Associate Justice Jose C. Vitug


Tenure: June 28, 1993 - July 14, 2004
Appointed by: Estrada

Birthdate: July 15, 1934
 
Place of Birth: Manila

Education:

1. Elementary: San Antonio Elementary School (Salutatorian)
2. High School: Guagua National College (with honors)
3. College: Bachelor of Laws (Cum Laude, 1956);
4. Member, Philippine Bar (1956 Bar Examination)
5. Graduate: Master of Laws (1962);
6. Master of National Security Administration (1975).

Professional Career:

1. Dean, Arellano Law Foundation;
2. Professor, Chung Chi Professorial Chair, Manuel L. Quezon University;
3. School of Graduate Studies, Manuel L. Quezon University: Professorial Lecturer, Advance. Corporation Law, Corporate and Business Finance, Advance Taxation and Advance International Law;
4. Professor of Law and Bar Reviewer Civil Law, Taxation and Commercial Law: Adamson University, Arellano University, Ateneo de Manila, Far Eastern University, Lyceum of the Philippines, Manila Review Center, Manuel L. Quezon University, Metropolitan Review Center, National Bar Review Center, San Beda College, U.P. Law Center, University of Sto. Tomas;
5. Lecturer, U.P. Law Center;
6. Member; Civil Code Revision Committee (D.P. Law Center);
7. Partner, Dizon and Vitug; Dizon, Faculdo, Jurado and Vitug; Dizon, Vitug and Fajardo;
8. Philippine Delegate: U.N. ECAFE Conference on Mining Legislation and Administration held on October, 16-23, 1969;
9. Head, Philippine Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on Convention Agency in the International Sale of Goods, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 31 January to 17 February, 1983;
10. Philippine Delegate and Panelist: WIPO Asian Regional Colloquium on the Judiciary and The Intellectual Property System, New Delhi, India: (December 11-13, 1996);
11. Technical Assistant to Justice JoseB.L. Reyes: Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Awards:

1. Outstanding Manilan
2. Outstanding Kapampangan
3. Outstanding MLQU Alumnus
4. Textbooks/Treaties Written/Published:
5. National Bookstore: Compendium of Tax Law and Jurisprudence; Pandec of Commercial Law and Jurisprudence; Compendium of Civil Law and Jurisprudence, and The Family Code Annotated; Various published articles: Periodicals,Journals and Reviews.