Bachelor of Law through Universidade do Estado da Guanabara in 1966. Lawyer, always in the civil area, from July 1967 until March 1989, when he became a Federal Judge in the Federal Court of Appeals of the 2nd Region (TRJ 2), with jurisdiction in the States of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo. He joined the first composition of this Court of Justice, which was created by the Charter of October 1988, and therefore participating in its establishment. As a lawyer, he was an alternate member of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law from January 1975 to September 1978, participating in several working group meetings on the international freight trade in New York and Geneva.
Member of the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers, which he presided for the biennium 1980/1982, in addition to being elected Official Speaker-Director for the biennium 1988/1990. He joined the Standing Committee of the Office of Admissions for the biennium 1982/1984, then chaired by the Professor and Dean of the defunct State University of Guanabara, Caius Tacitus Viana Sá Pereira de Vasconcelos.
Director of OAB / RJ for the biennia 1981/1983 and 1984/1985. During this period, he joined the 3rd Ethics and Disciplinary Commission and the Human Rights and Legal Aid Commission, acting as Vice-President of the latter. As representative of the OAB / RJ, he also joined the 5th Competitive Examination Commission for Prosecutor careers in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Between 1983 and 1990, he was part of the faculty of the Institute of Public Law and Political Science at Fundação Getulio Vargas, under the guidance of Professors Arinos Afonso de Mello Franco and Miguel Gonçalves Ulhoa Cintra.
Judge, in the capacity of legal expert, of the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro for the biennium 1988/1990. He took office as Judge of the Federal TRF of the 2nd Region on 03/30/1989, starting his career as Magistrate. Chaired the 4th Panel of that Court until he was elected Magistrate of the Federal Court in the 2nd. Region from 11.11.1998 to 05.04.2001. Vice-President of the TRF of the 2nd Region and Deputy Member of the Board of the Federal Court for the biennium 2003/2005. President of the TRF of the 2nd Region and Member of the Board of the Federal Court for the biennium 2005/2007. Also took part in and presided the 6th Specialized Panel and 3rd Specialized Section of the TRF of the 2nd Region as Federal Judge. Member of the Working Group to define the guidelines for the creation of the National School for the Development and Improvement of Magistrates-ENFAM, coordinated by the President of the STJ. Member of the Standing Committee for the Internal Regulations of the TRF of the 2nd Region, serving as its President for 3 successive biennia. Member of the examination boards of the TRF of the 2nd Region for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th competitive examinations for federal deputy judge in the region.
Brazilian Federal Judge invited to attend the “International Patent Judges Conference” in Washington, October 1995, at the invitation of the U.S. Federal Court based in that capital. Member of the Regional Electoral Tribunal of RJ, elected by the TRF of the 2nd Region for the biennium 1998/2000, when he chaired the TRE’s Electoral Commission Board for the general elections of 1998. Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Association of Brazilian Magistrates.
Languages: Portuguese and English