What is Serafin R. Cuevas?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Serafin R. Cuevas |office = [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]] |appointer = [[Ferdinand Marcos]] |term_start = 1 June 1984 |term_end = 16 April 1986 |birth_date = {{birth date|1928|06|25|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bacoor, Cavite]], [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Philippines]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|2|9|1928|06|25|df=y}} |death_place = |spouse = Angelica Vecino |children = [[Serafin Jr]], <br> [[Maria Leonora]], <br> [[Maria Angelica]] and <br> [[Ana Lisa]] |alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines]] }} '''Serafin R. Cuevas''' (25 June 1928 &ndash; 9 February 2014) was a [[Filipinos|Filipino]] [[lawyer]] and a former [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] appointed during dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. ==Early life and education== Serafin R. Cuevas was born on 25 June 1928 in Bacoor Cavite.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/index3.php?justicetype=Associate+Justice&justiceid=a45475a11ec72b843d74959b60fd7bd64564cace00004 |title=Associate Justice Serafin R. Cuevas |work=Supreme Court E-Library |year=2012 |accessdate=9 May 2012 |archive-date=19 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419100809/http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/index3.php?justicetype=Associate+Justice&justiceid=a45475a11ec72b843d74959b60fd7bd64564cace00004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He went to Las Piñas Elementary School in his elementary education and to the University of Manila in his secondary education. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines in 1952 and passed the Bar examination the same year. ==Career== He started his career as a professorial lecturer at the College of Law of the [[University of the Philippines]] and at the Institute of Law of the [[Far Eastern University]]. Afterwards, he became an Assistant Fiscal of the City of Manila and then as Judge to the Court of First Instance. B