Associate Justice Josue N. Bellosillo


Tenure: March 03, 1992 - December 13, 2003
Appointed by: Aquino

Birthdate: November 13, 1933
 
Place of Birth: Roxas City

Education:

1. Elementary: Capiz Elementary School (completed Elementary in four years), 1946-1947
2. High School: Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion (valedictorian), 1948-1951
3. College: Pre-Law and Law at the University of the Philippines, Class '57

Professional Career:

1. Practicing lawyer since admission to Bar up to appointment to Bench;
2. Judge, Court of Agrarian Relations (CAR), Iloilo, 1971-75,
3. Court of First Instance (CFI), Iloilo, 1975-82, (Executive Judge, 1980-82);
4. CFI of Rizal, 1982-83;
5. Regional Trial Court (RTC), NCJR, Pasig, Metro Manila, 1983 to January 6, 1986;
6. Associate Appellate Justice, Intermediate Appellate Court, January 6, 1986, August 1, 1986;
7. Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, August 1, 1986 to February 5, 1991;
8. Court Administrator, Supreme Court, February 5, 1991 to March 3, 1992;
9. Associate Justice, Supreme Court, March 3, 1992;
10. Lecturer, Judicial Career Development Program, jointly sponsored by the Supreme Court and the Institute of Judicial Administration;
11. Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education, U.P. Law Center;
12. 1989 Bar Examiner in Remedial Law;
13. 1991 Bar Examiner in Civil Law;
14. Chairman, 1995 Committee on Bar Examinations;
15. Chairman, Committee on Continuous Trial, Supreme Court
16. Chairman, Committee on Trial Court Manual, Supreme Court
17. Consultant, Judicial & Bar Council;
18. Consultant, Institute of Judicial Administration;
19. Special Assistant to the Chief Justice on Administrative Functions, Adm. Cir. 10-92, December 10, 1993
20. Member, National Association for Court Management, National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia;
21. Member, American Judges. Association, Williamsburg, Virginia;
22. Professor of Law in various colleges and universities including U.P. Law Center.

Awards:

1. Fellowship Grantee, International and Comparative Law Center, 1981,
2. Fellowship Grantee, Asia Foundation, Inc., 1985,
3. Fellowship Grantee, United States Information Agency, 1991,
4. Fellowship Grantee, Natural Resources Management and Development Project of Australia, 1992;
5. “Roxas City Junior Model Citizen, 1948
6. “Most Outstanding Alumnus, Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion, March 29, 1978;
7. “Most Outstanding Capiceño in the Field of Law”, a Halaran Award, October 9, 1988;
8. One of Most Outstanding Citizens of Western Visayas, by Panay News, April 21, 1991
9. Most Outstanding Ilonggo, Katilingban Sang Mga lIonggo sa Pilipinas, Inc., October 15, 1994;
10. Conferred the Status of Adopted Son of the City of Iloilo per Resolution No. 126 dated March 25, 1982, as a gesture of appreciation by a grateful city to a man who has, even beyond the call of duty, as it were, given so much of himself for the City of Iloilo.