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December 9, 2020

DivinaLaw Senior Partner Atty. Estrella C. Elamparo was recently featured as one of the panel speakers in the first day of “Law School Forum 2020 – It’s a Law Story” organized by the Ateneo Lex and held online from December 4 to December 5, 2020.

Atty. Elamparo was joined in the panel by Judge Princess Bustos-Ongkeko, Atty. Teroy Roman, Atty. Mario Luza Bautista, Atty. Adel Tamano, and Ms. Samira Gutoc. The group tackled the hosts’ questions on how they ended up in law school and their chosen branch of law practice, discussed memorable experiences during law school, weighed in on how well law schools are preparing students for actual practice, and if the current legal market is oversaturated. Students also had a chance to get a more in-depth knowledge of the guest speakers during the breakout sessions.

Atty. Elamparo who always wanted to be a litigation lawyer as a kid, shared how she looked for the best litigation lawyer that she could learn from.

As a student assisting in cases as part of the legal clinic of her university, she asked judges and

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Estrella Elamparo

Estrella Elamparo is a seasoned litigator with more than 25 years of experience in various areas of litigation and has handled many high-profile cases. In the early years of her practice, she was appointed public prosecutor in Manila and became a state prosecutor with the department of justice. She had worked in various law firms and was appointed general counsel of the biggest government financial institution in the country, the Government Service Insurance System, in 2006 during what many believed was a tumultuous time for the government agency. There, she further honed her public relations and crisis management skills, aided by her journalism and communications background.

At DivinaLaw, she heads the firm’s commercial and criminal litigation, as well as established the firm’s crisis management and communications department. She also pioneered the firm’s legal education and policy advocacy practice in recognition of the fact that many of the clients’ problems cannot just be addressed by litigation but sometimes call for a change in legislation or govern