Election Law
Formidable counsel in certificate of candidacy filings, pre-proclamation controversies, disqualifications, and election protests.
Practice Scope & Legal Framework
Election campaigns and post-election contests require immediate, decisive legal intervention. Lalusis & Partners represents political candidates, parties, and party-lists before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Supreme Court.
Areas of Focus
- Candidacy & Qualification: Petitions to deny due course or cancel Certificate of Candidacy (COC), nuisance candidate petitions, and disqualifications.
- Canvassing & Pre-Proclamation Controversies: Board of Canvassers monitoring, automated election system audit interventions, and objections.
- Election Contests & Protests: Quo warranto proceedings, recount and revision petitions before Municipal Courts, RTCs, COMELEC, HRET, and SET.
- Campaign Finance Compliance: Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) compliance and election offense defense.
Discuss your election law matter
Contact our Quezon City office with a brief summary of your matter, the parties involved, and any known dates or deadlines. The initial inquiry helps the firm assess the appropriate next steps.
Prepare a timeline and a list of relevant documents for discussion. Please avoid sending confidential documents through the initial inquiry form until the firm confirms how to share them.
Office location and contact detailsQuestions about election law
What is the strict prescriptive period for filing an election protest?
Under COMELEC rules, an election protest must be filed within ten (10) days following the official proclamation of election results.
Group Counsel
Atty. Levy John L.V. Lalusis
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Atty. Diosdado Anselmo Q. Lalusis
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Atty. Leo Anselmo L.V. Lalusis
High-Profile Criminal Defense, Congressional Inquiries, DOJ/Ombudsman/Sandiganbayan Litigation, and Data Privacy