João José Garcia Correia
I. Personal information
Place of birth: Elvas
Date of birth: 1 March 1945
II. Professional information
Law Firm: Correia, Seara, Caldas, Simões e Associados – Sociedade de Advogados RL
- Law degree by the University of Coimbra.
- Member of the Legislation Committee of the Bar Association (triennium 1990/1992).
- (Co-opted) Member of the Lisbon District Council of the Bar Association (triennium 1993/1995)
- Member of the Commission entrusted with the elaboration of the Guidelines of the CPC Reform (1993)
- Member of the two Commissions for the Review of CPC, on behalf of the Bar Association (1993/1994/1995)
- Co-author of the book “Medical Legislation” Annotated (Health Legislation, 1994)
- Member of the General Council of the Bar Association (triennium 1996/1998)
- Member of the Legislation Committee of the Bar Association (triennium 1996/1998)
- Member of the Commission for the Review of the Labour Procedure Code (1998/1999)
- Member of the Legislation Committee of the Bar Association (1998/2001)
- Member of the Commission for the Analysis and Systematization of Labour Legislation (2001/2002)
- 1st Vice-President of the General Council of the Bar Association (triennium 2002/2004)
- Member of the High Council of the Public Prosecution, elected by the Assembly of the Republic (2005/2009)
- Presiding arbitrator of the list of Arbitrators of the Economic and Social Council
- Member of the Commission of the White Book for Labour Relations, appointed by Council of Ministers’ Resolution of 2 November 2006
- Justice Secretary of State of the XVIII Government (from 1 November 2009 to 29 November 2010)
- Coordinator of the Commission for the Review of the Civil Procedure Code (2009/2012)
- Co-author of the Books “Introduction to the Study and Application of the Civil Procedure Code, 2013” and “Legal Regime on the Inventory Procedure”.