Honor President of the “Inter American Bar Association” (IABA – 1998-99); Honor President of the “International Association of Lawyers” (UIA – 2006/7); Former Chairman of the Family Law Section of the “International Association of Lawyers”(UIA); Former Vice-President of the Family Law Section of the “”International Bar Association”” (IBA); Member of the Family Law Section and of the Section of International Law (SIL) of the “American Bar Association” (ABA); Former Executive Council member of the “International Society of Family Law” (ISFL); Professor of Family Law at Cândido Mendes Law School (1973-1998); International Director of the “”Brazilian Institute of Family Law”” (IBDFAM); Family lawyer in practice since 1964. Numerous monographs, books and periodicals involving Family Law.
