Professional experience

Flavio Portinho Sirangelo began his professional career as a corporate lawyer in Porto Alegre from 1977 to 1987, mainly by counseling companies in labor law related cases. In 1985, he became a federal attorney in the Federal Attorney’s Office for Labor Relations (Ministério Público do Trabalho), after approval through a public selection process.

From 1987, he sat as Appellate Judge in the Federal Labor Court of Appeals (Porto Alegre, Brazil) for nearly 28 years, until retirement in August 2015.

He was the Court’s Chief Judge in the years 1998/1999. Judge Sirangelo was a co-founder and the first Director of the Court’s Judicial Training Center (2006/2010). He was also a Visiting Justice at the Brazilian Labor Supreme Court (“Tribunal Superior do Trabalho”), Brasília, in the years 2010/2012.

He was also a Member of the Brazilian National Judicial Conference (“Conselho Nacional de Justiça) in Brasilia in the years 2013/2015. After retirement in the judicial public service in August 2015, he resumed the law profession as an attorney and joined the offices of Souto Correa Advogados Associados in September/2016, where he works as a senior counsel.

 

Education

• • LL.B. Bachelor of Laws (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 1977);
• Fulbright Fellow – Hubert H. Humphrey Program – American University – Washington, DC, 2001/2002;
• Visiting Judicial Fellow – Federal Judicial Center. Washington, DC. 2002-2003;
• LL.M (Master of Laws) – American University, Washington College of Law. Washington, DC, 2003.

 

Publications

• “Managing appeals in overloaded courts: a tale of two systems.” (Gerenciando processos de apelação em tribunais sobrecarregados: um conto de dois sistemas). SIRANGELO, Flavio Portinho. Registro Bibliográfico: 76727. Localização: M 340.5(73:81):347.956 S619m 2002. Biblioteca do TRT da 4ª Região;
• “Perspectives of judicial performance in Brazil: a study and suggestions for institutional improvement.” Washington, DC: [s.n.], 2002. 29 p. (Perspectivas sobre o Desempenho da Justiça no Brasil: Estudo e Sugestões para o Melhoramento Institucional) – American University, Washington, Maio de 2002). SIRANGELO, Flavio Portinho. Registro Bibliográfico: 76728. Localização: M 347.97.001.7(81) S619p 2002. Biblioteca do TRT da 4ª Região;
• “The selection process for the U.S. judges : reconciling politics and judicial effectiveness.” (O processo de seleção dos juízes dos EUA: o equilíbrio entre a política e a efetividade judicial.) SIRANGELO, Flavio Portinho. Registro Bibliográfico: 76729. Localização: M 347.962.2(73) S619s 2002. Biblioteca do TRT da 4ª Região;
• “Labor law and the crisis of the “total employment” model : making the case for re-regulation”. (O direito do trabalho e a crise do modelo único de emprego: defendendo a re-regulação.) SIRANGELO, Flavio Portinho. Registro Bibliográfico: 76730. Localização: M 347.97.001.7(81) S619p 2002. Biblioteca do TRT da 4ª Região;
• “The role of the justice sector for the realization of social and economic rights.” (O papel do sistema de justiça na concretização dos direitos econômicos e sociais.). SIRANGELO, Flavio Portinho. Washington, DC: [s.n.], 2002. 14 p. Registro Bibliográfico: 76732. Localização: M 342.734:347.99 S619r 2002. Biblioteca do TRT da 4ª Região.