Graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 1980     Master in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 1985     Ph.D degree in  Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 1990     Post Ph.D degree in Law by Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 2004     Professor of the graduation, postgraduate, master’s and Ph.D degree Course at the Pontifical Catholic University de São Paulo, São Paulo     Professor in the Master of Law Course at University of Paraná ( UNIPAR), Paraná     Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University, England,  United Kingdom     Member of the Brazilian Institute of Civil Procedural Law (IBDP), President     Member of the Iberoamerican Institute of Procedural Law     Member of the Brazilian Institute of Family Law     Member of the Pan American Institute of Procedural Law     Member of the International Association of Procedural Law ( IAPL)     Member of the IBA ( International Bar Association)     Rapporteur of the committee in charge of drafting the Bill for a new Brazilian  Civil Procedural Code