Fábio Prieto de Souza

Position

Partner

Area of Expertise

Civil Litigation and Arbitration

Curriculum

Partner on public service leave after his appointment as Secretary of Justice and Citizenship of the State of São Paulo

Attorney and specialized legal opinion writer.
Retired appellate federal judge, was former president and Inspector General of the Regional Federal Court of Appeals of the 3rd Region (“TRF-3”).
Headed the Specialized Division, the Judicial Panels of Public Law (comprising tax, government procurement and contracts, administrative improbity actions), Criminal Law and Expropriation Law and the Judicial Management and Justice Councils of the TRF-3.
Organized and presided over one of the first courts in Brazil specialized in hearing tax enforcement proceedings.
As chief judge of TRF3, set up its specialized panels of criminal law.
Served as member of the Council of Federal Justice (Brasilia, Federal District).
Served as presiding judge at the Regional Electoral Court of São Paulo.
Served as Special Prosecutor in the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of São Paulo.
First place in the “Best Forensic Reasoning Award”, 1989, conferred by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of São Paulo.
Served as vice president of the Advanced Studies Council of the Roberto Simonsen Institute of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP).
Is director of the International Association of Tax Judges since 2016, elected in the General Meeting of Madrid (Spain) and reelected in those of Helsinki (Finland), Cambridge (UK), Ottawa (Canada) and virtually held in 2021.
Member of the Legal Council of the Roberto Simonsen Institute of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP).
Member of the Superior Council of Law of the Federation of Commerce of the State of São Paulo.
Honorary Member of the São Paulo Institute of Lawyers.
Special adviser to the Board of Directors of Colégio Santa Cruz.
Member of the General Assembly of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo (philanthropic health care institution, private and secular and a benchmark for health services in Brazil).
Awarded the Grand Order of Military Merit by the Brazilian Army.
Awarded the Commendation of the Order of Military Merit by the Brazilian Navy.
Awarded the Commendation of the Order of Military Merit by the Brazilian Air Force.
Awarded the “Pedro Chaves Medal” by the São Paulo Court of Appeals.
Awarded the Grand Cross Order of Judiciary Merit by the Regional Labor Appeal Court of the 2nd Region.
Lecturer and speaker.

Language

Portuguese

Phone

(11) 3145-0072

E-mail

fabio.prieto@velloza.com.br