Picture of Atty. Christian Robert Lim (photo: gmanews.tv)
General Background
Christian Robert Lim has twelve years in the general practice of law, eight of which include an intense involvement in the complete cycle of the electoral process for various elective posts – from the rudiments of electoral campaigns, to the eligibilities of candidacies, and the controversies, protests and disqualifications these ended with, are all part and parcel of the experience and expertise of Atty. Christian Robert S. Lim. The advent of the automated system in the casting, counting and canvassing of ballots further tailors to this practice the skills of Atty. Lim in harmonizing peculiar aspects of advancement in information technology with the institutions of law. Integrity, competence and an uncompromising dedication to the public interest are virtues to be expected.
Education
Christian Robert Lim graduated grade school (1986) and high school (1990) in Sacred Heart School for Boys - Cebu City. In college, he studied as a freshman merit scholar and graduated a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (1994) in Ateneo de Manila University.
As a consistent member of the dean's list, Christian Robert pursued Juris Doctor and graduated (1998) with honors in Ateneo de Manila University School of Law.
Because of his thirst of knowledge, Christian Robert studied a Master in Business Administration in Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business 2004.
Law Career
During the 1998 Philippine Bar Examinations, Christian Robert Lim ranked as the 16th board passer and got 88.05% average passing grade.
Atty. Lim worked in various government and private offices and later established his own law firm:
- 1995 : Legal Assistant in Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 143
- 1998 - 2000 : Associate in Carpio Villaraza and Cruz Law Offices
- 2000 - 2005 : Name Partner of Lim Ocampo and Candelaria Law Offices
- 2005 - 2007 : Name Partner of Lim and Ocampo Law Offices
- 2007 - 2009 : Name Partner of Lim Ocampo Leynes Law Offices
- 2009 - present : Name and Managing Partner of Lim and Leynes Law Offices
- Christian Robert's practice areas include Litigation (civil, commercial, criminal, labor, administrative, tax, arbitration), General Appellate Practice (Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, Securities and Exchange Commission, National Labor Relations Commission), General Corporate Practice (contracts, corporate organizations and reorganizations, joint ventures, spin-offs, corporate stock offerings), General Commercial Law Practice (telecommunications, transportation, insurance, business process outsourcing), Intellectual Property (applications for copyrights, trademarks, tradenames and patents, inter partes litigation, infringement litigation, interference proceedings, renewals of registrations), Natural Resources (mining claims, hydro-electric and geo-thermal projects, alternative fuels), Banking and Finance (rehabilitation proceedings, insolvency, general banking laws, bonds and debentures, international and project finance), Election (campaigns, elections contests, disqualification proceedings), Family (annulment and dissolution of marriages, legal separation, custody, paternity and filiation, adoption, guardianship), Labor (collective bargaining negotiations and administration of collective bargaining agreements, labor relations, litigation on labor relations and labor standards issues, labor law and rights education and training), Property (acquisitions, land registration, agrarian law) and Special Projects (immigration, citizenship, wills, settlement of estates, mortgages).
In January 2004 up to present, he's a private prosecutor of Criminal Case No. Q-01-101102-12 entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Panfilo M. Lacson, et al." for murder
In April 2001 to September 2007, he was a private prosecutor of Criminal Case No. 26558 entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Joseph Ejercito Estrada, et al." for plunder.
In May 2010 Presidential Elections, Atty. Lim was part of the Legal/Anti-Fraud Group/Quick Reaction Team, Aquino-Roxas Bantay Balota. His works includes:
- Prepared legal opinions and gave counsel on issues such as disqualifications of candidates, lawful campaigning and campaign paraphernalia under the Omnibus Election Code and related laws.
- Conducted trainings, seminars and symposia to volunteers and supporters on Republic Act No. 8436 on automated elections, Republic Act No. 9006, the Fair Elections Act of 2001 and fraud detection in an automated elections situation all over the Philippines.
- Attended hearings before the Joint Oversight Committee on Automated Elections where problems of automated elections and its preparations have been taken up.
- Attended hearings before the Commission on Elections on the issue of the dominant minority party and inspection of various sites for the PCOS machine configuration and printing of ballots.
- Prepared contingency measures in the event a "no elections” scenario is proposed by the Commission on Elections.
- Prepared legal opinions and gave counsel on issues such as citizenship, qualifications and disqualifications of candidates, lawful campaigning and campaign paraphernalia under the Omnibus Election Code and related laws.
- Conducted trainings, seminars and symposia to volunteers and supporters on Republic Act No. 8436 on automated elections, Republic Act No. 9006, the Fair Elections Act of 2001 and fraud detection in an automated elections situation.
- Acted as liaison for the candidate in compliance with reportorial requirements with the Commission on Elections and Bureau of Internal Revenue.
- Acted as counsel in representation of the candidate in exclusion case before the regular courts and disqualification case before the Commission on Elections.
- Acted as counsel in protest case before the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
In April 4, 2011, Atty. Lim was appointed as the commissioner of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the Philippines. He was surprised when he was chosen to be in a higher ranking position in the government. He didn't expect it. It just happened that he had experiences during the 2010 election and had an intense qualifications to be chosen in the position. - https://www.affordablecebu.com/