Éric Dupond-Moretti

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

Éric Dupond-Moretti
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
6 July 2020
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byNicole Belloubet
Personal details
Born (1961-04-20) 20 April 1961
Maubeuge, France
NationalityFrench, Italian
Spouse(s)Hélène Dupond-Moretti (divorced)
Children2
ResidenceFrance
OccupationMinister of Justice, Criminal lawyer

On 6 July 2020, he became Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex.[3]

Early life

Dupond is the only son of Jean-Pierre Dupond, a metal worker from Avesnois and Elena Moretti, a housekeeper from Italy. His paternal grandparents, Achille and Louise, were also workers. Fatherless at the age of four, his mother raised him alone.[4] Like many famous fatherless criminal lawyers (Robert Badinter, Georges Kiejman, Hervé Temime), his childhood gave him a sense of injustice.[5] He attended secondary school at the Catholic Lycée Notre-Dame in Valenciennes where he obtained his baccalauréat.[6]

Career

After taking his oath as a lawyer on 11 December 1984 in Douai, he enrolled at the bar of Lille.[7] Working for a Lille law firm,[7] 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.[8]

For his results (more than 145 acquittals in 2019), he is nicknamed "Acquittator" (acquittor + matador) in the courtrooms.[9]

In 2013, he refused the Legion of Honour.[10]

Cinema

He played himself in the Claire Denis film Bastards. He played a judge in the Claude Lelouch film Chacun sa vie.

Politics

He chaired the support committee for Martine Aubry in the 2008 municipal elections in Lille.[11] He also signed a letter in her favour in Libération before the 2011 Socialist Party presidential primary.[12]

In May 2015, Dupond-Moretti declared his support for the ban of the National Front.[13]

On 6 July 2020, he was named Minister of Justice (Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice) by President Emmanuel Macron in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex.

Personal life

In 1991, he married Hélène, a juror he met during a trial, and they had two children.

A passionate hunter, he owns a Flemish farmhouse with retrievers and trained birds for falconry.

Now divorced, he has been in a relationship with singer Isabelle Boulay since April 2016.[14]

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. "Gouvernement Castex en direct : Darmanin nommé ministre de l'intérieur, Dupond-Moretti garde des sceaux et Bachelot à la culture". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2020-07-06.
  4. "VIDEO. 13h15. Justice : comment est née la vocation de l'avocat Eric Dupond-Moretti". Franceinfo (in French). 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. Trapier, Patrice. "Eric Dupond-Moretti, en rage et noir - leJDD.fr". LeJDD.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  6. Esther Leneman, "Les petites voix" on Éric Dupond-Moretti, broadcast on Europe 1, 2 August 2014, 2 min 35 s
  7. "Direct du droit". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  8. Bonnefous, Bastien (2012-04-27). "L'avocat Eric Dupond-Moretti : cour toujours". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  9. Porcher, Joëlle (2010-04-06). "Jacques Viguier, deux fois acquitté". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  10. "Eric Dupond-Moretti, l'enragé". leparisien.fr. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  11. "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.
  12. "La présomption d'innocence est un leurre". l'express (in French). 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  13. ""Il faut interdire le Front national", estime l'avocat Eric Dupont-Moretti". 20minutes.fr (in French). 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  14. "Isabelle Boulay et Eric Dupond-Moretti rapprochés par les bonnes choses". LeGossip.net (in French). 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
Political offices
Preceded by
Nicole Belloubet		 Minister of Justice
2020–present		 Incumbent
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