Legal help for individuals, families, and businesses.

Help with the agreements and obligations of everyday life and business: making sure a contract says what you mean, and pursuing or answering a claim when one is broken.

• Drafting and reviewing contracts and agreements
• Demand letters and replies
• Collection of sums of money
• Claims for breach of contract and damages
• Loans, guarantees, and promissory notes
• Quasi-delicts and other civil liability

Legal help with marriage, children, and family status, from first questions to court proceedings.

• Declaration of nullity and annulment of marriage
• Legal separation
• Child custody and visitation
• Child and spousal support
• Adoption
• Marriage settlements (prenuptial agreements)
• Correction of entries in civil registry records

Help with land and buildings, from checking a title before you buy to resolving disputes over possession.

• Due diligence on land titles before a purchase
• Deeds of sale, donation, and mortgage
• Lease agreements
• Ejectment: unlawful detainer and forcible entry
• Partition among co-owners
• Boundary and possession disputes

Help planning how your property passes to your family, and settling an estate after a loved one dies. I hold the Certified Estate Planner, Phils. (CEPP) designation.

• Estate planning
• Preparing wills
• Extrajudicial settlement of estate
• Judicial settlement and probate of wills
• Guidance on heirs’ shares and legitimes
• Transfer of titles to heirs
• Coordinating estate tax requirements

Legal support for entrepreneurs, partnerships, and companies, from registration to day-to-day contracts and compliance.

• Choosing a business structure
• Business registration with the DTI or SEC, including One Person Corporations
• Articles of incorporation and by-laws
• Board and stockholder resolutions
• Commercial and supplier contracts
• SEC reportorial and compliance requirements

Help for businesses and organizations that handle personal data, so they can comply with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173) and its implementing rules. I am a Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO).

• Data Privacy Act compliance reviews
• Privacy notices and consent forms
• Privacy manuals and data protection policies
• Privacy impact assessments
• Data sharing and outsourcing agreements
• Registration with the National Privacy Commission
• Personal data breach response and notification
• Support and training for data protection officers

Advice for employers setting up fair, compliant workplaces, and for employees who believe their rights have been violated. I hold the Certified Human Resource Associate (CHRA) designation.

• Employment contracts and company policies
• Due process in discipline and termination
• Illegal dismissal and money claims
• Conciliation-mediation under DOLE’s Single Entry Approach (SEnA)
• Cases before the NLRC
• Labor standards compliance

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Help if you need to file a criminal complaint or answer one, at each stage from investigation to trial.

• Preparing and filing complaint-affidavits
• Counter-affidavits in preliminary investigation
• Bail applications
• Representation at arraignment and trial
• Cybercrime and online libel concerns
• Violence against women and their children (VAWC) cases

When a dispute can’t be settled informally, I help you choose the right forum and pursue or defend your position there. I am accredited by the Department of Justice’s Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution as an ADR practitioner in negotiation (1st level).

• Negotiation and settlement of disputes
• Barangay conciliation (Katarungang Pambarangay)
• Court-annexed mediation and settlement
• Civil cases in the trial courts
• Appeals and petitions
• Quasi-judicial and administrative cases
• Enforcement of judgments