Lorna Kapunan

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Lorna Kapunan
Lorna Kapunan at Senate Hearing (cropped).jpg
Kapunan at Senate hearing, 2024
Leader of the Aksyon Demokratiko
In office
2016
Alma mater University of the Philippines
OccupationLawyer, politician
Awards
  • Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service (TOWNS) awardee

Lorna Taaca Pantajo-Kapunan (born April 1, 1952) is a Filipino lawyer, radio host, and columnist.

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Personal life

Kapunan is daughter of retired Supreme Court Justice Lino M. Patanjo and Cristeta Taaca Pantajo. [1]

Education

Kapunan studied political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and later on its law school. [1]

She also had seminar courses in Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII) Tokyo (1997); National Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo Italy (September 2005); Summer Course International Humanitarian Law, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, London UK (July 2010). [1]

One of her notable clients were basketball superstar James Yap, when Yap has issues on his anullment case and rights of visiting his son Bimby. Also, some of her notable clients including Hayden Kho, Rhian Ramos, and controversial "Pork Barrell" queen Janet Lim-Napoles. [2] [3]

Kapunan worked as a lawyer on ACCRA in 1986. [1]

Senior Partner of the Kapunan Lotilla Garcia & Castillo Law Offices from 2009 until 2011. [1]

She founded in 2011 the Kapunan Garcia & Castillo Law Offices. [1] That time, she was already known as an expert for litigation on licensing law, franchising, corporate and commercial law, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, international humanitarian law, family law, estate law and succession and entertainment law. [1]

In 2016, she was named by Filipina Women's Network as one of the 100 most influential Filipino women. [4]

In August 15, 2024, in a Senate hearing, Senator Robin Padilla asked Kapunan, what husbands should do if they are "in the mood" and their wives are not. [5] Some of his remarks, such as husbands having 'sexual rights' over their wives, earned widespread backlash. [6] [7] Following this, Padilla apologized, describing his remarks as "hypothetical". [8]

Commentary and columns

She is a weekly columnist of Business Mirror (Legally Speaking) and has a weekly advocacy program at DWIZ "Laban Para Sa Karapatan" (Fight For Your Rights). [1] [2]

Writing in BusinessMirror about an issue on the existence of the national motto Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa, she expressed surprise at the existence of a national motto because she had not seen it in use anywhere. She continues on to write that the government should mandate that it be displayed prominently in government offices as a reminder of officials' civic duty. [9]

Political career

In 1998 and 2004 presidential elections, Kapunan worked with her law partner Senator Raul Roco's campaign. [10]

In 2016, Kapunan was picked by Grace Poe's Partido Galing at Puso, and ran under Aksyon Demokratiko, for a senate seat, [11] but lost. [10] [12]

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