Filippo CurcurutoFilippo Curcuruto became a judge in 1974, and he was first appointed as labour judge to a Court of First Instance. In 1980, he was assigned to a special office within the Italian Ministry of Justice, that drafts legislation. Here he worked for severa years dealing with issues, among others, related to European Law. Later on, from 1993 to 1998, he served at the Research Division of the Italian Supreme Court (the Ufficio del Massimario della Corte di Cassazione). Afterwards, the Ministry of Justice appointed him the Head of the office dealing with claims brought before the labour Courts by the Ministry employees. In 2002, he was appointed as a Member Judge of the Supreme Court assigned to the Labour chamber and was also nominated as a Member of the Supreme Court's Joint Chambers in civil-law matters, where he worked until 2011. From 2011 to 2015 he served as the President of the Labour Court of Appeal of Rome. From to 2005 to 2009 he was a Senior Lecturer of Labour Law at the Postgraduate School of Law, at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. He is the author of several publications in the fields of civil law, civil procedure, labour law and European law. He has also been involved in the initiatives carried out by the Associations of the European labour-law judges (European Association of Labour Court Judges - EALCJ, within the European Union (EU), and the European Labour Court Judges - ELCJ, within the International Labour Office). He retired in 2015. Read More Read Less