Board

• Dr. Cleverson Marinho Teixeira
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 2.555; Bachelor of Laws (with the class that marked the 50th anniversary of the Federal University of Paraná - 1962); President of the Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship of the Brazilian Bar Association / PR; Judicial consultant for the Commercial Association of Paraná, and for the Federation of Industry of Paraná; Member of the Institute of Lawyers and Attorneys of Paraná. Positions held: Assistant of Banestado Bank’s Board of Directors, having been Cabinet Chief and Coordinator of the Planning Department (1973 - 1974); Federal Deputy (1975 - 1979); Superintendent of the Social Security Institute of Paraná (1979 – 1982); Attorney of Banestado Bank’s Real Estate Credit Department (1982 - 1989); Superintendent of CENDI – Industrial Development Center of Paraná (1986); Member of the City Board of Tax Payers (1992 – 1995); Member of the State Board of Labor (1994 – 1999); President of the Chamber of Arbitration for the Commercial Association of Paraná ARBITAC (2006 - 2007). Other positions and publications: Evaluator of the Family Law section for Brazil’s new Civil Code at the Chamber of Deputies; Evaluator of the Federal, State and City constitutional conventions, especially of the Paraná State one, when he was assistant to its General Rapporteur; Talks and Advice Manual about the Brazilian Consumer Protection Guidelines; Professor of Civil Responsibility in specialization courses at the Pontifical Catholic University and OPET University; Comments on the Code of Taxpayers’ Rights of Paraná, published by the newspaper Indústria & Comércio,   with the support of FECOMÉRCIO/PR, SESC and SENAC.

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  Dr. Marcelo de Souza Teixeira
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 19.406; Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná; Member of the Commission for Administrative Tax Law Appeal (former City Board of Tax Payers, from 1998 to 2004); Coordinated and drafted judicial comments on the Code of Taxpayers’ Rights of Paraná, published by the  newspaper Indústria & Comércio, with the support of FECOMÉRCIO/PR, SESC and SENAC; Member of CONCEX – Council of Foreign Commerce of the Paraná State Commercial Association; Experienced in lawsuits and consultancy in several areas, mainly in matters involving free initiative and indemnity, and from the particular point of view of entrepreneurial, consumer, obligations and port law.

  
  
  
• Dra. Caroline Teixeira Mendes
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 36.495; Currently doing her M.A. degree in State Law at the Federal University of Paraná; Post-graduated in Tax Law from Curitiba Integrated Faculties; Bachelor of Laws from Curitiba Integrated Faculties; Member of the Commission for Administrative Tax Law Appeal (former City Board of Tax Payers, from  2004 to 2008); Coordinated and drafted judicial comments on the Code of Taxpayers’ Rights of Paraná, published by the  newspaper Indústria & Comércio, with the support of FECOMÉRCIO/PR, SESC and SENAC; Acts as attorney as well as lawyer, focusing on tax, administrative and environmental law, especially in   matters involving G.M.O.; Has experience in public bids.

Lawyers and attorneys

• Dra. Andrea Moraes Sarmento
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 28.407; Post-graduated in Contract Law from UNICENP; Bachelor of Laws from Curitiba Integrated Faculties; Acts as attorney as well as lawyer, focusing on civil, commercial, contract and consumer law.

  
  
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  Dra. Pryscilla Antunes da Mota Paes
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 36.727; Post-graduated in Entrepreneurial Law from FAE Business School; Post-graduated in Civil Law from the Romeu Felipe Bacellar Law Institute in 2004; Bachelor of Laws from Curitiba Faculty of Law in 2002; Degree in Business Administration with emphasis on Foreign Trade from Unicenp in 2001; Acts both as a lawyer and as an attorney, focusing on civil law (entrepreneurial and commercial) and  consumer law.

• Dra. Patrícia de Andrade Atherino Veiga
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 50.783; Bachelor of Laws from the Positivo University on December 2008; Post-graduated in Management of Corporate Law on the FAE Business School; Acts both as a lawyer and as an attorney, focusing on consumer law, more specifically acting in defense of suppliers, banking law and contract.

• Dr. Fabio Santos Rodrigues
  
  

  Brazilian bar Association/ PR 48.519; Bachelor of Laws from Curitiba Faculty of Law in December 2006; Acts both as a lawyer and an attorney with emphasis on consumer rights, specifically in the suppliers´ defense.

  
  
• Dra. Melissa Kirsten Hetka
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 50.167; Bachelor of Laws from Curitiba Faculty of Law in July 2008; Post-graduated in procedural law in the Instituto de Direito Romeu Felipe Bacellar; Acts as an attorney in civil litigation area, with emphasis on consumer rights.

  
  
• Dr. Jair Lourenço de Souza Junior
  
  

  Brazilian Bar Association / PR 50.433; Post Graduate in Applied Law by the Fempar (Foundation School from the Public Prosecution of the State of Paraná); Bachelor of Laws from UNIFOZ (Unified Colleges of Foz do Iguaçu); Acts as an attorney in criminal law and in the civil litigation area, with emphasis on consumer rights, specifically in the suppliers´ defense.

• Dr. Vinicius Yudi Aihara
  
  

  Brazilian bar Association/ PR 61.628; Bachelor of Laws from the Positivo University on December 2011; Acts both as a lawyer and an attorney with emphasis on consumer rights, specifically in the supplier's defense; Experience in process of land regularization.

• Dr. Pedro Moreira Villela de Souza
  
  

  Brazilian bar Association/ PR 55.839; Bachelor of Laws from Curitiba Faculty of Law in December 2009; Acts as an attorney in business law, intellectual property, labor law, civil litigation, with emphasis on consumer rights.