Criminal hearings are held before the Police Court (Tribunal de Police) for petty offences, before the Criminal Court (Tribunal Correctionnel) for misdemeanours, and before the Assize Court (Cour d'Assises) or the Departmental Criminal Court (Cour Criminelle Départementale) for felonies.
Maître Maximilien Fourt makes a point of identifying the incriminating and exculpatory evidence in each case and sharing it with his clients before the hearing.
Every case file is systematically subjected to a full analysis, which makes it possible to detect any procedural defects and to determine the best defense to adopt.
Criminal hearings are always preceded by a preparatory meeting at the office. When the client is in custody, this preparation takes place during visits to the prison.
Such preparation is essential so that the hearing runs without surprises and the strategy bears fruit: it makes it possible to anticipate the questions the court will ask and to adapt the client's account, but also to prepare for a difficult ordeal.
The quality of the defendant's answers and statements is sometimes as important as the closing argument itself: deciding whether to admit or contest the charges is an absolutely fundamental step.
Pleading requires complete command of the case file, but also an understanding of the client's personality, background and personal history, in order to inform the court's decision.
Maître Maximilien Fourt defends each of his clients with determination and humanity, whatever the nature of the case. The firm appears before the courts of the Île-de-France region (Paris, Bobigny, Créteil, Nanterre, Pontoise, Versailles, Évry, Meaux, Melun…) and throughout France.
