Andres Reyes Jr.

Andres Bernal Reyes Jr. is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2017 to 2020. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte replacing Associate Justice Bienvenido L. Reyes. He was appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as Chairman of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, which is mandated to investigate anomalous infrastructure projects.

Works

Reyes, the first Atenean law graduate appointed by Duterte, previously served the Metropolitan Trial Court of Makati, Regional Trial Court of San Mateo Rizal and started working as the Associate Justice of the appellate court in 1999. In 2010, he was appointed as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals.

Personal life

Reyes is the son of Andres Reyes, Sr., a former Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals during the Marcos era, and Minerva Bernal.
Reyes attended La Salle Green Hills and De La Salle University, before continuing his education at Saint Mary's College of California, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics. He studied law at Ateneo de Manila University. In 2002, he earned a Master of Public Administration from the Philippine Women's University.