{"id":96,"date":"2011-09-28T06:17:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T13:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lalawinternational.com\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:26:07","slug":"serge-lewisch-attorney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frenchcounsel.com\/index.php\/serge-lewisch-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"Serge Lewisch, Attorney in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

SERGE LEWISCH<\/strong><\/span>
\nAvocat\u00a0\u00e0 la Cour
\nlewisch@frenchcounsel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lire cette page en fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Serge Lewisch, of counsel, has been an attorney and a member of the Bar of Paris since 1981. He holds two Master\u2019s Degrees, in Economy and in Private Law (Ma\u00eetrise d\u2019\u00e9conomie, Ma\u00eetrise en Droit Priv\u00e9<\/i>) from the University of Paris I-Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne. He also received a Master’s Degree in Political Science (Dipl\u00f4me d\u2019Etudes Approfondies de Sciences Politiques<\/i>) and the equivalent of a United States LL.M. in International Law (Dipl\u00f4me d\u2019Etudes Approfondies en Droit International Public<\/i>), also from the University of Paris I-Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne.<\/p>\n

He specializes in media law, international law and white-collar criminal defense. His clients include fashion stylist Kenzo Takada, as well as writers F\u00e9lix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, Philippe Muray and Zo\u00e9 Valdes.<\/p>\n

He handled various cases that attracted international attention. In particular, he represented the family of the former Minister of State Charles Hernu, falsely accused by the French press of having been a KGB agent for ten years\u00a0during the cold war.<\/p>\n

Serge Lewisch filed on behalf of Il\u00e9ana de la Guardia, daughter of a political opposition leader executed by the Castro r\u00e9gime, and other such victims, three criminal complaints against Fidel Castro, then President of Cuba, for crimes against humanity, widespread and systematic use of torture, and international drug trafficking. These proceedings drew international attention to the most sinister aspects of the Castro r\u00e9gime.<\/p>\n

He also represented victims of General Augusto Pinochet during the latter’s house arrest in London.<\/p>\n

Serge Lewisch was also the attorney for Nelson Castellano Hernandez, <\/b>former Consul of Venezuela in France, and filed a complaint against the convicted terrorist Ilich Ram\u00edrez Sanchez, better know as <\/b>Carlos, for death threats. Nelson Castellano Hernandez has become a leader of the Venezuelan opposition to the r\u00e9gime of Presidents Chavez and Maduro.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Serge Lewisch defended Nguyen Thi Thanh Van, a French journalist arrested in November 2007 while she attended a meeting in Ho Chi Min City to promote non-violent opposition in Vietnam. She was accused of having “repeatedly written articles containing false information destined to undermine the Vietnamese State,” which carried a life sentence. No Vietnamese defense attorney would take her case. In December 2007, with the help of Reporters Without Borders, Serge Lewisch secured her release and safe return to France.<\/p>\n

Serge Lewisch has also represented the estate of the painter Berthe Morisot, sister-in-law to Edouard Manet, in a lawsuit against the Academy of Fine Arts (Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux-Arts)<\/i>. The case concerns the mysterious disappearance of dozens of masterpieces. Some of the missing paintings have been recovered in Switzerland, but three Manets, The Caf\u00e9-Concert Singer<\/i>, Portrait of Madame Manet Senior<\/i>, and Garden At Bellevue<\/i>, as well as Camille Corot’s\u00a0Gypsy Girl Daydreaming<\/i>, have never been seen again. A new coup de th\u00e9\u00e2tre<\/em> occurred in late 2010: during a search of the safes of the Wildenstein Institute, the sleuths of the Central Office Against Cultural Assets Trafficking discovered another of the missing paintings, Berthe Morisot’s\u00a0Thatched Cottage In Normandy<\/i>. One of the proceedings was settled in 2001 with the Academy of Fine Arts. A new criminal investigation is pending.<\/p>\n

Serge Lewisch has taught media law and risk management at the University of Paris X-Nanterre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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