 In May 2001, she became the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court of Angeles and Olongapo, Pampanga.She was then appointed in 2004 as the Presiding Judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221.Among her early prominent cases was the 2007 prosecution of Chief Public Attorney Persida Rueda-Acosta by an attorney alleging illegal termination of her employment.