EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, (NYU) New York, NY
Master of Laws in Comparative Jurisprudence (LL.M.), May, 1994
Honors: Assistant Editor of the Journal of International Law
And Politics (JILP) of NYU
Hamline University (Minnesota, EUA), Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language (MATESOL), September 2018 -
Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários, (IBET) Brasília/DF, Brasil, postgraduate degree in tax law: Specialist in Tax Law, 2017
Thesis: Unconstitutionality of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in Brazil, International Tax Law and Bank Secrecy: a Legal Analysis
Universidade Mackenzie, Faculdade de Direito, São Paulo, SP
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B): January, 1992
Frankenmuth School District, Frankenmuth, Michigan, 1971-
1984
Honors: National Honor Role Society Member; Math-Science
Distinguished Graduate
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Universidade Brasília School of Law: Brasília/DF
Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law
Date: August, 2009-210
MCJ – MASON COMPARATIVE JURISPRUDENCE COURSE: Brasília/DF
Founder and Professor: American Law course, in English, using the case law method of teaching: 2003 to present.
Client sample: Supreme Court Justices, Attorney-General, Federal and state prosecutors, state and federal judges, attorneys.
Natural Language Institute: Brasília/DF
ESL Teacher
Date: March, 2010 to October 2013
English Language Consultant of FTD Publishing House - São Paulo, SP
Date: 1998 to 2000
Revision of a Portuguese/English Dictionary, by Israel Jelim; FTD publishing house; 1999 to 2000
English revision of various books and publications of FTD, as well as recordings of various tapes, in English, that accompany their books; 1997 to 2000
Private English Instructor, 1984 to present
Multinational corporations, individuals
United Nations, United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) - Geneva, Switzerland
Intern: Responsibilities included drafting reports, in English, aimed at helping developing countries restructure their legal systems
Date: June-August, 1994
Various Legal Translations for law firms, 1995 to present
Dialogus, Assessoria e Treinamento de Línguas Estrangeiras
English Instructor: 1992-1994 and 1996-1998
Client sample: Price Waterhouse, Quaker
Berlitz Language School, 1984-1988
São Paulo, Brazil
English instructor
PUBLICATIONS
Hegemonia Americana e a Imposição da Democracia, in Revista do Mestrado em Direito da Universidade de Brasília, em 2008
Paraísos Fiscais e Concorrência Fiscal, in Revista do Mestrado em Direito da Universidade de Brasília, em 2008
Brazil’s New Concession Law: A Welcome Legislative Effort for the Private Electric Industry, in Latin American Law & Business Report, Co-author: Stuart Sutherland, March 1995
Brazil’s Next Steps Toward Independent Power, in Latin American Law & Business Report, Co-author: Stuart Sutherland, September, 1995
MISCELLANEOUS
Interpreter in a criminal hearing in Brasília
Date: September, 2002
Simultaneous translation (Portuguese/English/Portuguese), personally requested by Law Professor Damásio E. de Jesus, renowned jurist, in an International Panel about Criminal Abolitionism.
Place: Complexo Jurídico Damásio de Jesus
Date: November 18,1997
Audience: 200 guests, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers, law students and foreign dignitaries
Panel members: Prof. Damásio E. de Jesus (coordinator), Prof. Louk Hulsman, Prof. Luís Flávio Gomes, Prof. Sérgio Salomão Shecaira and Prof. Marcos Roberto Alexander
Translation into English of the article Brasil: Porte Ilegal de Arma De Fogo É Crime Punido, No Mínimo, Com Um Ano de Prisão, by Professor Damásio E. de Jesus. Served as a base for future debates that took place in the Complexo; sponsored by the UN Latin America Division of Arms Control.
Date: 1997
Revision of the translation into English of the legal opinion of Professor Damásio E. de Jesus regarding the murder of the Pataxó Indian Galdino Jesus dos Santos, in Brasília.
Guest Speaker at Alumni School
Theme: “Legal Education for a Changing Profession”
Date: August 1998 and 1999
Audience: 50 guests
Public Speaking Course, Edmar Clei, Av. Paulista, 1159
Date: June, 1999
Lecturer at Universidade Brasília, for students and professors of English, Portuguese, and law
Title: Aspects of legal translations
Date: June 20, 2006
Scholarship recipient: Leadership Potential Scholarship: Hamline University; Master in Arts of Teaching English as a Second Language (MATESOL)
Date: September, 2018
Triple Nationality: American/Brazilian/Italian
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