Amy Lazaro-Javier

Amy Lazaro-Javier is a Filipino judge who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines since 2019. She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to succeed Noel Tijam.

Life and career

Lazaro-Javier graduated magna cum laude from the Philippine Normal College in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in education. She received her law degree from the University of Santo Tomas. She graduated valedictorian in 1982.
She joined the Office of the Solicitor General in 1983 as trial attorney, and later became Assistant Solicitor General in 1994.
She was appointed to the Court of Appeals of the Philippines on August 29, 2007.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

In June 2017, Lazaro-Javier was under consideration to replace Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes. Again in June 2018, Lazaro-Javier was under consideration to replace Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. On December 7, 2018, her name was once again submitted for a vacancy left by the retirement of Noel Tijam, and was finally appointed. She took her oath of office on March 6, 2019. She is expected to serve until 2026.