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Jhosep Ylarde Lopez (born February 8, 1963) is a Filipino politician and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines since 2021. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla.
Lopez worked as legal counsel of the University of the Philippines for a year before being promoted as chief legal officer of the Philippine General Hospital. In 1991, he worked under former Senate president Jovito Salonga and was later appointed as chief legal counsel of the Senate of the Philippines. He was appointed as Chief City Prosecutor of Manila in February 2006. He was also a partner in the Lopez Rasul Maliwanag Baybay Palaran Law Offices from 1993 to 2006.
He served as a city councilor of the 3rd District Manila from 1992 to 1998 and 2001 to 2006.
Lopez was appointed as associate justice of the Court of Appeals on May 17, 2012 and served for more than eight years until his appointment to the Supreme Court.
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