Marcus Antônio Neves Pereira

Consulting attorney at the firm in the areas of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. He is a retired Police Chief of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro and a full member of the Constitutional Law examining board for the competitive examination for Police Chief. He served as Director of the General Department of Technical and Scientific Police (2009), Director of the Division of Arrests and Interstate Police — Polinter (2008), and Professor at the Civil Police Academy (2007). He is currently assigned to Guanabara Palace, within the Secretariat of Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, where he serves as a Full Member of the Joint Appeals Commission.

Education

He completed postdoctoral studies in Political Philosophy at the State University of Rio de Janeiro — UERJ — and also completed postdoctoral studies in Law at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He holds a Doctorate in Legal and Social Sciences from Universidad del Museo Social Argentino and a Master’s degree in Law from Universidade Estácio de Sá. He also holds postgraduate qualifications in Philosophy from Universidade Gama Filho and in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro — PUC-Rio — and, finally, a Bachelor of Laws degree from Faculdade Brasileira de Ciências Jurídicas.

Association

• Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Section.