Founded in 2005, Avi Bitton English speaking Criminal Lawyer / Attorney in Paris practices criminal procedure, criminal law, business criminal law and international criminal law.
Criminal procedures
- Police investigation: arrest, custody (‘garde à vue’), house search, …
- Public prosecution service: criminal complaint, …
- Investigating judge (‘juge d’instruction’): detention prior trial, …
- Criminal tribunal (‘tribunal correctionnel’): ‘citation directe’, …
- Criminal court (‘Cour d’assises’): trial, appeal, …
Criminal law
- Offences against persons: rape, murder, defamation and libel, …
- Offences against properties: scam, theft, blackmail, …
Business criminal law
- Financial criminal law: corporate abuse, embezzlement, …
- Criminal employment law: undeclared employement, employment discrimination, psychological harassment, …
International criminal law
- Criminal Law: crimes against humanity, genocide, terrorism, …
- Criminal Procedure: extradition procedure in France, transfer of prisoners, …
Press review
- “Extradition request against former priest for sexual abuse charges in Canada: interview of Avi Bitton, French criminal defense lawyer“, CBC 15 Sept. 2022.
- “Ex-French spy chief admits 1980s pact with Palestinian terrorists“, The Guardian, 9 August 2019.
- “Chris Brown files defamation case, criminal case, against rape accuser“, TMZ, 24 January 2019.
- Interview of Avi Bitton on the criminal case Dominique Strauss-Kahn ‘DSK’, France 24 TV, 12 June 2015.
- « Can Paris or any other city really sue a TV station – even if it is Fox News?« , The Guardian, 23 January 2015.
Recent cases
- Attempt of murder: defence of a person accused of attempt of murder against his girlfriend (he pleaded guilty) ; sentence provided by the Criminal Code: more than 30 years of prison ; sentence demanded by the Public Prosecutor: 15 years of prison ; sentence issued by the Criminal Court: 8 years of prison (verdict of the Criminal Court of Melun, 2 October 2015).
- Discrimination: cancellation on the basis of procedural irregularities of public prosecutions against a civil servant accused of discrimination (judgment of Criminal Tribunal of Créteil, 6 May 2015).
- Assault and battery: sentencing of the accused person to pay damages to the victim (judgment of the Criminal Tribunal of Paris, 18 September 2013).
- Sexual assault: acquittal of a person accused of sexual assault against a work colleague (judgment of the Criminal Tribunal of Cherbourg, 3 September 2013).
- Arson: acquittal of a person accused of arson on the basis of procedural irregularities (judgment of the Criminal Tribunal of Paris, 12 February 2013).
- Armed robbery: cancellation of a police custody for procedural irregularities and immediate release of the accused person during his custody (judgement of the Court of Appeal of Paris, 19 December 2011).
- Financial fraud: acquittal of a person accused of financial fraud (judgment of the Criminal of de Paris, 12 January 2012).
- Rape: sentencing a serial rapist to 30 years of imprisonment and to pay damages to the victim (verdict of the Cour d’assises de Paris, 16th April 2010).
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