Humberto Briceno Leon has extensive and recognized academic experience as a visiting professor, researcher, and lecturer at prestigious law schools in Venezuela, Europe, and the United States. Those academic centers include Yale Law School, Duke Law School, the Center for Socio-legal Studies University of Oxford, Universite Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, the Central University of Venezuela, the Andres Bello Catholic University, and Monteavila University. In 2018, he joined Lewis & Clark Law School as an international visiting scholar. He obtained his Law degree in Caracas from the Andrés Bello Catholic University, a Major in Political and Administrative Sciences from the Central University of Venezuela, a Diploma D'Etudes Approfondies (Master's degree) from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, and a Master in International Law from the University of Miami School of Law. He served in Venezuela as a Judge in the First Administrative Litigation Court and as the first substitute Justice in the Political-Administrative Chamber at the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice. He has been a professor and researcher in legal and political sciences for 40 years in Constitutional Theory, Theory of the State, Constitutional Law, International Law, and Administrative Law. He has published several books, including Administrative Law and Separation of Powers, United States, France, and Germany, and more than 40 monographs in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Spain, and the United States.

International Development Group Advisory Services, IDG, United States.

International Consultant in International Arbitration, Aug-Dec 2020

Provided consultancy services in international arbitration law and strategic legal planning. 

B.S.A, Caracas, Venezuela

Partner, 2011–2018

Responsible for Administrative and Constitutional Litigation and Latin American legal issues.

B.D.O. Legal, Caracas, Venezuela

Partner, 2008 – 2011

Legal director.

Ruden, Mcclosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, Caracas, Venezuela; Miami, Florida 

Venezuelan’s Partner, 2003–2005

International legal consultant in regulatory and international business, Latin America.  

Of-Counsel - Miami office

International legal consultant in regulatory and international business, Latin America.

Baker & McKenzie, Caracas, Venezuela.

International Partner, 1993 - 2002

Responsible for the Administrative and Constitutional Litigation Department. 

Of Counsel - Miami office

International Business Transaction, Latin America.

Supreme Tribunal of Justice, first substitute Justice, Political-Administrative Chamber, 2000-2003

First National Court of Administrative Judicial Review, Caracas, Venezuela

Judge, 1988-1992

Supreme Court of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.

Assistant Attorney, Political and Administrative Chamber, 1986-1988

Presidency of Republic of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Served in the Public Administration Committee, Executive Secretary, and General Director of the National Central Planning Office, 1985-1986

Rodríguez, Torres & Fermín Abogados, Caracas, Venezuela

Partner, 1982 – 1985

General Law practices.

Baumeister, Domínguez & Brewer, Caracas, Venezuela

Associate, 1981 – 1982

Provided legal advice in matters regarding constitutional and administrative law litigation. 

Venezuelan Academies Institutions and Journals

Researcher at the Public Law Institute, Professor of State and Constitutional Theory, Constitutional and Administrative Law: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Universidad de Los Andes-Mérida, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Universidad Católica del Tachira, Escuela de Formación de Oficiales de las Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperación, and Universidad Monteavila, 1982-2017; Revista de Estudios Politicos, Numbers 0 y 1, Editorial Jurídica Venezolana, editorial board, 1980-1981; Revista de Derecho Público, Editorial Jurídica Venezolana, advisory committee, 1991-2024; Revista de Derecho Administrativo, Editorial Sherwood, editorial board, 1997-1999.