Michèle Bernard-Requin (7 May 1943 – 14 December 2019) was a French lawyer and magistrate.

Biography

Bernard-Requin first worked as a lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Paris from 1966 to 1981. She then became ''procureur général'' in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

, then

Nanterre Nanterre (; ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, b ...

, then

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

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

Cour d'assises In France, a ''cour d'assises'', or Court of Assizes or Assize Court, is a Criminal law, criminal trial court with original jurisdiction, original and Appellate jurisdiction, appellate limited jurisdiction to hear cases involving defendants accu ...

in 2006. She then moved to

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

and served as General Councillor in

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. History Before it was ceded to France by Spain in 1635, the area of Fort-de-Fra ...

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

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

(2000) *Officer of the

Ordre national du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...

(2005)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard-Requin, Michele 1943 births 2019 deaths 20th-century French women lawyers 20th-century French lawyers People from Vosges (department) Deaths from cancer in France Knights of the Legion of Honour Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite 21st-century French judges 21st-century French women lawyers