| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Estela Perlas-Bernabe | |
| Office: | Acting Chief Justice of the Philippines |
| Term Start: | March 27, 2021 |
| Term End: | April 5, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Diosdado Peralta |
| Successor: | Alexander Gesmundo |
| Office1: | 32nd Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| Term Start1: | October 26, 2019 |
| Term End1: | May 14, 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Antonio Carpio |
| Successor1: | Marvic Leonen |
| Office2: | 171st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| Term Start2: | September 16, 2011 |
| Term End2: | May 14, 2022 |
| Appointer2: | Benigno Aquino III |
| Predecessor2: | Conchita Carpio-Morales |
| Successor2: | Maria Filomena Singh |
| Office3: | Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals |
| Term Start3: | March 15, 2004 |
| Term End3: | September 16, 2011 |
| Appointer3: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Office4: | Regional Trial Court Judge for Branch 142 of Makati |
| Term Start4: | 2000 |
| Term End4: | 2004 |
| Appointer4: | Joseph Ejercito-Estrada |
| Office5: | Metropolitan Trial Court Judge for Branch 66 of Makati |
| Term Start5: | 1996 |
| Term End5: | 2000 |
| Appointer5: | Fidel V. Ramos |
| Birth Name: | Estela Marcelino Perlas |
| Birth Date: | May 14, 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines |
| Spouse: | Ricardo C. Bernabe, Jr. |
| Alma Mater: | St. Paul College, Manila (BS) Ateneo de Manila University (LL.B.) |
Estela Marcelino Perlas-Bernabe (born May 14, 1952) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, serving from 2011 to 2022. She was the third appointee to the Supreme Court by President Benigno Aquino III on September 16, 2011.[1]
Estela Perlas-Bernabe was born in Plaridel, Bulacan. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree, major in Banking and Finance magna cum laude at St. Paul College of Manila and earned her law degree from the Ateneo de Manila Law School graduating as Class Salutatorian in 1976. She passed the Philippine Bar examination in 1977 with a bar rating of 85.156%.
Perlas-Bernabe has served the Judiciary as Regional Trial Court Judge of Makati from January 2000 to March 2004, Metropolitan Trial Court Judge of the same City from March 1996 to January 2000, and as Technical Assistant in the Office of the Court Administrator, Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1977 to 1979. She also worked in various private and government offices, namely, as Legal Assistant, Legal Department of China Banking Corporation (1979–1980); Senior Manager, Legal Department of Paramount Finance Corp. (1980–1987); Legal Manager and Corporate Secretary/ Legal Consultant of the National Home Mortgage and Finance Corp. (1990–1993); and Senior Partner of Bernabe Perlas Morte and Associates (1993–1996).[2]
Bernabe was the third appointee of President Benigno Aquino III to the Supreme Court of the Philippines as an associate justice on September 16, 2011. She replaced Conchita Carpio Morales, who retired from the Court on June 19, 2011, and later assumed the position of Ombudsman of the Philippines.