Doctor in Procedural Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais – PUC-MG). Assistant professor of Civil Procedural Law at Rio de Janeiro Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas. Professor emeritus and coordinator of Civil Procedural Law at Escola da Magistratura do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro School of Magistrates – EMERJ). Founding member and President of Instituto Carioca de Processo Civil (ICPC). Member of Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual (IBDP). Member of Instituto Ibero Americano de Direito Processual (IIDP). Member of the International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL). Member of Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos sobre Responsabilidade Civil (IBERC). Honorary member of Associação Brasiliense de Direito Processual Civil (ABPC). Honorary member of Associação Norte-Nordeste de Professores de Processo (ANNEP). Honorary member of Instituto dos Advogados Brasileiros (IAB). Honorary member of 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 at the Court of Appeals of the State of Rio de Janeiro, by Quinto Constitucional (Constitutional Fifth).