• Lawyer called to the Bar of Paris in 1945 and admitted to honorary membership in 1995;
• Doctor of Law – Graduate of the Free School of Political Sciences;
• Member of the French Lawyers’ Association: 1969 - 1973;
• Specialist in architectural law;
• First Vice-President of the National Association of Honorary Lawyers (2004);
• Author of "L'Histoire des Avocats en France" ["The History of Lawyers in France"] (Dalloz, 1998);
• Author of "Histoire des mille ans de la justice française" ["The History of One Thousand Years of French Justice"] (Litec, 2002).