“Maghreb-France: the tenors of the bar” (1/4). A meteoric rise. At 42, this Franco-Moroccan has in a few years made a name for himself in the very closed circle of criminal lawyers in France. In particular, he made a name for himself in cases of illegitimate police violence.
“I always finish the job I’m paid to do. This line from the famous western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, by Sergio Leone, is the favorite quote and motto of Franco-Moroccan criminal lawyer Yassine Bouzrou.
Entered about fifteen years ago (in 2007) almost by breaking into this ultra-closed environment, usually dominated by large French bourgeois families, he is now listed in the GQ 2020-2021 ranking of the most influential lawyers in France. Especially since his colleague and competitor Eric Dupond-Moretti went to the other side of the mirror by swapping the black lawyer’s dress for the Keeper of the Seals costume.
A cold-blooded, precise, surgical animal, this native of Bezons posted an average of 7 relaxations out of 10 appearances, to the point of being nicknamed “Relaxator”. An unparalleled efficiency which now places him, at 42, at the top of the closely watched annual ranking of the 30 best lawyers in France by GQ magazine.
To do this, this native of Tiznit, a Berber city in southern Morocco, has developed his own style, a subtle blend of independence and tenacity.
Temperament
As soon as he was sworn in in October 2007, he set up directly on his own, relying on a small savings accumulated thanks to the numerous jobs exercised in parallel with his law studies… An unprecedented experience in the world of the bar, where the It is customary for young lawyers to first go through the collaborator box.
And for this first office, Bouzrou chooses an address that he wants to match his ambitions: “I immediately signed my lease by opting for an office that was certainly modest but located on the avenue des Champs-Élysées, a way of put myself in a position to immediately handle very large files, as a private bank or a plastic surgeon would have done. »
Turbulent and happy to fight, the teenager is accused wrongly and without proof of having injured a child
Born in Bezons in 1979 to a driver-delivery father and a nurse mother, he grew up in the Cité Gaultier in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine). It is in this rather peaceful suburb that the future tenor of the bar hones his fighting temperament, as well as his insatiable thirst for justice and freedom.
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