Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
Amy Lazaro-Javier | |
Office: | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
Term Start: | March 6, 2019 |
Appointer: | Rodrigo Duterte |
Predecessor: | Noel Tijam |
Office1: | Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines |
Appointer1: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Predecessor1: | Renato Dacudao |
Successor1: | Richard Mordeno |
Term Start1: | August 29, 2007 |
Term End1: | March 6, 2019 |
Birth Name: | Amy Carillo Lazaro |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1956 |
Birth Place: | Manila, Philippines |
Alma Mater: | Philippine Normal College (BS) University of Santo Tomas (LLB) |
Amy Lazaro-Javier (born Amy Carillo Lazaro; November 16, 1956) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte replacing Associate Justice Noel Tijam.
Lazaro-Javier graduated magna cum laude from the Philippine Normal College in 1977[1] with a Bachelor of Science in education. She received her law degree from the University of Santo Tomas.[2] She graduated valedictorian in 1982.[3]
She joined the Office of the Solicitor General in 1983 as trial attorney, and later became Assistant Solicitor General in 1994.[4]
She was appointed to the Court of Appeals of the Philippines on August 29, 2007.
In June 2017, Lazaro-Javier was under consideration to replace Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes. Again in June 2018, Lazaro-Javier was under consideration to replace Presbitero J. Velasco Jr.[5] On December 7, 2018, her name was once again submitted for a vacancy left by the retirement of Noel Tijam, and was finally appointed.[6] She took the oath of office on March 6, 2019. She is expected to serve until 2026.