Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla
Priscilla Joson Baltazar-Padilla served as the 188th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2020. She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr.
Education
Baltazar-Padilla graduated Magna Cum Laude and at the top of her class in both her Political Science and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the Lyceum of the Philippines University.While enrolled in the College of Law, she was hired to teach Political Science subjects by her alma mater in 1979. She was tapped to teach in the College of Law after passing the 1984 Bar Examinations where she obtained a weighted average of 90.3%, placing 5th among the successful examinees.
Judicial career
Justice of Court of Appeals
On May 31, 2006, she was one of the two Judges who were appointed Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the other was Judge Mario Lopez who would also be appointed in the high Tribunal in 2019 by President Rodrigo Duterte.Baltazar-Padilla was initially stationed in Cebu until her transfer to Manila. She held the position for 14 years until her appointment of the Supreme Court in 2020.