FAMILY LAW

Divorce, child custody and visitation rights, child kidnapping and unlawful retention, paternity, negotiating and drafting prenuptial and separation agreements. Litigation when necessary.

INHERITANCES AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

Including the administration and winding up of French inheritances, negotiating, filing tax and other administrative declarations. Litigating when necessary.

REAL ESTATE

Purchase and sale of secondary residences, chateaux and vineyards, negotiating, advising on tax issues and structuring the purchase. Litigating when necessary.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

Including advising and negotiating for both employers and high-level employees on French labor law, particularly in regard to dismissals and resignations. Litigating when necessary.

GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATION

Building construction issues, breach and enforcement of contracts, enforcement of foreign judgments, protection of claims, landlord-tenant, rights of minority shareholders, and other matters.

NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP

Including principally non-immigrant visas for French nationals usually in a business context and U.S. citizenship.

FRENCH IMMIGRATION

CRIMINAL LITIGATION FOR THE CIVIL PARTY

NATIONALITIES OF OUR CLIENTS

American

Australian

British

Canadian

Danish

Dutch

French

German

 

Indian

Turkish

Iranian

Iraqi

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Lebanese

Moroccan

New Zealand

COURTS IN WHICH WE HAVE APPEARED AS COUNSEL

 

AMERICAN COURTS

United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
Supreme Court of Virginia

 

EUROPEAN COURTS

European Court of Human Rights

FRENCH COURTS

Trial Courts

Agen

Avignon

Aix-en-Provence

Bastia

Bonneville

Bressuire

Cannes

Caen

Clermont-Ferrand

Draguignan

Grasse

Marseille

Nice

Poitiers

Tours

Valence

Appellate Courts

Agen

Avignon

Aix-en-Provence

Douai

Draguignan

Grenoble

Lyon

Nancy

Nimes

Orléans

Paris

Riom

Toulouse

Versailles