Margarita Melanie Escudero León

Practice Areas

Administrative law, public contracts and public bids, constitutional law, municipal tax law, health law, consumer protection, corporate compliance, anti-corruption training, regulatory law, public law, antitrust, protection of constitutional rights, government expropriation and nationalisation.

Career

First Alternate Judge, 1995-1999; and Special Judge of the Second Superior Court for Civil and Contentious Administrative Matters of the Judicial Circuit of the Capital Region, 1996-1999. Associate Judge of the First Court for Contentious Administrative Matters, 1999-2000. Professor of Introduction to Law, Master in Tax Management, Universidad Metropolitana, 2000-2002. Professor of extension courses, Cendeco, Universidad Metropolitana, 2000-2001. Professor of Constitutional Law, Universidad José María Vargas, 2000-2001. Professor of Administrative Law by competitive examination, rank No. 1, Universidad Central de Venezuela, since 2001. Professor of Constitutional Law, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, since 2001. Professor of “The Government and its Distribution of Power” in the Advanced Studies Program in Constitutional Law, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, 2009. Professor of “International Treaties, Human Rights and the Constitution” in the Doctorate of Law, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, 2018. Member of the Bar Association of the Capital District. Member of the Editorial Council of Revista de Derecho Público, since 2004. Joined the Firm in 1991. Senior Partner since 2013.

Professional Memberships

Caracas Bar Association, ABA and IBA.

Publications

“El Requisito Procesal del Acto Previo a la Luz de la Jurisprudencia Venezolana” (Preliminary Proceedings as a Procedural Requirement in the Light of Venezuelan Case Law), in Revista de Derecho Público No. 57-58, 1994. “La Racionalidad de la Institución de la Revisión Judicial” (The Rationality of the Judicial Review Institution), in Revista Tachirense de Derecho No. 8, 1996. “La Responsabilidad Patrimonial del Estado en el Ejercicio de su Actividad Administrativa, Legislativa y Judicial” (The Patrimonial Liability of the State in its Administrative, Legislative and Judicial Activity), in Libro Homenaje a las Jornadas Dr. José Santiago Núñez Aristimuño, 2000. “Declaratoria Judicial de Inconstitucionalidad por Omisión Legislativa” (Judicial Declaration of Unconstitutional Legislative Omission), in Bases y Principios del Sistema Constitucional Venezolano, 2001. “Régimen Regulatorio de la Radio y Televisión en Venezuela” (Radio and Television Regulatory Regime in Venezuela), in El Nuevo Servicio Público, VI Jornadas Internacionales de Derecho Administrativo Allan Brewer-Carías, 2002. “El Mecanismo de Revisión de Sentencias por parte de la Sala Constitucional del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia” (The Mechanism of Judgment Review by the Constitutional Division of the Supreme Court of Justice) and “El Tratamiento Jurisprudencial dado a los Intereses Colectivos y Difusos como Forma de Legitimación Procesal” (Case Law Treatment given to Collective and Group Interests as a Form of Procedural Legitimation) in Novedades Jurisprudenciales del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, 2002. “Reflexiones sobre la Ejecución de Sentencias que Condenan al Estado Venezolano al Pago de Sumas de Dinero” (Reflections on the Execution of Judgments Condemning the Venezuelan State to Pay Amounts of Money), in Libro Homenaje a Allan Brewer-Carías, 2003. “Reflexiones sobre la Potestad Revocatoria en Venezuela” (Reflections on the Revocatory Power in Venezuela), in Libro Homenaje a Gustavo Planchart Manrique, 2004. “Reflexiones sobre las Amenazas a la Libertad de Expresión en Venezuela” (Reflections on the Threats to Freedom of Speech in Venezuela) in Ensayos Jurídicos en Celebración de los 90 Años del Escritorio Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, 2004. “El Control Judicial de Constitucionalidad sobre las Ramas Legislativa y Ejecutiva del Poder Público” (Judicial Review over the Legislative and Executive Branches of the Government) (Honorable Mention in the Venezuelan Academy of Political and Social Sciences Award), 2005. “Comentarios Críticos a la Ley de Responsabilidad Social en Radio y Televisión” (Commentaries on the Law on Social Responsibility in Radio and Television) (Coauthor), in Venezuela, Situación del Derecho a la Libertad de Expresión e Información, 2005 and in Estudios de la Ley de Responsabilidad Social en Radio y Televisión, 2006. “La Justicia Constitucional y la Protección de los Derechos Humanos” (Constitutional Justice and Human Rights Protection), in El Derecho Público a los 100 números de la Revista de Derecho Público 1980-2005, 2006. “Principales Modificaciones de las Potestades del Presidente de la República en la Propuesta de Reforma Constitucional” (Main Amendments to the Powers of the President of the Republic in the Proposed Constitutional Reform), in Revista de Derecho Público 112, 2008. “El efecto vinculante de la jurisprudencia constitucional en Venezuela” (The binding effect of constitutional case law in Venezuela) in Un siglo de historia y derecho. 100 años del Escritorio Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, 2014. “Los Decretos Leyes y los Reglamentos como Fuente de la Legalidad Administrativa” (Decree Laws and Regulations as Source of Administrative Legality), in Libro Homenaje a Las Instituciones Fundamentales del Derecho Administrativo y la Jurisprudencia Venezolana del Profesor Allan R. Brewer-Carías en el Cincuenta Aniversario de su Publicación, 1964-2014, 2015. “Es el pueblo el que detenta la soberanía y decide su destino” (It is the people who hold sovereignty and decide their destiny), in the research work The State: Form of human association, El Universal newspaper, June 21, 2015. “El Estado de Derecho en la Constitución de 1999” (The Rule of Law in the 1999 Constitution) in Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, Yearbook 2016-2017, 2019. “Brewer, el abogado en ejercicio” (Brewer, the practicing attorney), in “Allan R. Brewer-Carías: una Personalidad Multifácetica” (Allan R. Brewer-Carías: A Multifaceted Personality), Tribute book of the Venezuelan Association of Administrative Law for his 80th birthday, Aveda, 2020. “Hacia una mayor participación de la mujer en el mundo del Derecho en Venezuela” (Towards a greater participation of women in the Venezuelan legal profession), en Business Venezuela, August 2020. “La llamada Ley Antibloqueo contra la Constitución” (The so-called Anti-Blocking Law against the Constitution), in the Bulletin of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences, July-December 2020. “La justicia constitucional como no garante de derechos constitucionales: el caso de la libertad de expresión en Venezuela” (Constitutional justice as a non-guarantor of constitutional rights: the case of freedom of expression in Venezuela), in the VII International Congress of Constitutional Procedural Law, 2021. “La expropiación en el marco de la protección de la inversión extranjera” (Expropriation in the context of foreign investment protection), in Property law and state intervention: old and new problems, Annual Conference of the Venezuelan Association of Administrative Law (AVEDA), year 2021. “La cláusula del Estado de Derecho a la luz de la Constitución de 1999” (The Rule of Law Clause in light of the 1999 Constitution), in Tribute book to Dr. Humberto Romero Muci, in print.

Personal

Born in Valencia, Venezuela, February 10, 1969. Elected member of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 2022.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English.

Clients

Canamega, Laboratorios Leti, Laboratorios Calox and Proteus.

Education