Rodil Vaquilar Zalameda (born August 2, 1963) is an associate justice of the

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. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte replacing Associate Justice

Mariano del Castillo Mariano C. del Castillo (born July 29, 1949) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. After graduating from San Beda College, Del Castillo pursued law studies at the Ateneo de Manila University. He joined the judiciar ...

Education

He took his

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(LL.B) at the

Ateneo Law School , mottoeng = Light in the Lord , type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution , established = December 10, 1859 , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Jesuits) , academic_affi ...

in 1987 and passed the bar exam in 1988.

Legal and judicial career

After passing the bar, Zalameda worked in the Makati Regional Trial Court as a clerk for two years. He then practiced privately until returning to government service in 1995 as a prosecutor in

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. He became assistant city prosecutor in 1997 and city prosecutor in 2002. He served in the position until his appointment to the

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on September 5, 2008.

Supreme Court appointment

In August 2019 CA Associate Justice Zalameda was appointed by President

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

as Associate Justice of the

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to replace Associate Justice

who retired last July 29, 2019. He is the first Supreme Court appointee who took a decision writing exam in addition to interview conducted by the

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References

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