She also became a candidate for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines that was being vacated by Ruben T. Reyes after his retirement on January 2, 2009.

[10] Devanadera is an Ateneo de Manila Law School alumnus whose mentor is Hernando Perez, a former Secretary of Justice.

Devanadera's name, however, was deleted in the final list of nominees submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council to the President because of pending graft / regular administrative cases against her (Sec.

5.1, JBC-009 Rule)[23] that Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Singson filed versus Devanadera and others before the Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines.

[24] An eight-page Supreme Court judgment of Conchita Carpio-Morales, dated July 4, 2008, dismissed an unverified letter-complaint of "concerned citizens" which charged Agnes VST Devanadera, Rolando Faller, and Santiago Varela of engaging "directly or indirectly in partisan political activities" in the last elections.