“I swear, as a lawyer, to perform my duties with dignity, conscience, independence,
integrity and humanity.”
Legal services
Attorney Yegor Boychenko provides legal assistance in the following areas of French and international law:
Criminal law - defence at every stage of criminal proceedings
Attorney Yegor Boychenko uses all lawful means of defence to protect his clients in criminal proceedings.
Defence during police custody (garde à vue) and any extension of detention by the prosecutor for up to 48-72 hours, including assistance during arrest, first questioning and confrontation.
Defence during judicial investigation (instruction) before the investigating judge, including questioning, confrontations, searches and other investigative measures, and the filing of applications in the client's interests.
Defence regarding pre-trial detention and alternative measures, including applications for release, house arrest, electronic monitoring, judicial supervision and lifting of restrictive measures.
Defence in C.R.P.C. – comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité proceedings, the French guilty-plea procedure.
Defence before French criminal courts and appeals against criminal judgments.
Representation during the enforcement and adjustment of sentences before the juge de l’application des peines (JAP), including conditional release and other sentence-adjustment procedures.
Criminal defence of minors and representation before the tribunal pour enfants / juge des enfants.
Customs law - transport and declaration of cash
Legal advice on the rules governing the transport and declaration of cash when entering or leaving France.
Representation and defence before French customs authorities in cases involving undeclared cash and temporary seizure of funds.
Preparation of documents proving the lawful origin and intended use of transported funds.
Legal assistance aimed at obtaining the return of temporarily seized funds.
Negotiations with customs authorities, including out-of-court settlement, reduction of penalties and return of seized funds.
Representation before investigating authorities and criminal courts where proceedings are opened in connection with undeclared cash, including allegations of blanchiment or blanchiment douanier.
Family law - representation in divorce and family proceedings
Divorce by mutual consent.
Judicial divorce proceedings, including divorce on acceptance of the principle of divorce, divorce for fault and divorce based on definitive alteration of the marital relationship.
Representation before the Juge aux affaires familiales (JAF) regarding children's residence and contact arrangements.
Parental authority and child maintenance matters.
Applications concerning restrictions or prohibitions on a child's departure from France (OST / IST).
Representation in proceedings concerning maintenance obligations towards dependent parents.
Refugee status - OFPRA / CNDA
Assistance in preparing an asylum application and supporting documents for submission to OFPRA.
Preparation for the OFPRA interview and legal assistance throughout the procedure.
Analysis of an OFPRA refusal decision.
Preparation and lodging of an appeal against an OFPRA decision before the Cour nationale du droit d’asile (CNDA).
Representation and defence of the applicant at the CNDA hearing.
European Court of Human Rights
Preliminary consultation and assessment of the prospects of an application to the European Court of Human Rights.
Assessment of admissibility requirements and exhaustion of effective domestic remedies.
Preparation of the application form and legal submissions in accordance with the Court's requirements.
Preparation and lodging of an individual application with the European Court of Human Rights.
Representation of the applicant after communication of the case to the respondent Government.
Preparation of written observations and replies to the respondent Government's submissions.
Applications for interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court where appropriate.
Conduct of cases in English, French, Russian and Ukrainian.
INTERPOL and extradition
INTERPOL
Requests to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files (CCF) for access to information processed concerning the applicant.
Preparation and submission of requests for deletion of international wanted-person data, including Red Notices and Diffusions.
Preparation and submission of preventive requests to INTERPOL aimed at preventing the publication of a Red Notice or circulation of a Diffusion concerning the applicant.
Requests for temporary restriction or blocking of contested data where appropriate.
Requests for priority or urgent consideration where justified.
Requests for revision of a previous CCF decision where new circumstances exist.
Submissions in cases where an international alert may be politically motivated or otherwise contrary to INTERPOL's rules.
Extradition
Defence of persons detained in France in connection with an international wanted-person alert or a foreign extradition request.
Representation in extradition proceedings before the chambre de l’instruction.
Preparation of the legal defence and supporting documents opposing extradition.
Assessment of potential human-rights violations in the requesting State.
Preparation of expert reports concerning violations of domestic law and human rights in criminal proceedings in the State requesting extradition.