Andres Narvasa

In November 2000, Narvasa became counsel for President Joseph Ejercito Estrada in his impeachment proceedings before the Philippine Senate.

He served as chairman of the Preparatory Commission for Constitutional Reform, a special agency tasked to look into potentially positive amendments to the Philippine Constitution, from 1999 to 2000.

After his retirement in 1998, he was appointed by then President Joseph Ejercito Estrada to serve as chairman of the Preparatory Commission for Constitutional Reform, an independent commission formed to study the basic charter and suggest potentially positive modifications. He served in this capacity from 1999 to 2000.

Narvasa graduated elementary at Colegio de San Juan de Letran, 1938 (salutatorian), and secondary school at the Arellano High School, 1945 (valedictorian). He obtained his Bachelor of Laws, University of Santo Tomas in 1951 (magna cum laude), and received his Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila on April 15, 1992, Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), University of Santo Tomas on November 21, 1992, and Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Angeles University Foundation on April 1, 1993.

President Corazon Aquino appointed Narvasa as associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court on April 10, 1986. Narvasa served as associate justice until his appointment as chief justice on December 1, 1991, also by President Aquino.

Narvasa started as Law Practitioner in 1952, as head, Andres R. Narvasa & Associates. He then became professor of law, 1952, bar reviewer, 1959, legal counsel, University of Santo Tomas, 1973, dean, Faculty of Civil Law, University of Santo Tomas, 1967–1973, vice-rector for student affairs, University of Santo Tomas, 1969–1972, member of the board of trustees, University of Santo Tomas, 1974 and president of the Faculty Club, University of Santo Tomas, 1969.

Narvasa graduated magna cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law, and placed second in the 1951 Philippine Bar Examinations, with a bar rating of 91.6%

Andres dela Rosa Narvasa (November 30, 1928 – October 31, 2013) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 1, 1991, to November 30, 1998.

On the 24th anniversary of the death of Benigno Aquino Jr., Narvasa, 78, pleaded that Filipinos should close the book on the assassination of Aquino and that the 14 soldiers incarcerated should now be freed – “they have suffered enough;‘It’s finished. Since retiring, he plays golf twice a week, and enjoys being with his 15 grandchildren. He presently gives legal advice to ousted President Joseph Estrada. Narvasa considers the Ninoy murder still a mystery.