Regional Federal Courts

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The Regional Federal Courts (in Portuguese, Tribunais Regionais Federais, commonly called TRFs) are the appellate courts of Brazil's federal court system. There are currently five Regional Federal Courts, one to each geographically defined Federal Justice region. They are composed primarily by career judges, promoted alternatively between seniority and merit. The Brazilian constitution mandates that a fifth of the members should be lawyers and public prosecutors, chosen in an alternate manner.

Federal Justice regions

Brazilian Federal Justice is divided nationally into five geographically defined regions, each served by an appellate court:

Regional Federal Court of the 1st Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 1^a Região (TRF1)

Regional Federal Court of the 2nd Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 2^a Região (TRF2)

Regional Federal Court of the 3rd Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 3^a Região (TRF3)

Regional Federal Court of the 4th Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 4^a Região (TRF4)

Seated in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, this appellate court covers the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.

Regional Federal Court of the 5th Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 5^a Região (TRF5)

References

Regional Federal Courts Wikipedia

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