Attorney · Scholar · Former Judge

Humberto
Briceño León

A career at the intersection of constitutional law, administrative justice, international law, and public institutions—across Venezuela, the United States, and Europe.

Four decades devoted to public law and legal institutions.

Humberto Briceño León is a Venezuelan attorney, former judge, professor, scholar, and international legal consultant. His work spans constitutional and administrative litigation, comparative public law, Political Science, human rights, and international arbitration.

His career includes judicial service in Venezuela, partnerships at international and Venezuelan law firms, and academic appointments at Yale, Oxford, Duke, Lewis & Clark, and leading Venezuelan universities.

40+Years in law
5Published books
4Countries of study & scholarship

Selected appointments

Yale Law School•University of Oxford•Duke Law School•Lewis & Clark Law School

Judicial service, public leadership, and international practice.

International Development Group Advisory Services

International Consultant in International Arbitration · United States

Consultancy in international arbitration law and strategic legal planning, August–December 2020.

B.S.A., Law Firm

Partner · Caracas

Administrative and constitutional litigation and Latin American legal matters.

B.D.O. Legal

Partner and Legal Director · Caracas

Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell

Venezuelan Partner; Of Counsel, Miami office

International legal consultant.

Baker & McKenzie

International Partner · Caracas; Of Counsel · Miami

Administrative and Constitutional Litigation Department.

Supreme Tribunal of Justice

First Substitute Justice, Political-Administrative Chamber · Caracas

First National Court of Administrative Judicial Review

Judge · Caracas

Supreme Court of Venezuela

Assistant Attorney, Political and Administrative Chamber · Caracas

Presidency of the Republic of Venezuela

Executive Secretary and General Director, National Central Planning Office

Member of the Public Administration Committee.

Rodríguez, Torres & Fermín Abogados

Partner · Caracas

Baumeister, Domínguez & Brewer

Associate · Caracas

Constitutional and administrative law litigation.

Research and teaching across legal traditions.

1982–2017

Central University of Venezuela

Law Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science · Caracas, Venezuela.

2018–2023

Lewis & Clark Law School

Visiting Scholar and researcher; invited professor in International Human Rights Protection lectures.

2017

Central University of Venezuela

Professor in Political and Constitutional Changes, Doctoral Program in Political Science and Law.

2006–2007

University of Oxford

Visiting Scholar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies; research in socio-legal studies of Latin America.

2001

Nova Southeastern University Law Center

Advisory Board, Online LL.M. Program for Non-U.S. Attorneys.

1992–1993

Duke Law School

Adjunct Professor, Comparative Administrative Law.

1990

Yale Law School

Visiting Scholar under a Fulbright Scholarship; comparative constitutional and administrative law research.

Venezuelan academic institutions and journals

Researcher at the Public Law Institute and professor of State, Constitutional Theory, Constitutional Law, and Administrative Law at Universidad Central de Venezuela, Universidad de Los Andes–Mérida, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Universidad Católica del Táchira, Escuela de Formación de Oficiales de las Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperación, and Universidad Monteávila, 1982–2017.

Editorial Board, Revista de Estudios Políticos, 1980–1981; Advisory Committee, Revista de Derecho Público, 1991–2026; Editorial Board, Revista de Derecho Administrativo, 1997–1999.

Legal and political studies in the Americas and Europe.

July 2021 · Coral Gables

University of Miami School of Law

LL.M. in International Law

1979 · Paris

Institute of Political Studies

Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (Master equivalent); French Government scholarship

1978 · Caracas

Central University of Venezuela

Major in Political and Administrative Studies

1977 · Caracas

Andrés Bello Catholic University Law School

Attorney (Juris Doctor equivalent)

Books, scholarship, and public commentary.

2024

El Impuesto Municipal sobre la Actividad Económica

Editorial Jurídica Venezolana Internacional, Colección Estudios Jurídicos No. 159, Caracas, 2024.

2023

Tres Cortes Internacionales Tres Causas

Lesa Humanidad y Derechos Humanos, Colombia y Venezuela, Grupo Editorial Ibáñez, Bogotá, Colombia, 2023.

2012

Derecho Administrativo y Separación de Poderes

Francia, Alemania (Administrative Law and Separation of Powers: USA, France, and Germany), Editorial Paredes, Caracas, 2012.

1998

El Impuesto Municipal de Patente de Industria y Comercio en Venezuela

McGraw-Hill, Caracas, 1998.

1990

La Acción de Inconstitucionalidad en Venezuela

Editorial Jurídica Venezolana, Caracas, 1990.

Monographs and essays in English

Monographs and essays in Spanish30 works
Newspaper columnsEl Nacional & Charleston Mercury

For professional and academic inquiries.

hbricenoleon@gmail.com ↗

+1 971 325 3572