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| Octavio de Lazari Junior | |
|---|---|
| Name | Octavio de Lazari Junior |
| Birth date | 1957 |
| Birth place | São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Jurist; Judge; Author |
| Office | President, Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros (AMAB) |
| Alma mater | Universidade de São Paulo; Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul |
Octavio de Lazari Junior is a Brazilian jurist and judge who served on the Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo and led the Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros. He is noted for contributions to civil procedure, commercial law, and judicial administration, and for academic work linking Brazilian jurisprudence with comparative law traditions. His career intersects with major Brazilian institutions, higher education, and civic organizations.
Born in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Lazari completed legal studies at the Universidade de São Paulo and pursued graduate work at the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. He undertook specialization courses and participated in programs at the Escola Paulista de Magistratura, the Fundação Getulio Vargas, and international seminars associated with the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace and the International Bar Association. During his early professional formation he engaged with the Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo academic circles, the Conselho Nacional de Justiça, and research networks connected to the Academia Brasileira de Letras Jurídicas.
Lazari rose through the Brazilian judiciary beginning as a judge in state courts and advancing to the appellate courts of São Paulo. His tenure involved adjudication in civil, commercial, and corporate disputes interacting with precedents from the Superior Tribunal de Justiça, the Supremo Tribunal Federal, and regional jurisprudence influenced by the Code of Civil Procedure (Brazil) reforms. He presided over panels that considered matters touching on the Banco Central do Brasil regulatory environment, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários-related litigation, and disputes implicating the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica jurisprudence. Lazari collaborated with administrative bodies including the Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo, the Defensoria Pública da União, and state prosecutorial offices in developing procedural practices.
As president of the Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros (AMAB), Lazari represented magistrates in dialogues with the Conselho Nacional de Justiça, the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, and legislative committees in the Câmara dos Deputados (Brazil). His leadership involved engagement with professional associations such as the Associação dos Magistrados Estaduais do Brasil, interaction with international organizations including the International Commission of Jurists and the Latin American Council of Magistrates, and advocacy before the Presidência da República (Brazil). Under his presidency AMAB hosted conferences with participation from the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, the Associação Brasileira de Imprensa, and academic delegations from the Universidade de Coimbra and the Harvard Law School.
Lazari authored decisions and dissents that addressed corporate litigation invoking rules from the Código Civil (Brazil) and procedural standards set by the Novo Código de Processo Civil (2015). His opinions referenced doctrines from the Superior Tribunal de Justiça and distinctions emerging from landmark cases before the Supremo Tribunal Federal; they resonated in subsequent rulings by state and federal courts. Cases under his purview involved parties such as Petrobras, Itaú Unibanco, and Vale S.A. in matters of contracts, torts, and fiduciary duties, and influenced judicial practice in commercial arbitration frameworks aligned with the Câmara de Arbitragem Empresarial — Brasil (CAMARB) and the Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação da Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá (CAM-CCBC).
Lazari authored books, articles, and essays on civil procedure, arbitration, and judicial ethics published through Brazilian presses and law reviews associated with the Universidade de São Paulo, the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, and the Revista dos Tribunais. He contributed chapters to edited volumes alongside scholars from the Fundação Getulio Vargas and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and presented papers at conferences hosted by the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace and the American Society of Comparative Law. His academic output addressed intersections of Brazilian civil code doctrine with comparative references to the Código de Processo Civil português and United States procedural scholarship from institutions like the Yale Law School and the Columbia Law School.
Throughout his career Lazari received recognition from judicial and academic institutions including distinctions from the Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, honorary commendations from the Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, and awards from professional bodies such as the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil regional sections. He was invited as a visiting lecturer at the Universidade de Salamanca and received acknowledgments from the Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo and civil society organizations active in legal reform.
Lazari is associated with civic engagement in São Paulo legal circles and mentorship programs involving the Escola da Magistratura do Estado de São Paulo and youth outreach initiatives connected to the Prefeitura de São Paulo. His legacy persists in jurisprudential citations across decisions of the Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, influence on bar association practice, and continued citations in law reviews from the Universidade de Brasília and other Brazilian law faculties. He is remembered in professional networks including the Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros and comparative law forums spanning Latin American and European judicial communities.
Category:Brazilian judges Category:1957 births Category:People from São Paulo (state)