Éric Dupond-Moretti

Éric Dupond-Moretti
Born (1961-04-20) 20 April 1961
Maubeuge, France
Residence France
Nationality French, Italian
Occupation Criminal lawyer
Spouse(s) Hélène Dupond-Moretti (divorced)
Children 2

Éric Dupond-Moretti (born 20 April 1961) is a French criminal defence lawyer, famous for his record numbers of acquittals in French territories.[1][2]

Early life

Dupond is the only son of Jean-Pierre Dupond, a metal worker from Avesnois, and Elena Moretti, a housewife from Italy. His paternal grandparents, Achille and Louise, were also workers. Fatherless at the age of four, his mother raised him alone.[3] Like many famous fatherless criminal lawyers (Robert Badinter, Georges Kiejman, Hervé Temime), his childhood gave him a sense of injustice.[4] He attended secondary school at the Catholic Lycée Notre-Dame, in Valenciennes, where he obtained his baccalauréat.[5]

Career

After taking his oath as a lawyer on 11 December 1984 in Douai, he enrolled at the bar of Lille.[6] Working for a Lille law firm,[6] he began his career in the Labour Courts and then as a court appointed lawyer under the mentorship of Lille lawyer Jean Descamps et Toulouse lawyer Alain Furbury.[7]

For his results, he is nicknamed "Acquittator" (acquittor + matador) in the courtrooms.[8]

In 2013, he refused the Legion of Honour.[9] He played himself in the Claire Denis film Bastards.

Politics

He chaired the support committee for Martine Aubry in the 2008 municipal elections in Lille.[10] He also signed a letter in her favour in Libération before the 2011 Socialist Party presidential primary.[11]

In May 2015, Dupond-Moretti declared his support for the ban of the National Front.[12]

Personal life

In 1991, he married Hélène,a former juror who he interviewed during an assassination trial, and they had two children.

A passionate hunter, he owns a Flemish farmhouse with retrievers and high raptors for falconry.

Now divorced, he has been in a relationship with singer Isabelle Boulay since April 2016.[13]

Publications

  • with Stéphane Durand-Souffland, Bête noire, Éditions Michel Lafon, 2012
  • with Loïc Sécher, Le Calvaire et le Pardon, Michel Lafon, 2013
  • with Stéphane Durand-Souffland, Directs du droit , Michel Lafon, 2017

References

  1. ↑ "Maître Dupont Moretti : avocat français de renom - Web-Libre". www.web-libre.org (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. ↑ "Le frère de Merah prend Dupond-Moretti". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. ↑ "VIDEO. 13h15. Justice : comment est née la vocation de l'avocat Eric Dupond-Moretti". Franceinfo (in French). 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  4. ↑ Trapier, Patrice. "Eric Dupond-Moretti, en rage et noir - leJDD.fr". LeJDD.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. ↑ Esther Leneman, "Les petites voix" on Éric Dupond-Moretti, broadcast on Europe 1, 2 August 2014, 2 min 35 s
  6. 1 2 "Direct du droit". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  7. ↑ Bonnefous, Bastien (2012-04-27). "L'avocat Eric Dupond-Moretti : cour toujours". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  8. ↑ Porcher, Joëlle (2010-04-06). "Jacques Viguier, deux fois acquitté". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  9. ↑ "Eric Dupond-Moretti, l'enragé". leparisien.fr. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  10. ↑ "Aubry officiellement candidate en 2014 : quels acteurs de la société civile lilloise autour de Martine ?". DailyNord (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  11. ↑ "La présomption d'innocence est un leurre". l'express (in French). 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  12. ↑ ""Il faut interdire le Front national", estime l'avocat Eric Dupont-Moretti". 20minutes.fr (in French). 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  13. ↑ "Isabelle Boulay et Eric Dupond-Moretti rapprochés par les bonnes choses". LeGossip.net (in French). 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
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