Associate Justice Florenz D. Regalado


Tenure: July 29, 1988 - October 13, 1998
Appointed by: C. Aquino

Birthdate: October 13, 1928
 
Place of Birth: Concepcion, Iloilo

Education:

1. Mandurriao Elementary School and Jaro Central School, Iloilo City, 1938
2. Iloilo Provincial High School (accelerated three-year course), 1942
3. Associate in Arts: Far Eastern University, 1949
4. Bachelor of Laws: San Beda College of Law, 1954 (magna cum laude)
5. 1st Placer, Bar Exam witrh a grade of 96.77%, 1954
6. Master of Laws, University of Michigan, 1963 , De Witt Scholar

Professional Career:

1. Recognized Guerilla of the Sixth Military District in Panay
2. Sent on a Mission to and Stationed in Leyte, attached to U.S. Army contingents
3. Author of legal books and periodicals
4. Professor of Law, San Beda College of Law, 1955 up to 1988;
5. Technical Assistant to the Secretary of Labor, 1955-1956
6. Special Prosecutor for Labor cases, Department of Justice, 1955-1956
7. Pre-Bar Reviewer in Criminal Law and Remedial Law, San Beda College of Law, 1958-1988, Far Eastern University, Lyceum of the Philippines; College of Law, Ateneo de Manila University
8. Lecturer, U.P. Law Center, 1976 to 1979;
9. Dean, San Beda College of Law, 1975-1988
10. President, Philippine Association of Law Schools, 1979-1981
11. Dean Emeritus, San Beda College of Law, 1991;
12. Member, 1986 Constitutional Convention
13. Member (now Vice-Chairman), Committee on the Revision of the Rules of Court, 1992 to date;
14. Founder, proprietor and chief legal counsel of the law firm Florenz D. Regalado & Associates, 1956 to 1988.
15. Associate Justice, Supreme Court, 1988

Awards:

1. Memorial of Recognition, San Beda College for obtaining the highest official general average (96.7%) in the history of the Bar examinations (1955)
2. Certificate of Merit as one of the four Most Outstanding alumni of the Far Eastern University (1957)
3. Award of Merit for Professorial Services, San Beda College, 1969
4. Plaque of Appreciation and Resolution of Adoption as an Adopted Son of San Miguel, Iloilo, 1976
5. Plaque of Appreciation, Manila World Law Conference for services as committee chairman (1977)
6. Plaque of Appreciation, First National Convention of Lawyers, for being a convention resource speaker (1979)
7. Plaque of Appreciation, Philippine Association of Law, Schools, for services as President for two terms (1982)
8. Most Outstanding Bedan Alumnus, 1988
9. Various plaques and awards from professional and civic organizations as speaker in the information campaign for the 1987 Constitution (1986-1987).