ATTY. YMIL RJIV DELA TORRE MATBA

Managing Partner
TEL: +63 8687-1025 loc. 105

Atty. Matba manages the daily operations of the firm. He handles general civil and criminal litigation, as well as the labor concerns of corporate clients.

He currently represents the office of Hon. Senator Francis Joseph G. Escudero to the Board of Trustees of the Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College (TRAC). He also is concurrently the Secretary-General of KASAMA Regional Political Party, a Mindanao-based advocacy group. Prior to joining the firm, he was engaged in his own private practice while serving as the Chief Political Affairs Officer (Chief of Staff) of the Lone Congressional District of Tawi-Tawi from July 2019 to June 2022.

Atty. Matba was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2019. He earned his political science and law degrees from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

ATTY. JUSTIN CAESAR ANTHONY D. BATOCABE
Partner-on-Leave

Atty. Batocabe is a partner currently on leave due to his appointment as a Director in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Director Batocabe is involved with the DSWD Academy, one of the flagship projects of the current administration, which aims to provide specialized training, capacity-building activities, and other learning development interventions to social workers and paraprofessionals. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate with Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra, practicing litigation, corporate servicing, and real estate law.

Atty. Batocabe was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2017. He received his economics (cum laude) and law degrees from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

ATTY. ELIZABETH JOY D. CORTEZ
Junior Associate
TEL: +63 8687-1025 loc. 104

Atty. Cortez has extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation, particularly with collections cases such as civil suits for sum of money, estafa, qualified theft, and bouncing checks. She also has experience handling labor concerns of corporate clients.

Prior to joining the firm, she was engaged as an in-house lawyer for a trading corporation. When she was in law school, she competed in local and international moot court competitions such as the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition, FDI Moot Court Competition, Pan-Asian Human Rights Moot Court Competition, and Teehankee Moot Court Competition when she was in law school. 

Atty. Cortez was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2022. She earned her communications degree from the University of Santo Tomas and her law degree from Arellano University.

ATTY. ZOILO M. MANAHAN II

Of Counsel

Atty. Manahan is the former Managing Partner of the firm. Prior to joining, he worked with the law firm of Sobreviñas Hayudini Navarro & San Juan. His areas of practice include labor law, litigation, and real estate transactions. Atty. Manahan earned his law degree from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law in 2015 and was admitted to the Bar in 2016. He holds a bachelor's degree in Humanities from the University of Asia and the Pacific and a master's degree in Industrial Economics from the same university.

ATTY. JAMIE ANGELI T. MATIAS

Of Counsel

Atty. Matias works as an Of Counsel adviser to the firm on matters of litigation. She was formerly an associate of the Molo Sia Dy Tuazon Ty and Coloma Law Offices (MOSVELDTT LAW) in 2015 where she was exposed to litigation, labor and corporation law. She worked as a Public Attorney for five years from 2016 to 2021, three of those years in the Quezon City District Office and two in the San Juan City District Office. She acted as the resident Public Attorney of five courts during her time with the PAO. She extensively handled criminal, civil, special proceedings, labor and administrative cases. She has a degree in AB Communication Arts from the University of Santo Tomas and graduated Juris Doctor from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 2014. She was admitted to the Bar in 2015.

ATTY. PAUL HEHERSON M. BALITE

Of Counsel

Atty. Balite is a lawyer with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics from the National Institute of Physics, a Master of Technology Management degree from the Technology Management Center, and a Juris Doctor degree from the UP College of Law, all from UP Diliman. He is formerly the Deputy Executive Director of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (PHILRECA) the national association of electric cooperatives all over the archipelago and formerly Deputy Director of the Senate Committee on Energy. He is presently Chief of Staff of a member of the House of Representatives. He is currently on leave and pursuing a degree under the Master of Law in International Dispute Resolution program of Queen Mary University of London.