Antonio Carpio
| Antonio T. Carpio | |
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| 148th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office October 26, 2001 |
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| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Minerva Gonzaga-Reyes |
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Acting |
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In office May 29, 2012 – August 25, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Assumed pursuant to Judiciary Act of 1948 after the removal of Renato Corona |
| Preceded by | Renato Corona |
| Succeeded by | Maria Lourdes Sereno |
| Personal details | |
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October 26, 1949 Davao City, Philippines |
| Alma mater |
Ateneo de Davao University Ateneo de Manila University University of the Philippines College of Law |
Antonio Tirol Carpio (born October 26, 1949) is an incumbent Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and assumed office on October 26, 2001, his fifty-second birthday.
Born in Davao City, Carpio finished grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Davao University. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1970 and his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law where he graduated valedictorian and cum laude in 1975. He ranked sixth with a rating of 85.70% in the 1975 Philippine Bar Examination. Fresh out of law school, Justice Carpio went into private practice and founded the Carpio Villaraza and Cruz Law firm. He soon emerged as one of the more prominent and successful legal practitioners in the country. Carpio also taught Tax law, Corporate law, and Negotiable Instruments law at the U.P. College of Law from 1983 to 1992.
In 1992, he joined the administration of President Fidel Ramos as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel of the Office of the President. During the presidency of Joseph Estrada, Carpio returned to private practice and penned a regular opinion column published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Carpio was the first appointee of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the Supreme Court of the Philippines after her assumption into office in January 2001. At age fifty-two, he was one of the youngest appointees to the High Court.
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