title: Regional Labor Courts
text: # Regional Labor Courts
  
  Regional Labor Courts (Portuguese: Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho) are Brazilian appellate courts of the Federal specialized court system for matters of labor law. There currently are 24 Regional Labor Courts, geographically defined by numbered Regions.
  
  Regional Labor Courts of Brazil :
  
  | Region | Jurisdiction | Headquarters | Desembargadores (2009) | Foundation |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | Rio de Janeiro state | Rio de Janeiro | 54 | 1946 |
  | 2nd | São Paulo and Santos metropolitan areas | São Paulo | 94 | 1946 |
  | 3rd | Minas Gerais state | Belo Horizonte | 36 | 1946 |
  | 4th | Rio Grande do Sul state | Porto Alegre | 36 | 1946 |
  | 5th | Bahia state | Salvador | 29 | 1946 |
  | 6th | Pernambuco state | Recife | 18 | 1946 |
  | 7th | Ceará state | Fortaleza | 14 | 1946 |
  | 8th | Pará and Amapá states | Belém | 23 | 1946 |
  | 9th | Paraná state | Curitiba | 28 | 1975 |
  | 10th | Distrito Federal and Tocantins state | Brasília | 17 | 1981 |
  | 11th | Amazonas and Roraima states | Manaus | 14 | 1981 |
  | 12th | Santa Catarina state | Florianópolis | 18 | 1981 |
  | 13th | Paraíba state | João Pessoa | 8 | 1985 |
  | 14th | Rondônia and Acre states | Porto Velho | 8 | 1986 |
  | 15th | São Paulo state not included in 2nd Region | Campinas | 55 | 1986 |
  | 16th | Maranhão state | São Luís | 8 | 1988 |
  | 17th | Espírito Santo state | Vitória | 12 | 1989 |
  | 18th | Goiás state | Goiânia | 13 | 1989 |
  | 19th | Alagoas state | Maceió | 8 | 1991 |
  | 20th | Sergipe state | Aracaju | 8 | 1991 |
  | 21st | Rio Grande do Norte state | Natal | 8 | 1991 |
  | 22nd | Piauí state | Teresina | 8 | 1991 |
  | 23rd | Mato Grosso state | Cuiabá | 8 | 1992 |
  | 24th | Mato Grosso do Sul state | Campo Grande | 8 | 1992 |
  
  ## In relation to other courts
  
  The 92 courts of the Brazilian judiciary :
  
  | | State | State | Federal | Federal |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Superior courts | | 0 | Supreme Federal Court STF | 1 |
  | Superior courts | | 0 | Federal superior courts STJ TSE TST STM | 4 |
  | Common justice | Court of Justice TJ | 27 | Federal Regional Courts TRF1 .. TRF6 | 6 |
  | Specialized justice | State Military Justice Courts | 3 | Electoral Justice Courts TRE | 27 |
  | Specialized justice | TJME | 3 | Regional Labor Courts TRT | 24 |
  | Total vte | | 30 | | 62 |
  