Graduated in Law from the State University of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, 1977     Master in Social Relations Law by the State University of Londrina, Paraná, 1989     Ph.D degree in Civil Procedural Law by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 1996     Professor of Civil Procedural Law at  University of Paraná - UNIPAR (Civil Procedural Law and Citizenship) and at especialization course of Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo     Professor at Romeu Felipe Bacellar Law Institute, Curitiba     Member of the Brazilian Civil Law Procedural Institute     Member of the Iberoamerican Institute of Procedural Law     Member of the Pan American Institute of Procedural Law     International consultant to the American Law Institute's "Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure" project, Philadelphia, United States of America