Sara L. Navarro

Asesoría Jurídica Especializada
Av. Venezuela con Av. Sorocaima
Edif. Frontera, piso 2, ofc.2,
El Rosal, Caracas.
Tel.: (0212) 952.1417
Fax: (0212) 953.1082

E-mail: snavar@cantv.net or asjres@cantv.net

BAR ADMITTANCE AND EDUCATION

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Universidad Católica del Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela. Class Ranking: 4/194.

Member of State Bar Association in Táchira (since 1992).

SPECIALIZATION IN LABOR LAW

Catholic University of Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela.

(Unfinished due move to Caracas).

Central University of Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela.

Finished (30 approved credits). Thesis Degree in process.

International Labor Organization - Regional office of ILO for the Andean Countries / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru. Lima, Perú.

Seminar: International Norms of the Employment for Magistrates, Jurists and Professors in Law (43 academic hours).

STUDIES IN HUMAN RESOURCES

Central University of Venezuela - Center of Professional Extension / Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences. Caracas, Venezuela.

Program of High Management in Human Resources and Administration of Personal (120 academic hours).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

06/99 - 03/01

03/99 - 05/99

08/98 - 01/99

07/97 - 07/98

04/96 - 01/97

1991 - 1998

CANTV (Telecommunications).
(Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Employment Agreements; Employment Terminations and Settlement Agreements; Bargaining Collective Agreements; Employment Litigation and Labor Conflicts -singular and collective-).

Member of the Human Resources Department as Labor Expert (National Coordination of Labor Matters. Caracas, Venezuela).

CONSEJO DE LA JUDICATURA (currently Dirección Ejecutiva de la Magistratura - Judicial Power-).
(Practice Areas: Public and Administrative Law; Laws on the Statute of Public Employees; Labor Law and Employment Litigation).

In-house Legal Counsel (Human Resources Department; in commission of services in the Legal Department. Caracas, Venezuela).

WACKENHUT-VICTORIA, C.A. (Security and Protection).
(Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor, Civil and Commercial Laws).
In-house Legal Counsel and judicial representative (Departments of Human resources and Legal. Caracas, Venezuela).

RENTABLES, S.R.L. (Real estate).
(Practice Areas: Civil, Commercial and Labor Laws).

Legal Counsel (San Cristóbal, Venezuela).

TRIBUNAL QUINTO DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA EN LO CIVIL, MERCANTIL, DEL TRÁNSITO, AGRARIO Y DEL TRABAJO DE LA CIRCUNSCRIPCIÓN JUDICIAL DEL ESTADO TÁCHIRA.
(Practice Areas: Civil, Commercial, Agrarian and Labor Laws).

Secretary of the Tribunal (assistant to Judge. San Cristóbal, Venezuela).

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE.
(Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial Laws; Labor Law; Litigation).
Marlon M. Meza & Sara L. Navarro - Attorneys (San Cristóbal, Venezuela; 1992-96 and 1997-98).
Law Firm of Darcy Rosales de Blasco (Legal Assistant. San Cristóbal, Venezuela; 1992).
Law Firm of Chrysa Chimaras Maury (Legal Assistant. San Cristóbal, Venezuela; 1991-92).

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES (TEACHING)

· UNIVERSITY OF NUEVA ESPARTA. Professor of Labor Law. Caracas, Venezuela, 2001-2002.

· METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY. Invited professor to teach the labor aspects that impact in the International Business, in the Graduate degree in International Business. Caracas, Venezuela, 2001.

· POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE SANTIAGO MARIÑO. Professor of Criminal Law. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 1997.

· TEXTILE CIVIL ASSOCIATION OF TÁCHIRA / FUND OF COOPERATION ANF FINANCING OF ASSOCIATIVE COMPANIES. Instructor in several opportunities of the following Seminars: (i) Commercial and Legal aspects of the small companies (8 hours);(ii) Labor Legislation (20 hours); (iii) Security in the Work (8 hours). San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 1997.

· Participation in several Conferences and Seminars about labor topics.

APPOINTMENTS / ORGANIZATIONS

· Designated by Supreme Tribunal of Justice as Arbitrator for Labor Law matters, in the framework of Organic Procedural Labor Law.

· "Application of the Protective Principle in the labor judicial process" (co-author). Article published in the Book Homage to the Dr. José Román Duque Sánchez, published by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, Caracas, 2003.

COURSES / TRAININGS / SEMINARS

· "Fundamental principles of Labor Law in the Doctrine of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice". Supreme Tribunal of Justice, Caracas, Venezuela, 8/Nov/01.

· "Companies and competitive people". CANTV/Venezuela Competitiva. Margarita, Venezuela, 18-20/Oct/00.

· "English". Venezuelan-American Center. Caracas, Venezuela, 1999 (8 approved levels).

· "International Congress on Employment Relationships and Social Security". Caracas, Venezuela, 25-28/Oct/98.

· "The Alternative Procedures in Venezuela and the Commercial Arbitration Act". State Bar Association of Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 15/May/98.

· "Comments to the Organic Procedural Criminal Code". State Bar Association of Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 24/Apr/98.

· "Basic accounting for professionals non accountants". Experimental National University of the Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, Mar-Apr/1998 (60 academic hours).

· "Upgrade in Civil Procedural Law". Catholic University of Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 3-4/Mar/95.

· "Actions to claim Filiation: contribution of the advances in genetics". Catholic University of Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 25/Nov/94.

· "IV Venezuelan Congress and I Colombo-Venezuelan Congress of Students of Laws". Catholic University of Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 15-18/Apr/91.

· "Organic Labor Law". Institute of Legal Practice. Caracas, Venezuela, 15-16/Mar/91.

· "Constitutional Action Act". State Bar Association of Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 29-30/Apr/88.

· "English". Experimental National University of the Táchira. San Cristóbal, Venezuela, 1987-1990 (4 approved level) .

Spanish (native) and Portuguese.