Background
He was born in Manila, to San Isidro, Nueva Ecija natives, Doctor and Mistress Leopoldo G. Pardo, and is married to Zenaida C. De Dios, with whom he has 4 children: Lourdes, Bernardita, Mercedes Patricia, and Victor.
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Bernardo Pardo
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He graduated high school at Letran College, with honors, in 1950. He was a graduate of Law from the University of Santo Tomas in 1955, and passed the bar examinations with a bar rating of 81.55%, on March 6, 1956. He was a fellow at the Academy of American and International Law, at the University of Texas, United States of America in 1978.
Career
He was appointed by former Philippine President Joseph Estrada. He practiced law, by having been a lawyer in Jose West. Diokno Law Office, 1955-1961. He was Solicitor, in the Office of the Solicitor General, 1971-1974.
He was Acting City Judge, Manila, 1965-1967.
He was CFI Judge of Caloocan City, from 1974-1983, RTC Judge of Manila, Branch 43, from 1983-1993, and California Justice from 1993 to 1995.
He was promoted Chair of the COMELEC from 1995 until his appointment to the Supreme Court on 1998. He was appointed by Joseph Estrada on September 30, 1998.
He retired on the 11th of February 2002.
