Noel G. Tijam
| Noel Tijam | |
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| 176th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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Assumed office March 8, 2017 |
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| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Arturo Brion |
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In office March 10, 2003 – March 8, 2017 |
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| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
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January 5, 1949 San Miguel, Manila |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Cynthia Cornejo Tijam |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | San Beda College of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Noel G. Tijam (born January 5, 1949, San Miguel, Manila) is a Filipino lawyer who was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 8, 2017. Prior to his appointment, he was a Justice of Court of Appeals from 2003 to 2017.
Tijam was born on January 5, 1949 in San Miguel, Manila. He attended San Beda College where he obtained a degree in Bachelor of Arts, Major in Philosophy and Political Science and graduated with magna cum laude honors in 1967. Under a full scholarship, he pursued Bachelor of Laws degree at the San Beda College of Law. He graduated with magna cum laude honors in 1971 from law school and was the salutatorian of his class. In the same year, he passed the Bar Examinations.
At the Philippine Senate, Tijam served as legal consultant who represented Senator Victor Ziga at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, the Senate Economic Affairs Committee, Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Senate Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges.
Tijam worked with the Government Service Insurance System as its Assistant Vice President and Deputy Corporate Secretary and later with the Manila Hotel Corporation and the Westin Philippine Plaza as Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and Comsavings Bank as Board Director.
He was appointed as the presiding judge of Branch 221 of Quezon City's Regional Trial Court (RTC) in 1994 and served as President of the Quezon City RTC Judges Association.
He was appointed Court of Appeals (CA) associate by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2003 and served until 2017. Among the cases he handled was the Maguindanao massacre case where he penned a CA resolution in 2011 against former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr in the case's list of respondents. Ampatuan made a petition against two CA resolution that may possibly indict him for the massacre but was junked by the court. The court also affirmed Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Zaldy Ampatuan as one of the suspects in the case.
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