Lucas P. Bersamin is a Filipino

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 jurist. He was appointed Associate Justice

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 of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

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 by President

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 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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 on April 2, 2009, and was sworn into office the following day. He was a member of the Court of Appeals

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 at the time of his appointment.

Bersamin earned his undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines

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 and graduated from the University of the East

University of the East

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 College of Law

University of the East College of Law

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 in 1973. He was in private practice from 1974 until 1986, when he was appointed a trial court judge in Quezon City by President Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino

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. He was elevated to the Court of Appeals by President Arroyo in 2003.

He is the brother of former congressman Luis P. Bersamin, Jr. of Abra, who was gunned down during a wedding ceremony and brother of Abra provincial governor Eustaquio Bersamin.