Estela Perlas-Bernabe

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The Honorable Estela Perlas-Bernabe
Acting Chief Justice of the Philippines
In office March 27, 2021 – April 5, 2021
Preceded by	Diosdado Peralta
Succeeded by	Alexander Gesmundo
32nd Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office October 26, 2019 – May 14, 2022
Preceded by	Antonio Carpio
Succeeded by	Marvic Leonen
171st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office September 16, 2011 – May 14, 2022
Appointed by	Benigno Aquino III
Preceded by	Conchita Carpio-Morales
Succeeded by	Maria Filomena Singh
Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
In office March 15, 2004 – September 16, 2011
Appointed by	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Regional Trial Court Judge for Branch 142 of Makati
In office 2000–2004
Appointed by	Joseph Ejercito-Estrada
Metropolitan Trial Court Judge for Branch 66 of Makati
In office 1996–2000
Appointed by	Fidel V. Ramos
Personal details
Born	Estela Marcelino Perlas (1952-05-14) May 14, 1952 (age 72) Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines
Spouse(s)	Ricardo C. Bernabe, Jr.
Alma mater	St. Paul College, Manila (BS) Ateneo de Manila University (LL.B.)

Estela Marcelino Perlas-Bernabe (born May 14, 1952) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, serving from 2011 to 2022. She was the third appointee to the Supreme Court by President Benigno Aquino III on September 16, 2011.^[1]