The Supreme Court En Banc has appointed Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Ma. Theresa Dolores C. Gomez-Estoesta as the new Court Administrator, effective September 1, 2025.
She succeeds former Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva, who now sits as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Justice Gomez-Estoesta has served the government for 34 years. She began her career at the Office of the Solicitor General in 1991 and later became Presiding Judge of Branch 6, Metropolitan Trial Court in Manila. In 2006, she was promoted to the Manila Regional Trial Court before joining the Sandiganbayan in 2014.
At the anti-graft court, she chaired the Seventh Division. She was also recognized with multiple Judicial Excellence Awards, including the Most Outstanding Judge for First-Level Courts and the Chief Justice Cayetano Arellano Award for Most Outstanding Judge for Second-Level Courts.
She has been teaching at the Ateneo School of Law since 2015 and lecturing at the Philippine Judicial Academy. Under her leadership, the Office of the Court Administrator will continue reforms under the Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations, including the rollout of regional court management offices nationwide.
