Justease
First public attorney appointed SC justice
Henri Jean Paul Inting
Second woman to place #1 in the Bar -- and the first woman Supreme Court justice.
Cecila Munoz-Palma
Youngest Chief Justice to die
Jose Abad Santos (56 years old)
Gay attorney who was fired after contracting AIDS
Philadelphia
A steel drum filled with cement found in Navatos
Ruby Rose Barrameda slay case
Replaced former Ombudsman Conchita-Carpio Morales
Only Bar candidate who was called by the Supreme Court for an oral re-examination
Had to wait for 18 years as associate justice before he was appointed as chief justice. (NOT CARPIO)
Claudio Teehankee
"Do they teach lawyers to apologize? Cause you suck at it."
Erin Brockovich
Convicted of raped but was acquitted by Court of Appeals because the victim recanted her statement
Daniel Smith Subic rape case
Diosdado Peralta
Took the CPA board exam while he was second year in law school and placed #1
Jose Diokno
6
Chicago
Convicted of raped but was pardoned by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Took up Pre-Med before shifting to Political Science
Edgardo Delos Santos
Former Supreme Court Justice Florenz Regalado still holds the record of having the highest grade of _____
96.7
Length of service of former Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro
43 days
A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
I Am Sam
Her husband, the principal suspect, jumped from the US inn where he was staying.
Nida Blanca murder case
Rosmari Carandang
Number of candidates who took the first Bar exams
13
If Querube Makalintal served as Chief Justice before becoming Speaker, _______ served as Speaker before becoming a Chief Justice.
Jose Yulo
John Grisham's favorite adaptation of his books
The Rainmaker
The Supreme Court barred the showing of the film "Butakal: Sugapa sa Laman," which was based on the crime
Chiong Sisters rape case