William Bourdon

Quick Facts

Full Name	William Bourdon
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Aug 14, 1956(1956-08-14)
Age	68
Birthplace	Neuilly-sur-Seine
Country	France
Birth City	Île-de-France
Horoscope	Leo

William Bourdon Biography

William Bourdon is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on August 14, 1956 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France. William Bourdon (born 1956) is a French lawyer with the Paris Bar Association who practices criminal law, specializing in white-collar criminals, communications law and the human right to human dignity. He focuses on defending the rights of those affected by globalization as well as human rights violations. He has been working with Bourdon Simoni Voituriez , a lawyer since 1979.He is among the most effective international lawyers.

A ruling of the chambre of accusation (fr) in Paris the investigating part of the court of appeal, on the 20th of October 2000, approved the complaint filed by the victims of UTA Flight 772 against Muammar Gaddafi. In light of the fact the fact that “originally absolute, the immunity of heads of state has, since the end of the Second World War, had limits,” William Bourdon stated during an interview on Liberation of the fact that the decision could cause “confusion”, since only three crimes have been universally justified as grounds for exempting presidents from immunity genocide crime against humanity, genocide and war crimes “Terrorism is a subjective crime. If one makes a claim in this way, Yasser Arafat could be investigated,” observed Maitre Bourdon in his interview, pointing out that terrorism and drug trafficking were excluded in the time that it was decided that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was established. In line with this notion the parquet general urged for the Court of Cassation to pronounce for the first time on the controversial issue regarding the immunity of the heads of states. The motion does not necessitate suspending the current investigation.

In 2006, he defended Sud-PTT trade unionist Cyril Ferez who, he said, “took a real beating from 15 or so CRS officers (riot police) for quite a while” during a demonstration against a controversial law concerning work and education. He also defended Yildune Lévy, a close friend of Julien Coupat in the sabotage of SNCF overhead power lines, two French detainees held at Guantánamo sentenced by French justice, or the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.

In March 2007, William Bourdon appealed to voters to vote for presidential election candidate Ségolène Royal in a petition published by the Nouvel Observateur.

William Bourdon was Under Secretary-General (1994-1995) in 1994, and later secretary-general of Federation International des droits de l’homme from 1995 until 2000. In the month of October, 2001, he launched Sherpa with the aim to “defend the victims of crimes committed by economic operators.” He is also the president of the organization. Sherpa is located on property of France Libertes [fr] ; William Bourdon is a member of the Conseil d’administration (administrative council) of France Libertes and is the long-time lawyer for Danielle Mitterrand.

William Bourdon Net Worth

William Bourdon is one of the richest Lawyer from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William Bourdon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

William Bourdon distinguished himself in the field of criminal law during the 1980s. For instance, by defending prostitutes during the Jobic affair. He also defended a police commissioner who was accused of procuring, and later released.

William Bourdon was also the attorney of Transparency International, Survie and the Federation des Congolais de la Diaspora (FCD). He has ties to organizations which offer help foreign nationals with no documents, like Cimade which Bourdon was an observer in the year 1992.

In Sénégal in 2000 Bourdon filed a criminal complaint and charges of torture and crimes against humanity against Hissène Habré in the name of the FIDH. In December 2008, after the failure of complaints against Omar Bongo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Sherpa and Transparency international filed a complaint against person or persons unknown on the conditions under which a lot of movable and fixed assets were acquired in France by these African heads of state. In 2005 he defended, Motassim Bilal ” Hannibal ” Kadhafi, son of Colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, sentenced May 23, 2005 by the 10th Chamber of the Tribunal correctionnel de Paris to four months imprisonment, suspended, for domestic violence.

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In 2014, he briefly joined the “Nouvelle Donne” party.

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William Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. William Bourdon celebrates birthday on August 14 of every year.