Steel Hector & Davis LLP
Senior Partner

Centro Seguros Sudamérica, Piso 10, Oficina 10-A
Avenida Francisco de Miranda
El Rosal
Caracas 1060, Venezuela
Phone: 582.953.4006
Fax: 582.953.4846
E-mail: jmuci@steelhector.com

Practice Areas: 

Civil Law, Real Estate, Commercial Law, Banking, Securities, General Litigation, Commercial Arbitration, International Law, Public Law, Tax Litigation, Government Law, Administrative Law.

Experience:

Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA); outside legal counsel on complex legal matters.
Mendoza Palacios; Partner, 1964-1975.
Venezuelan Comptroller General of the Nation, 1974-76.
Second Superior Civil and Commercial Court, Federal District and Miranda State; Alternate Judge, 1971-73.
Muci-Abraham & Asociados; Founding Partner, 1978-1998.
Joined Steel Hector & Davis LLP, 1998.

Education:

Universidad de Madrid, Spain, Specialized Studies in Civil, Commercial, Procedural and International Law, 1952-53.
Central University Law School, Caracas, J.D., summa cum laude, 1951.
Bar and Court Admissions, Venezuela, 1951.

Professional Involvement:

National Academy of Social and Political Sciences; Member (along with a select group of Justices of the Venezuelan Supreme Court, members of Congress and the Cabinet, and other scholars), 1978-
Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Options & Future Clearing House; Member, 1996.

Honors:

Hispanic Cultural Institute of Spain; award granted for the best Latin American thesis on Law, "Legal Studies: Civil Liability and Abuse of Rights," 1952.
Ministry of Justice; award granted for paper titled, "Bank Checking Account," 1973.

Teaching Experience:

Central University Law School, Venezuela: Dean, 1955-57; Adjunct Professor, Civil and Commercial Law, 1953-90.

Recent Speeches and Conferences:

BOSQUEJO DE LA LEY DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO, 30 de agosto de 1.999, Puerto Ordaz, Estado Bolívar, "III Jornadas de Derecho Procesal Dr. Arístides Rengel Romberg".

Commercial Arbitration, Anaco, 1998.

Recent Publications:

"hornbooks" on commercial and banking law
Authored various law review articles, including:
"Evolution of Tort’s Responsibility," 1952
"Conflict of Laws and Exequatur Proceedings," 1957
"Bill of Exchange’s Aval," 1964
"Annotations of Endorsements Granting Power of Attorney," 1964
"The Interest Clause on Promissory Notes," 1964
"Banking Checking Account," 1970
"Joint Ventures: Compiled and Annotated Case Law and Doctrine," 1971
"Commercial and Tax Treatment of Joint Ventures under Venezuelan Law," 1971
"Stockholder Right’s Catalog under the Commercial Code and the Capital Market Statute," 1983
"Relevant Aspects of the New Banking Legislation Reform," 1988

Languages: English, Spanish.

Interests: Reading, Stamps