Full Professor of Laws at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2004;

Doctor of Laws from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 1990;

Master of Laws from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 1985;

Professor of undergraduate, specialization, masters and doctorate courses at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo;

Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, England, United Kingdom;

Visiting Scholar at the Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal;

Who’s Who in The World, Thirty-third Edition, The Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board;

Member of Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual (IBDP), Director of International Relations;

Member of Instituto Ibero-Americano de Direito Processual (IIDP);

Member of Instituto Panamericano de Derecho Procesal (IPDP);

Member of International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL);

Honorary Member of Associazione italiana fra gli studiosi del processo civile;

Member of Instituto Português de Processo Civil (IPPC);

Honorary Member of Instituto Paranaense de Direito Processual (IPDP);

Member of Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo (AASP);

Member of Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (IBDFam);

Member of Academia Paranaense de Letras Jurídicas (APLJ);

Member of Instituto dos Advogados do Paraná (IAPPR);

Member of Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo (IASP);

Member of Academia Paulista de Direito (APD);

Distinguished Member of Academia Brasileira de Direito Processual (ABDPC);

Teaching Member of Academia Brasileira de Direito Constitucional (ABDConst);

Member of Conselho Científico do Instituto de Direito Romeu Felipe Bacellar;

Member of the Advisory Council of Câmara de Arbitragem e Mediação da Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Paraná (CAMFIEP);

International Consultant of ALI/Unidroit Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure (ALI/UNIDROIT);

Coordinator of Revista de Processo (RePro), Editora Revista dos Tribunais;

Rapporteuse of the committee in charge of drafting a Bill of Law for a new Brazilian Civil Procedure Code, appointed in 2009 by the President of the Senate.