MARINA L.

BUZON
Executive Secretary, Philippine Judicial Academy
Associate Justice (Ret.), Court of Appeals

Justice Marina L. Buzon obtained her Bachelor of Arts

and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of
the Philippines in 1963 and 1967, respectively. She
passed the Bar Examinations in 1967. Her work
experiences include: Researcher in the Concepcion,
Balajadia and Victorino Law Office; Researcher in the
Court of Appeals; Chief Legal Officer and Special
Prosecutor in the Office of the Tanodbayan; Judge of
the Regional Trial Court, Branch 170, Malabon and
Branch 91, Quezon City; and Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals until her
early retirement on March 19, 2008.

Justice Buzon was Bar Examiner in Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises
in the 1992 Bar Examinations. In 1995, she was recognized by the Integrated Bar
of the Philippines, Quezon City Chapter, as One of the Ten Most Outstanding
Judges of the Quezon City and she likewise received an Award for Judicial
Excellence from the Rotary Club of Metro Sta. Mesa. She was also given
Plaques of Distinction by the Women Lawyers Circle (WILOCI) of the University
of the Philippines in 1987 and 1997.

Currently, Justice Buzon is the Executive Secretary of the Philippine

Judicial Academy and Acting Chief of the Academy’s Philippine Mediation Center
Office. She completed the Intensive Study Programme for Judicial Educators
held at the Dalhousie University Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from
June 6-25, 2010.