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What led Jérémy Lelot to the courtroom
Maître Jérémy Lelot began in international business law firms. There he learned to work a case through to the last detail. There he also understood that what interested him was the moment when the law meets a person who has something to lose.
Jérémy Lelot · Lawyer of the Barreau de Paris (Paris Bar) since 2024 · Conseil d’État (France’s supreme administrative court) and the courts below
The turning point
From business law firms to the defence of rights
Gide Loyrette Nouel, Bird & Bird, A&O Shearman, Jeantet. Four firms, matters for international groups, investment funds, agencies and public bodies. There Maître Jérémy Lelot learned a method: read every document, check every date, assert nothing that is not sourced.
He wanted to put that method at the service of people rather than of structures. In 2024 he joined a firm of avocats aux Conseils (lawyers admitted to the supreme courts). There he works on appeals brought before the Conseil d’État, and in particular on disciplinary proceedings for healthcare professionals. Alongside this, the Firm defends its own clients before the tribunaux administratifs (administrative courts), the courts of appeal and the civil and employment courts.
The two practices feed one another. The first teaches him every week what the supreme court accepts and what it sets aside. The second reminds him that behind every application there is someone waiting for an answer.
What the Conseil d’État has taught the Firm for your cases
Before the supreme court, an application is won on a well-built ground, never on volume. The Firm applies the same rule to an appeal against an OQTF (an order to leave French territory) or to the challenge of a sanction: three solid arguments rather than ten weak ones, and a pleading the judge can read in one sitting.
What the Firm does for you
You probably have one precise problem
A decision to challenge, a time limit running, proceedings brought against you. These are the situations the Firm deals with most often. Each card leads to a detailed page.
You have received an OQTF or a refusal of a permit
The time limits are short and cannot be made good. The Firm first checks the date of notification, then builds the appeal around the grounds that have a real chance of being upheld.
See the page →Public serviceYour administration has taken a decision aimed at you
A sanction, a transfer, a refusal of tenure, a situation of harassment. The Firm knows how administrations work from the inside and the way the administrative courts review them.
See the page →Disciplinary proceedingsYou have been summoned before your professional body
Doctors, dental surgeons, pharmacists, nurses. The Firm works on these proceedings every week, up to the Conseil d’État. It knows what is alleged, what is upheld and what is set aside.
See the page →Public procurementYou are an unsuccessful bidder or a buyer in dispute
Référé précontractuel (pre-contractual urgent interim proceedings), challenge to an award, performance of the contract. Training in public procurement and years of advising economic operators allow the Firm to move quickly.
See the page →Employment lawYou are in conflict with your employer
Dismissal, overtime, rupture conventionnelle (negotiated termination). The Firm quantifies each claim before bringing proceedings before the conseil de prud’hommes (the French employment tribunal), so that you know what you can hope for.
See the page →Civil lawA contract, a lease or a purchase goes wrong
Property disputes, consumer matters, liability. The Firm begins by assessing what the case is worth before committing you to it.
See the page →In practice
How the Firm works with you
No list of values. Undertakings you can check from the very first case.
What you receive
- A personal reading of every document. No case is delegated.
- The draft pleading before it is filed, with the time to read it over and to correct anything that seems inaccurate to you.
- A written report after every hearing and after every exchange with the opposing party.
- Fees set in writing before any work begins, on the terms described on the fees page.
What the Firm tells you
- If your case has little chance of success, the Firm tells you so before you incur any costs.
- What the judge will look at, and what the judge will not, even if it seems important to you.
- The realistic timetable of the proceedings, not the theoretical one.
- What the Firm does not yet know, and how it is going to check it.
Three cases
Told plainly
Real situations, anonymised. They show how the Firm works, not what it promises.
Immigration law
He came to support his partner and stayed beyond the deadline
The situation. A national of a visa-exempt country comes to France to accompany his partner, who has a serious illness. He cares for her every day. Meanwhile, his ninety days run out. He consults several lawyers. One of them withdraws two days after the time limit has expired. He contacts the Firm when he is already without lawful status.
What the Firm did. Choose the right legal basis rather than multiply the applications. Build the file around two pieces of evidence: the medical necessity of his presence, and the reality of their life together. A single, chronological letter, with an index of thirty ordered documents.
What he took from it. That a late file is not a lost file, provided that it can be read in one go.
Employment law
Overtime paid under another name
The situation. An employee is dismissed for gross misconduct after several years. He knows that his overtime was paid under the heading of a bonus. He wants to “claim everything”, without knowing how much or on what basis. The record of his working time is no longer accessible to him.
What the Firm did. Reconstruct the hours from the extracts still available. Quantify each claim one by one, with its degree of soundness and the list of the documents that are missing. Identify the head of claim that weighs the most, and those that are often forgotten.
What he took from it. That a justified figure is worth more than a hope, and that a missing document is asked for before the hearing, not during it.
Public law
An electricity connection refused to a private individual
The situation. A co-owner asks the network operator for an increase in supply capacity. He is met with future works, without being told why. He believes he is in an ordinary consumer dispute and does not know whom to turn to.
What the Firm did. First identify the nature of the dispute: this is a public service, with its own rules and its own court. Remind the operator of its obligations of transparency and of non-discriminatory treatment. Ask it to justify the solution it imposes, before any challenge is brought.
What he took from it. That knowing before whom you are fighting counts as much as what you are asking for.
Let us talk about your case
A first conversation, with no commitment
Twenty minutes by telephone to understand your situation, tell you whether an appeal can be considered and give you an order of magnitude for the fees.
Aide juridictionnelle (legal aid) accepted · Payment by instalments possible
Answer by telephone
60 €a call back
You send your documents, the Firm examines them before calling you. A written report after the call.
Request a call back — 60 €Answer in writing
90 €analysis of the file
Admissibility, prospects of success and strategy, in writing within 48 working hours. Deducted from the fixed fee if the case is entrusted to the Firm.
Send in my file — 90 €