naga (2006) — on exemption of indigents from filing fees
- Republic of the Philippines v. SC Chief Justice Sereno (2018) — concurring and dissenting opinion on the Quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno
References
External links
- Justice Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. (Official Supreme Court Webpage)
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Romulo Baccoro Jr. | Governor of Marinduque 2019–present | Incumbent |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by Leon Garcia Jr. | Judicial and Bar Council Representative from the Integrated Bar 1993–1995 | Succeeded by Francisco Santiago |
Preceded by | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 2006–2018 | Succeeded by |
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