Adolf S. Azcuna
ADOLF AZCUNA Presently Chancellor,
Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), Supreme Court of the Philippines. Member of the following Supreme
Court of the Philippines Committees: Committee on Computerization and Library Judicial Reform Support
Project (JRSP) Management Committee, Committee on Public Information, Committee on Revision of Rules
(Writ of Amparo), Committee on Administrative Concerns, Sub-Committee on Revision of Rules on Civil
Procedure, Consultant.
Past Positions: Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines, October 17, 2002 - February 15,
2009; Chairperson, Philippine National Bank, March 19, 1991 - February 7, 1992;
Presidential Spokesperson to President Corazon C. Aquino, January 3, to March 7, 1991, Press Secretary,
June 13, 1989 to January 2, 1990, and Presidential Legal Counsel, )ctober 16, 1987 to March 7, 1991.
His past experiences includes the following: Professor II, Philippine Judicial Academy, 2002-2009;
Partner, Azcuna Yorac Arroyo Chua Law Offices 1992-2002; Member, 1986 Constitutional Commission; Member, 1971 Constitutional Convention; Professor of International
Law, Ateneo de Manila, 1967-1986; Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1963 (Placed 4th in the 1962 Bar
Exeminations).
Author of several books such as (International Sales of Goods,) (Transnational Law Practice,)
(International Law Teaching in the Philippines,) (Doing Business in the Philippines,) (Foreign
Judgment (Monetary) Enforcements in the Philippines,) (Piercing the Veil of Corporate Entity: From
Willets to Santos,) (Asean Conflict of Law,) (The Supreme Court and Public International Law,)
(International Humanitarian Law: A Field Guide to Basics,) and (The International Criminal Court -
An Overview.)
Married to Maria Asuncion Aunario Azcuna and was blessed with four siblings.