PhD in Procedural Law from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG). Assistant professor of Civil Procedural Law at FGV Rio Law. Professor emeritus and coordinator of Civil Procedural Law at Escola da Magistratura do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (EMERJ). Founding Member and President of the Instituto Carioca de Processo Civil (ICPC). Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual (IBDP). Member of the Instituto Ibero Americano de Direito Processual (IIDP). Member of the International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL). Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos sobre Responsabilidade Civil (IBERC). Honorary Member of the Associação Brasiliense de Direito Processual Civil (ABPC). Honorary Member of the Associação Norte-Nordeste de Professores de Processo (ANNEP). Honorary Member of the Instituto dos Advogados Brasileiros (IAB). Honorary Member of the Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (CBAr). Member of the Commission of Jurists that assisted the House of Representatives on the analysis of the Maria da Penha Law. Member of the Commission of Jurists that assisted the House of Representatives on the analysis of the 2015 Code of Civil Procedure project. Appellate Judge.