Associate Justice Felix Angelo Bautista


Tenure: October 20, 1950 - May 20, 1956
Appointed by: Quirino

Birthdate: May 20, 1896
Died: April 12, 1990
Place of Birth: Malolos, Bulacan

Education:

1. High School: Ateneo de Manila
2. College: Bachelor of Arts, Ateneo de Manila (magna cum laude), 1914
3. Legal Studies, University of the Philippines, 1918
4. Master of Laws, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Professional Career:

1. Assistant Attorney, Philippine National Bank, 1920;
2. Assistant Fiscal, Bureau of Justice;
3. Judge-at-large, 1939;
4. District Judge, 1940;
5. Chief, Law and Research Division, Ministry of Justice;
6. Reappointed Judge-at-large, 1943;
7. Undersecretary of Justice, 1946;
8. Solicitor General, 1948;
9. Associate Justice, Supreme Court, October 20, 1950
10. President, Philippine Constitution Association, 1967

Awards:

1. Known as the “Liberal Stripes” in Jurisprudence
2. Awardee, Code of Kalantiao, 1966