Diosdado Peralta

Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta (born March 27, 1952) is a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13, 2009, to October 22, 2019. He is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to the high tribunal.

Personal life and education 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.

Career

Legal career Peralta worked in the private sector before joining government service as an assistant city prosecutor in Laoag City and Manila. 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).

Chief Justice 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.

Awards 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 Avanceña Award for Outstanding Regional Trial Court Judge).