Speaker details

16th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference

24 May - 25 May 2023

Scandic Park Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Speaker information

Pierre Hoffman

Biography

Father of two children, Pierre Hoffman has been President of the Paris Bar since January 2024. He became a lawyer in 2003 and is now partner within the Cabinet Hoffman, a law firm specialised in intellectual property (trademark protection, counterfeiting, etc.). Pierre Hoffman's commitment began when he joined « SOS collaborateurs », a unit set up by the « Union des Jeunes Avocats de Paris » (UJA) to support, advise and defend Associate Lawyers in the event of a dispute with their firm. In 2011, he then became Vice-Chairman of the UJA, the largest lawyers' union in France at the time. Former member of the Paris Bar Council (2016-2018), he first became Public Affairs Secretary in charge of lobbying, and then Secretary of disputes between Associate Lawyers and partners. Pierre Hoffman is also co-Chairman of the Paris Bar's Open Commission of Intellectual Property Law (COMPI).

Session

What efforts are bars making at present to improve the public image of the legal profession? Can it in fact be improved and, if so, how?

Thursday 25 May (1600 - 1730)

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