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Noel Tijam (Noel Gimenez Tijam) was born on 5 January, 1949 in San Miguel, Manila, is a Filipino judge (born 1949). Discover Noel Tijam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 5 January 1949
Birthday 5 January
Birthplace San Miguel, Manila
Nationality Philippines

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1949

Noel Gimenez Tijam (born January 5, 1949) is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from March 8, 2017 to January 5, 2019.

Tijam was born on January 5, 1949, in San Miguel, Manila.

1967

He attended San Beda College where he obtained a degree in Bachelor of Arts, major in philosophy and political Science and graduated with magna cum laude honors in 1967.

Under a full scholarship, he pursued Bachelor of Laws degree at the San Beda College of Law.

1971

He graduated with magna cum laude honors in 1971 from law school and was the salutatorian of his class.

In the same year, he passed the Bar Examinations.

At the Philippine Senate, Tijam served as legal consultant who represented Senator Victor Ziga at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, the Senate Economic Affairs Committee, Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Senate Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges.

Tijam worked with the Government Service Insurance System as its assistant vice president and Deputy Corporate Secretary and later with the Manila Hotel Corporation and the Westin Philippine Plaza as legal counsel and corporate secretary, and Comsavings Bank as board director.

1994

He was appointed as the presiding judge of Branch 221 of Quezon City's Regional Trial Court (RTC) in 1994 and served as president of the Quezon City RTC Judges Association.

1997

The Philippine Jaycees gave him Most Outstanding JAYCEE Award and was the recipient of the Junior Chamber International Senatorship Award which was given to him in 1997.

Tijam is married to Maria Cynthia Cornejo Tijam, with whom he has three children.

1999

Tijam was named among the finalist for the most outstanding Regional Trial Court Judges Award in 1999 which is conferred by the Foundation for Judicial Excellence.

2003

Prior to his appointment, he was a justice of Court of Appeals from 2003 to 2017.

He was appointed Court of Appeals (CA) associate by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2003 and served until 2017.

2011

Among the cases he handled was the Maguindanao massacre case where he penned a CA resolution in 2011 against former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr.. in the case's list of respondents.

Ampatuan made a petition against two CA resolution that may possibly indict him for the massacre but was junked by the court.

The court also affirmed Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Zaldy Ampatuan as one of the suspects in the case.

He also handled the case of Reynald Lim, the brother of Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.

2015

Lim and his sister faced charges serious illegal detention for detaining their cousin Benhur Luy which led to Napoles' conviction in 2015.

Lim attempted to stop his indictment and recall an arrest warrant issued against him through a petition but the CA junked the appeal.

He authored the CA decision which upheld the closure of the bankrupt Banco Filipino.

2016

He replaced Arturo Brion who retired on December 29, 2016.

2017

On March 8, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Tijam as the 176th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

2018

On May 11, 2018, Tijam penned the main decision which removed Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno from her post via a quo warranto petition.

In June 2018, Tijam penned the main decision which dismissed the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)'s complaint against the August 2010 Sandiganbayan decision dismissing the PCGG case against Imelda Marcos, Rodolfo Cuenca, et al., which had thrown out more than half of the documentary evidence presented by the PCGG because they were "mere photocopies."

At age 20 while pursuing his law studies in San Beda, he is already working with the Philippine School of Business Administration as a lecturer.

After becoming a lawyer, he worked with the Philippine Judicial Academy, Supreme Court where he is assigned to its Remedial Law Department as professorial lecturer.

Under the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Program, he taught in seminars organized by the academy, at the University of the Philippines Law Center, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and numerous law firms.

2019

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed him as a member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) representing the academe in 2019.

The JBC recommends to the president a shortlist on whom to appoint members of the judiciary.