ÉDIS MILARÉ founder of Milaré Advogados, graduated from the Mackenzie University Law School in São Paulo. and Master’s and Doctor’s degrees of Diffuse and Collective Rights, with a main focus on Environmental Law, from the São Paulo Catholic University.
Milaré is a retired Prosecutor who in 1985 created the Environmental Prosecution Coordination of the São Paulo State Lawyer’s Office. As a Prosecutor, he worked on behalf of the Environment, filing groundbreaking cases that set the paradigm for legal protection in every Brazilian State.
He co-authored the preliminary draft of the Public Civil Action Law (Law 7.347/1985), an institute that has revolutionized the practice of law in the defense of transindividual interests.
Milaré was a major contributor to Chapter VI of the Federal Constitution of 1988, which governs Social Order, particularly as concerns environmental matters in the light of citizenship and environmental policy.
As São Paulo State Secretary for the Environment from July 1992 to January 1995, he modernized the administration’s apparatus, expediting environmental licensing processes and fostering intense dialogue with organized society to bridge gaps and minimize conflicts between the government and the population.
He chaired the Legal Scholars Commission formed by the São Paulo State Government to draft a bill for the National Environmental Code (Decree 36,860, of June 05, 1993, as amended by Decree 39,684, of December 15, 1994).
He was president of the São Paulo State Foundation for Forest Conservation and Production (Fundação Florestal) from January 1995 to August 1997, concentrating his efforts on research, education and inspection of the state’s conservation units.
He was president of the Superior Council for the Environment of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo – FIESP.
Founder of Milaré Advogados – the first law firm in the country dedicated exclusively to environmental law -, he has been repeatedly awarded in Chambers & Partners Latin America, Who’s Who Legal – WWL – Environment, Who’s Who Thought Leaders, The Legal 500 Latin America, Latin Lawyer 250, Leaders Leagues, Best Lawyers, renowned publications that evaluate legal professionals in various parts of the world.
In Brazil, for the 17th consecutive year, Análise Editorial’s “Most Admired Lawyers” publication, which lists the most admired law firms and lawyers in the country, chose him first in Environmental Law.
He played an active role in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20, held in 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Before this major international event, he had already attended the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – Eco-92, in 1992, also in Rio de Janeiro, contributing proposals at countless discussions.
He is a professor of the Diffuse and Collective Interests Specialization Course (Environmental Law area) of the São Paulo State Prosecutor’s Office Studies and Civil Servants’ Development Center, and a guest professor of the Environmental Law Specialization Course of the Diffuse and Collective Rights Department of the São Paulo Catholic University’s Law School. As a lecturer, he is frequently asked to deliver extension courses and seminars in several States.
He is a founding member of the Brazilian Environmental Law Professors’ Association – APRODAB, an entity that fosters the subject’s nationwide dissemination and where he currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee.
He led the formation of the Brazilian Union of Environmental Lawyers – UBAA, a trade organization founded in 2016, and is currently a director of the Advisory Board.
HONORS
Over the course of his career, Milaré was awarded several prizes and honors, among which:
Brigadeiro Tobias Medal, in 1986, for relevant services rendered to the Military Police of the State of São Paulo, under the terms of Decree 45.648/1965 of the Government of the State of São Paulo;
Honorary Firefighter, awarded by the Military Police of the State of São Paulo on July 2, 1993, for having distinguished himself for his interest and dedication in the development of fire and rescue prevention and extinction, under the terms of Decree 44.160/1964;
Medal of Historical and Cultural Merit in the rank of Commander by the Brazilian Academy of Art, Culture and History, on June 4, 1993;
Diploma of Honor for Merit in the Environmental Area of Brazil, awarded by the Brazilian Society for Valuing the Environment – Biosfera, Rio de Janeiro, 10/09/1993;
Collar of Institutional Merit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of São Paulo for the relevant services rendered to the Institution, as well as to the São Paulo community, on May 30, 2001;
Title of Citizen of São Paulo, the highest honor conferred by the São Paulo City Council (Legislative Decree No. 47/2017);
Outstanding title for work carried out on behalf of the environmental cause, awarded by the São Paulo City Council (Resolution 02/2011)
PUBLICATIONS
Forestry Law: an analysis after 10 years. (coordinator and co-author). São Paulo: Thomson Reuters/RT, 2022;
40 anos da Lei da Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente: reminiscências, realidade e perspectivas, São Paulo/Belo Horizonte, Editora D’Plácido, 2021. (Coordination)
Environmental Law 12th ed. São Paulo: Thomson Reuters/RT, 2020;
Public Civil Action – After 35 years (coordinator and co-author). São Paulo: Thomson Reuters/RT, 2020;
Environmental Law and the 30 Years of the 1988 Constitution (co-author). Londrina: UBAA/Editora Thoth, 2018.
30 Years of the Federal Constitution and Brazilian Law (co-author). São Paulo: GEN/Editora Forense, 2018;
Infrastructure in Environmental Law (co-coordinator and co-author). São Paulo: RT, 2016.
Science and Consciousness. Marco Aurélio Mello (co-author). Ribeirão Preto: Migalhas, 2015.
Dictionary of Environmental Law. São Paulo: RT, 2015;
Public Civil Action after 30 years. São Paulo: RT, 2015;
Environmental law. 8th ed. São Paulo: RT, 2013;
New Forest Code (coord.). 2nd ed. São Paulo: RT, 2013;
Handbook of Public and Private Law (co-author). 19th ed. São Paulo: RT, 2013;
Fundamental Issues of Diffuse and Collective Rights: Challenges and Perspectives (co-author). Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris, 2013;
Controversial Aspects of Environmental Law: Material Protection and Procedural Protection (co-author). Belo Horizonte: Fórum, 2013;
National Policy, Management and Solid Waste Management (co-author). São Paulo: Manole, 2012;
Essential Doctrines: Environmental Law (coord.). São Paulo: RT, 2011;
The public civil action after 25 years (coord.). São Paulo: RT, 2010;
Collective Procedural Law and the Draft Brazilian Code of Collective Proceedings (co-author). São Paulo: RT, 2007;
Law, Politics and the Environment: 25 years of Federal Law 6.938/81 (co-author). Curitiba: Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Seção Paraná, 2006;
Public Civil Action after 20 years: Effectiveness and Challenges (coord). São Paulo: RT, 2005;
Public Civil Action: Law 7.347/85 – 15 years (coord.). 2. 2nd revised and updated ed. São Paulo: RT, 2002;
Public Civil Action: Law 7.347/85 – Reminiscences and Reflections after Ten Years of Application (coord.). São Paulo: RT, 1995;
Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment (co-author). São Paulo: RT, 1993;
Brazil’s Environmental Legislation. São Paulo: APMP, 1991;
Basic Environmental Legislation. São Paulo: APMP, 1990;
Public Civil Action in the New Constitutional Order. São Paulo: Saraiva, 1990;
Curator of the Environment. São Paulo: APMP, 1988 (Cadernos Informativos Series);
Public Civil Action and the Jurisdictional Protection of Diffuse Interests (co-author). São Paulo: Saraiva, 1984.