11 Facts About Alicia Austria-Martinez

Alicia Austria-Martinez was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 12,2002.

Alicia Austria-Martinez served in different capacities as an officer of the Philippines Judges' Association and the Philippine Women Judges' Association from 1987 to 1992.

Alicia Austria-Martinez served in this capacity until July 27,2001, when she was appointed as the presiding justice of the Court of Appeals.

Alicia Austria-Martinez graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1962, earning the degree of Bachelor Laws.

Alicia Austria-Martinez obtained a master's degree in National Security Administration in 1980 from the National Defense College of the Philippines where she eventually became the Chairman of the Panel of Examiners for Oral Defense in 1987,1988 and 1991.

Alicia Austria-Martinez attended the 31st Program of Instruction for Lawyers held at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1999.

In September 2008, Alicia Austria-Martinez, citing health reasons, filed a letter to the Supreme Court of the Philippines through Reynato Puno, tendering her resignation effective April 30,2009, or 15 months before her compulsory retirement on December 19,2010.

Alicia Austria-Martinez has opted to retire early from the Supreme Court due to 'health reasons.

Alicia Austria in Manila on December 19,1940, Austria-Martinez was introduced early to the intricacies of the law.

Alicia Austria-Martinez's father, Retired Colonel Benjamin A Austria, served in the Philippine Air Force while her mother, Remedios M Austria, was a Doctor of Civil Law and served as a consultant in the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas.

Alicia Austria-Martinez served as dean of Adamson University College of Law from 2012 to 2015.