Criminal law demands the highest level of responsiveness from your defence attorney. PIZARRO Law Firm operates on a 24/7 emergency basis and will defend your interests and those of your loved ones in any urgent situation: police custody (garde à vue), customs detention (retenue douanière), immediate appearance hearings (comparution immédiate), enforcement of arrest warrants, extradition proceedings, and more.

Our Marseille-based firm offers recognised expertise in defending companies and executives in customs disputes, including illegal importation of goods, customs money laundering, counterfeiting and VAT fraud. We intervene at every stage of the proceedings and have developed a specific expertise in challenging customs seizures.

Our firm stands out for a unique expertise: a genuinely English-speaking criminal defence delivered by lawyers who routinely work in English on complex files. We have developed specific competence in extradition procedures and the enforcement of European Arrest Warrants. We also benefit from a solid international network to handle cross-border and high-complexity matters, in coordination with foreign counsel in English-speaking jurisdictions and beyond.

Our criminal defence law firm appears before all the jurisdictions of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence ("tribunal de police", "tribunal correctionnel", "Cour d'Assises", investigating judges, public prosecutors, etc.), in order to defend the interests of those accused of having committed criminal or customs offences.

Our criminal defence lawyers appear before all jurisdictions in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence (tribunal de police, tribunal correctionnel, Cour d'Assises, investigating judges, public prosecutors) to defend those accused of criminal or customs offences.

In the face of the growing criminalisation of business law and increasing risk-evaluation requirements imposed on companies, PIZARRO Law Firm assists executives and corporate officers in protecting their interests.

With the proliferation of media outlets, press and communication law is governed by highly technical rules, making the assistance of an experienced lawyer essential. Our firm regularly intervenes in press matters, both on behalf of victims of insults or defamation, and to defend those prosecuted for such offenses.

Focused on the technical aspects of the repressive branches of law, our firm has developed solid experience in Consumer Criminal Law. We are regularly called upon to defend executives and companies in criminal proceedings related to consumer protection regulations.

Governments are tightening regulations to combat ecological offences, which are increasingly severely punished. Aware of the importance of a robust defence in this highly technical area, our firm has developed solid experience in defending individuals and companies prosecuted for offences falling under Environmental Criminal Law.

Disciplinary proceedings are multiplying and growing more complex, with often decisive consequences that warrant the intervention of a lawyer. Our firm appears before the disciplinary boards of educational institutions and the jurisdictional bodies of various professional orders.

Criminal proceedings can be extremely complex, often leaving victims disoriented before a vast judicial system. Our firm supports victims throughout the entire procedure, ensuring that their voice, their suffering and their losses are properly heard by the judicial authorities.