Samuel Hufano Gaerlan (born December 19, 1958) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to fill Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta's position, which became vacant after Duterte appointed Peralta to be Chief Justice.
Gaerlan served as a Public Attorneys' Office lawyer before becoming a municipal trial court judge in Bangar, La Union and later as a regional trial court judge in Branch 26 of San Fernando, La Union and Branch 92 of Quezon City. He was appointed as a Court of Appeals justice in 2009.[2]
Supreme Court appointment
Gaerlan had been nominated and interviewed for the seat vacated by Jose C. Mendoza, but was not shortlisted.[2] On January 8, 2020, Gaerlan bested 5 others who made it to the shortlist and was appointed to the court to fill the seat vacated by Diosdado Peralta.[3]
