Serafin R. Cuevas Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Serafin R. Cuevas
Office:106th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Appointer:Ferdinand Marcos
Office2:Secretary of Justice
Predecessor2:Silvestre H. Bello III
President2:Joseph Estrada
Successor2:Artemio Tuquero
Birth Date:June 25, 1928
Birth Place:Bacoor, Cavite, Philippine Islands
Death Place:Manila, Philippines
Alma Mater:University of the Philippines
University of Manila
Profession:Lawyer
Jurist
Judge
Term Start:June 1, 1984
Term End:April 16, 1986
Term Start2:July 1, 1998
Term End2:February 15, 2000

Serafin Romero Cuevas (June 25, 1928 – February 9, 2014) was a Filipino lawyer and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines appointed during the government of Ferdinand Marcos.

Early life and education

Cuevas was born on June 25, 1928, in Bacoor, Cavite.[1] He went to Las Piñas Elementary School for his elementary education and to the University of Manila for his secondary education. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines in 1952 and passed the bar examination the same year.

Career

Cuevas started his career as a professorial lecturer at the College of Law of the University of the Philippines and at the Institute of Law of the Far Eastern University. Afterwards, he became an Assistant Fiscal of the City of Manila and then a Judge to the Court of First Instance.

Before his appointment as an associate justice to the Supreme Court of the Philippines on May 31, 1984, he was an associate justice of the Intermediate Appellate Court.

In 2012, Justice Cuevas was the lead counsel of the defense panel against the impeachment of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.[2]

Death

Justice Cuevas died on February 9, 2014.[3] He was 85 years old.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Associate Justice Serafin R. Cuevas . Supreme Court E-Library . 2012 . 9 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419100809/http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/index3.php?justicetype=Associate+Justice&justiceid=a45475a11ec72b843d74959b60fd7bd64564cace00004 . 19 April 2012 .
  2. News: January 13, 2012. The Corona defense team. ABS-CBN News. September 21, 2021.
  3. Web site: Former SC justice Serafin Cuevas passes away.