Lawyer and founding partner of Bernardino, Resende E Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL.
Family Mediator (since 2022)
Guest lecturer in Family and Children's Law at the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra (since 2022).
Alternate Social Judge at the Family and Minors Court of Lisbon (since 2021)
Director of Human Resources at Euromiami - Sociedade Imobiliária, Lda (since 2014).
Director of Human Resources at CISF-Consultoria e Soluções Integradas de Investimento e Serviços Financeiros, Lda (since May 2012).
Guest lecturer on the Postgraduate Course in Basic and Advanced Life Support at the Escola Superior de Enfermagem S. Francisco das Misericórdias (2007).
Vice-President of the Board of the General Assembly of the Barlavento Adapted Riding Association (since 2007).
Worked as a Lawyer in the Legal Department of Banco BES Investimento (2001-2006).
Former Insolvency Administrator (1997-2010).
Lawyer (1997 to date).
Areas of Expertise
Family and Children's Law, Labour and Social Security Law, Private Clients
Academic
- Course Family, Children and Youth Law - Key Issues in the Portuguese and Brazilian Systems (2024)
- Postgraduate course in Family Law and Family Mediation at the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon (2021/2022)
- Postgraduate course in Children's Law (1st course) at the Portuguese Catholic University - Faculty of Law (2018/2019).
- Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Labour Law from the Portuguese Catholic University - Faculty of Law (2013).
- Postgraduate in Advanced Studies in Labour Law from the Portuguese Catholic University - Faculty of Law (2012/2013).
- Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Legal Advice from the Instituto Superior de Gestão (1998/1999).
- Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the Lusíada University of Lisbon (1997).
Bibliography and Published Articles
- 2025 – ‘You chose this man!’ A judge in Mafra is ‘terrorising’ mothers in child custody cases– in CNN Portugal
- 2025 - ‘Love will keep us apart’, as in the Joy Division song? It shouldn't, but it can. What the law tells us about romantic relationships at work – in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - Social Security is suspending support for people with disabilities of more than 60 per cent – in TVI Notícia
- 2024 - Life imprisonment for a 14-year-old boy? Father guilty of his son's crimes? Portugal is not the United States – in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - Today we are debating the State of the Nation. And these are the questions the experts would like to see answered – in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - Davide and Leslie came to work for a call centre in Portugal, but ended up being evicted from the rooms they were paying the company for – in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - This is the fundamental article about your holiday allowance - and not just about how much you'll receive – in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - Bullying yes, hate crime no. Lynching of Nepalese child in Lisbon school ‘can go unpunished’ – in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - ‘Labour agreements’ with the CPLP to regulate immigration? Rangel's ‘unfortunate attempt’ to ‘respond’ to Brussels - – in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - Where will Betty go when she's discharged? "It's unusual to return to the place where the violence took place" - in TVI Notícias, Portugal
- 2024 – “They are the same as nudes and are used as "bargaining chips" in online groups. Can a third party intervene when they see photos of children on social media? - in CNN Portugal
- 2024 - "The Superior Interest of the Child must always be placed as the Unique and Fundamental Premise" - in Pontos de Vista Magazine - edition 128.
- 2424 – “Shaken babies: the punishment that brought Santiago, Leonor, Gonçalo and other children between life and death” – in CNN Portugal
- 2023 – “My son is under 16 and uses Whatsapp and social networks. Can I be punished?” - in CNN Portugal
- 2023 – “It's enough to note that even in the case of 'death', Portuguese jurisprudence is far from quantifying values” - in CNN Portugal
- 2023 - “Teacher act like a 15-year-old girl to receive intimate photographs of minors. Modus operandi "is very common"" - in TVI Notícias, Portugal
- 2023 - "What if your underage child turns up at home with a tattoo? Freedom of expression, the consequences, and what the law (doesn't) say in Portugal" - in CNN Portugal
- 2022 - "Even without covid rules, some parents are still being barred from schools. Find out what you can do" - in CNN Portugal
- 2022 - "Eight-year-old boy institutionalised. "The child was already the victim, but now she is the one carrying out the punishment” - in CNN Portugal
- 2020 - "30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child" - in Magazine “Pontos de Vista”.
- 2019 - "Right of children to be heard" - in Magazine “Pontos de Vista”.
- 2017 - "The importance of startups for employment" – In Caderno Comercial of Diário de Notícias.
- 2017 - "The Law of Immigration and Business Mobility" - In Revista Vida Judiciária.
- 2016 - Women in Leadership - "When We Do, We do it well" - in Magazine “Pontos de Vista”.
- 2016 - Applied Business Law, volume II - Procedural law – Publisher Almedina - São Paulo - Brazil.
- 2016 - Lecture – “Teleworking, the future", University of São Paulo.
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2013 - Master Degree Tease - Legal Subordination in Teleworking.
- 2012 - Labor Law and the Weakest Link - In Magazine “Pontos de Vista”.
- 2012 – Changes to Labor Law ...and to mentalities - In Supplement “Qualidade & Inovação”, Publico Newspaper.
