Associate Justice Santiago M. Kapunan


Tenure: January 05, 1994 - August 09, 2004
Appointed by: Ramos

Birthdate: August 12, 1932
 
Place of Birth: Mambusao, Capiz

Education:

1. Elementary: Mambusao Elementary School High School
2. High School: Agustin University, Iloilo
3. Associate in Arts, University of the Philippines (1952);
4. Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines (1956).

Professional Career:

1. Presiding Justice, Court of Appeals (September 7, 1993 to January 10, 1994);
2. Acting Presiding Justice, Court of Appeals (August 10, 1992 to December 1, 1993);
3. Associate Justice, Court of Appeals (June 20, 1980 – September 6, 1993);
4. Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General (1973-1980);
5. Acting Commissioner, Land Registration Commission (1977-1979);
6. Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor General (1962-1973);
7. Legal Officer, Bureau of Internal Revenue (1958-1962);
8. Assistant Attorney, Beldia Law Offices, Roxas City (1958);
9. Assistant Attorney, De Joya Law Offices, Manila (1958);
10. Professor, Civil Law and Remedial Law;
11. Faculty of Civil Law, University of Santo Tomas (1982-1994);
12. Bar Reviewer, College of Law – Far Eastern University, Cosmopolitan Review Center;
13. Former Instructor in Taxation, City of Manila University (Pamantasan ng Maynila);
14. Lecturer in Land Titling and Registration University of the Philippines Law Center (1979).

Awards:

1. Awardee, United Nations Fellowship on Human Rights (January – April 1969);
2. Study in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand on Judicial and Other Remedies Against Abuse of Human Rights;
3. Participant – Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas (May – June 1976);
4. Delegate, Conference of Attorney Generals, Rome, Italy (May, 1976);
5. Grantee, USAID (U.S. State Dept.)
6. Study and Observation on Land Titling in the U.S. (November-December, 1978).