General Criminal Law
Me de Foucher practises general criminal law, representing both accused persons and victims, at every stage of proceedings, and in particular:
- at the investigation stage (police custody, voluntary interviews, etc.);
- in judicial investigations (initial appearance interviews, assisted-witness hearings, etc.);
- in pre-trial detention matters;
- at the stage of deciding on the course of prosecution (alternatives to prosecution, guilty-plea hearings (CRPC), etc.);
- before the criminal courts (immediate appearance, summons-based proceedings, etc.), police courts, or assize courts.
He regularly handles matters involving offences against property (theft, fraud, forgery and use of forged documents, breach of trust, handling stolen goods…), intentional offences against persons (homicide, rape, violence, moral or sexual harassment, discrimination…) or unintentional offences (injury, accidents…), as well as juvenile criminal law matters (support, protection…).
Me de Foucher has also handled organised crime matters before the competent specialised courts (JIRS, PNACO/JUNALCO).
He is registered on the Paris Bar’s emergency criminal defence duty roster.
Representative matters handled by the firm:
- Assisting a member of a specialised court in an indecent exposure matter
- Assisting and representing victims and perpetrators in domestic violence matters
- Defending individuals accused of violence against law enforcement officers
- Assisting law enforcement officers in judicial investigations relating to organised crime
- Assisting persons charged with drug trafficking offences
- Assisting detained persons in applications to lift bans
- Assisting defendants in road traffic criminal matters (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, failure to stop, hit-and-run)
- Assisting victims in a matter concerning medical practices that resulted in mutilation
- Assisting a minor in an investigation opened for group-perpetrated intentional violence
