François-Henri Briard
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10 September 1957
François-Henri Briard | |
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| Born | François-Henri Briard 10 September 1957 Saint-Mandé, France |
| Profession | Lawyer |
François-Henri Briard (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa‿ɑ̃ʁi‿bʁijɑʁ]) is a French Supreme Court Attorney born the 10 September 1957. Chairman of the Vergennes Institute, founded in 1993 with Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, to whom he was close.[1] He is a member of the Federalist society,[2] of the Supreme Court Historical Society,[2] of the Society of the Cincinnati[3] and of the Académie de Versailles.[4]
Born into a military family, Briard is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.[5] He is a Supreme Court Attorney since 1988.[6]
Career
He is best known as the attorney of François Fillon, former French Prime Minister.[7][8][9] He also acted as counsel for Nicaraguan workers against the Dow Chemical Company[10] and in favor of François Compaoré, brother of the former Burkina Faso's president.[11]
He maintains close ties with the American world, and provides interpretation and commentary for French-speaking audiences.[12][13] Briard was received in a private audience at the White House by Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump and attended the swearing-in ceremony of President Barack Obama on 20 January 2009.[14] Briard looks at the issue of concealing the face in public spaces.[4][5]
François-Henri Briard was a trustee of Sarah Lawrence College in New York for eight years.[15]
He was an auditor at the IHEDN.[16]
He has published the book Vivre libre (2021)[17] and he is a defender of freedom of speech.[18]