Jose Reyes Jr.

Jose Reyes Jr. is a Justice of the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
== Notes ==
Hailing
from Tacloban City, Leyte, Justice Jose Calayag Reyes, Jr. was appointed on
August 9, 2018 as the 179th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Justice
Reyes is a graduate of AB Political Science and Bachelor of Laws, both in San
Beda College, in 1970 and 1977, respectively.
Even
before becoming a member of the bar, Justice Reyes already embarked in a career
path in the judiciary when he became a technical assistant to then Chief
Justice Felix V. Makasiar for seven (7) years, beginning in 1978.  Upon Justice Makasiar’s retirement, Justice
Reyes transferred to the Office of the Chief Attorney as a Court Attorney III
until he was appointed as Presiding Judge of the Metropolitan Trial Court of
Pasig, where he served for four (4) years. 
Later on, he became a Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of San
Mateo, Rizal for twelve (12) years from 1991 to 2003, where he also served as
Executive Judge for eight (8) years and a Special Court Judge to try and decide
heinous crimes for seven (7) years.  In
2003, he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, where
he served for fifteen (15) years.  In
2015 up until his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Reyes served as
Chairman of the appellate court’s Fourth (4th) Division.
Justice
Reyes is also a pillar in the academe, having been a professor at the College
of Business and Economics in De La Salle University for four (4) decades
now.  De La Salle University awarded him
as the Most Outstanding Part-Time Faculty for School Year 2001-2002.  He was also given the Juan Medrano Service
Award for dedicated service in the mission of Christian Education and long-term
contribution as a La Sallian co-worker and partner.  He is also a treasured Professorial Lecturer
II of the Philippine Judicial Academy, Remedial Law Department, from January
2008 up to present.
His
professional career did not prevent him from being equally active in church and
community service.  He is an active
Eucharistic Minister of Villa San Miguel Chapel in Mandaluyong City, a Team
Leader of the Christian Life Program of Couples for Christ in the Court of
Appeals, a Christian Life Program Speaker in courts and government offices
under the Moral Recovery Program of the government, a Board Member of the
Couples for Christ St. Thomas More and Associates Ministry that advocates good
governance and good citizenship, an Alumnus of the John Haggai Institute,
Mid-Pacific Center, Kihei, Hawaii, United States of America that conducts
evangelization training for Christian leaders, and a Luzon North Deputy and
Supreme Director of the Knights of Columbus.
== SC Justice ==
*Reyes is Duterte’s fifth appointee to the High Court
*vice Presbitero Velasco Jr. 
== Profile ==
* San Beda
* Regional Trial Court (Rizal)
*Metropolitan Trial Court (Pasig)
== Trivia ==
* http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1044452
* http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/377/