“…The public defender is one of the most representative actors in the implementation of these strategies, with the exception of cases which fall into the specialized areas of ‘Health Mediation’—Belo Horizonte ( Assis, 2015 ) and the ‘Pharmaceutical Screening at the Small Claims Courts’ ( Triagem farmacêutica no juizado especial da fazenda pública de São Paulo, 2013 ; Toma et al., 2017 ). Of the at least six implementations of Alternative dispute resolution strategies found where the public defender’s office is present, it acts as a mediator ( Reis, 2011 ; Pereira, 2012 ; Assis, 2015 ; Galliez, 2015 ; Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Estado do Maranhão, 2015 ; Nunes, 2016 ; Ringeisen, 2016 ; Secretaria Estadual de Saúde, 2016 ; Bittencourt, 2017 ; Cotrim, 2017 ; Júnior, 2017 ; Sant’Ana, 2017 ; Imprensa da DPE/RN, 2019 ).…”