Michèle Bernard-Requin (7 May 1943 – 14 December 2019) was a

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lawyer and magistrate.

Biography

Bernard-Requin first worked as a lawyer at the

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from 1966 to 1981. She then became ''procureur général'' in

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, then

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, then

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. She became a Councillor for the Court of Appeal of Paris in 2003, where she stayed until 2007. She also presided over Paris's

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in 2006. She then moved to

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and served as General Councillor in

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from 2007 to 2009. Bernard-Requin died of cancer on 14 December 2019 at Sainte-Périne Hospital in Paris.

Publications

*''Juges accusés, levez-vous'' (2006) *''Chroniques de prétoire : Histoires drôles et moins drôles'' (2011)

Filmography

*''Caught in the Acts'' (1994) *''10th District Court: Moments of Trials'' (2004) *''9 Month Stretch'' (2013)

Awards

*Knight of the

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(2000) *Officer of the

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(2005)

References

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