International Development Group Advisory Services
International Consultant in International Arbitration · United States
Consultancy in international arbitration law and strategic legal planning, August–December 2020.
Attorney · Scholar · Former Judge
A career at the intersection of constitutional law, administrative justice, international law, and public institutions—across Venezuela, the United States, and Europe.
Profile
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.
Selected appointments
Professional experience
International Consultant in International Arbitration · United States
Consultancy in international arbitration law and strategic legal planning, August–December 2020.
Partner · Caracas
Administrative and constitutional litigation and Latin American legal matters.
Partner and Legal Director · Caracas
Venezuelan Partner; Of Counsel, Miami office
International legal consultant.
International Partner · Caracas; Of Counsel · Miami
Administrative and Constitutional Litigation Department.
First Substitute Justice, Political-Administrative Chamber · Caracas
Judge · Caracas
Assistant Attorney, Political and Administrative Chamber · Caracas
Executive Secretary and General Director, National Central Planning Office
Member of the Public Administration Committee.
Partner · Caracas
Associate · Caracas
Constitutional and administrative law litigation.
Academic experience
Law Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science · Caracas, Venezuela.
Visiting Scholar and researcher; invited professor in International Human Rights Protection lectures.
Professor in Political and Constitutional Changes, Doctoral Program in Political Science and Law.
Visiting Scholar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies; research in socio-legal studies of Latin America.
Advisory Board, Online LL.M. Program for Non-U.S. Attorneys.
Adjunct Professor, Comparative Administrative Law.
Visiting Scholar under a Fulbright Scholarship; comparative constitutional and administrative law research.
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.
Education
LL.M. in International Law
Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (Master equivalent); French Government scholarship
Major in Political and Administrative Studies
Attorney (Juris Doctor equivalent)
Publications
Editorial Jurídica Venezolana Internacional, Colección Estudios Jurídicos No. 159, Caracas, 2024.
Lesa Humanidad y Derechos Humanos, Colombia y Venezuela, Grupo Editorial Ibáñez, Bogotá, Colombia, 2023.
Francia, Alemania (Administrative Law and Separation of Powers: USA, France, and Germany), Editorial Paredes, Caracas, 2012.
McGraw-Hill, Caracas, 1998.
Editorial Jurídica Venezolana, Caracas, 1990.
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