Regional Federal Courts

Headquarters of the Regional Federal Court for the Third Region, in São Paulo

The Regional Federal Courts (in Portuguese, Tribunais Regionais Federais, commonly called TRFs) are Brazilian appellate courts of the Brazil federal court system. There are currently five of these 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 be lawyers and public prosecutors, chosen in an alternate manner.

Federal Justice regions

The Brazilian federal court system is divided nationally into five regions, defined geographically, each served by an appellate court:

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

Seated in Brasília, Federal District, this appellate court covers the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Pará, Piauí, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins, as well as the Brazilian Federal District.

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

Seated in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, this appellate court covers the states of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro.

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

Seated in São Paulo, São Paulo, this appellate court covers the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo.

• 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)

Seated in Recife, Pernambuco, this appellate court covers the states of Alagoas, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.

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AC

AM

PA

RR

AP

RO

TO

MA

BA

PI

CE

RN

PB

PE

AL

SE

MT

MS

DF

GO

MG

SP

RJ

ES

PR

SC

RS

The geographical jurisdictions of the Brazilian Regional Federal Courts:

  Regional Federal Court of the 1st Region

  Regional Federal Court of the 2nd Region

  Regional Federal Court of the 3d Region

  Regional Federal Court of the 4th Region

  Regional Federal Court of the 5th Region

See also

• Federal institutions of Brazil