THE FIRM CERF
Maître CERF was sworn in in February 1999 and practices personal law matters.
A graduate of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and University College of London (UCL), Maître CERF advises and defends individuals before administrative, civil and criminal courts.
Bilingual English/French, Maître CERF has several years of international experience.
Maître CERF receives its clients by appointment only, in its offices in Paris or Marseille.
OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE
FAMILY LAW
Divorce, PACS (Civil covenant of solidarity), child custody rights, visitation and accommodation rights, alimony, compensatory benefits, etc.
ASYLUM LAW
Person with a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a certain social group (LGBTQIA+, forced marriage, excision, etc.) or political opinions, being outside the country whose nationality he has and who cannot or, because of this fear, does not want to claim the protection of this country.
IMMIGRATION LAW
Visa, residence permit, work authorization, family reunification, renewal of residence permit, request for change of status, contesting an OQTF, request for French nationality, etc.
OUR FEES
- Fixed fees are charged when legal matter is simple and well defined.
- Hourly rates are based on an agreed-upon Hourly rate for the hours the lawyer works on a client's case until it is resolved.
- Fees on result are complementary fees based on a percentage of what you are awarded in the case.
Our Law Firm is looking to develop a trust-based relationship with our clients, to inform them in a transparent fashion of the fees and establish with each of them a fees convention outlining the modalities of payment depending on each case.
NEWS
The Defender of Rights (Défenseur des droits) on the dematerialization of public services denounces "systemic dysfunctions" and serious violations of the rights of foreigners "third-country nationals of the European Union. The online procedures imposed on them, with no possible alternative, to be granted a right of residence, have indeed experienced "a large number of structural dysfunctions leading to significant breaches of rights", on which the services of the Defender of Rights have been "massively" seized.
Online appointment booking is a source of major litigation.
The Defender of Rights reiterates her criticism of the prefectures which, have use of online appointment booking modules and make certain procedures relating to the stay of foreigners subject to the prior obtaining of an appointment by this bias alone.
If electronic referral to the administration remains a right for users, they cannot have it imposed on them, and any administration is therefore required to provide an alternative.
To remedy the malfunction of online appointment booking, it is still possible to file a summary "useful measures" before the administrative court. The Defender of Rights presented several dozen observations in the context of interim measures useful aimed at ordering the prefecture to issue an appointment. The administrative courts have granted almost all of these requests and the Council of State has precisely framed this dispute (CE, June 10, 2020, no 435594).
The "simplified procedures" system, put in place at most during the health crisis to deal with the closing of counters and which technically allows an administration to dematerialize any administrative procedure of its choice, has been deployed outside of any framework legal, with no alternative means of referral to the administration possible. Some prefectures have taken this opportunity to remove any alternative procedure.
The “useful measures” referral (référé « mesures utiles ») before the administrative tribunal remains a key tool for obtaining an appointment with the prefecture services that practice the dematerialized procedure.
The Office of Maître CERF supports you in these steps, until you obtain your residence permit.