Law Firm in Lausanne

M^e Veronique Fontana

Véronique Fontana has a wide-ranging experience of the functioning of the judicial system. She served many years as a court clerk for the State Court before her appointment as Judge in the Juvenile Court. Besides these official charges, Véronique Fontana kept up her private practice which she started in 1999. She shows focus, commitment and dedication in the handling of the cases entrusted to her. Véronique Fontana is very active in the field of litigation before Criminal, Civil and Administrative courts.

Véronique Fontana was admitted to the Bar of Geneva at age 24 and since then has developed her legal activity nationwide. She became a full partner at Pierre Jomini’s Law Firm after her admission to the Bar. As her colleague and friend passed away in 2005, she took over the management of the Law Firm by herself. She expanded the Law Firm which currently employs 12 attorneys and assistants with two offices, in Lausanne and Morges. As a result of her activity as consulting attorney with the Swiss Touring Club (TCS) and her standing commitment with the TCS Section of Canton Vaud, she has become a recognized authority in matters of traffic, criminal, administrative and tort law.

Veronique Fontana has been Vice-President of the TCS Section of Canton Vaud for ten years and, on May 6, 2010, she was elected President. In this capacity she oversees the management of about 200’000 members. As from June 17, 2011, Véronique Fontana is Member of the National Board of Directors of the TCS.

In 2000, Véronique Fontana created the section ” Vaud Droit” in the Touring Newspaper “Vaud Pages”. She publishes monthly articles in this magazine which deals with various law areas (sales law, contract law, administrative law, criminal law, insurance law, tort law, traffic law). Véronique Fontana is a regular attendant of major conventions on traffic law. As a result of her commitment in many high-profile criminal cases, Véronique Fontana is regularly invited by television stations to give an expert opinion in criminal matters.

As President of the Madeleine Moret Foundation, Maison de la Femme, Véronique Fontana also deploys an important activity in corporate and accounting law, association regulations and other areas related to contract law and various other judicial matters on an international level, in particular family law, divorce law as well as labor, lease and rent law.

Véronique Fontana also worked for Kredietbank (Suisse) SA in Geneva and in Lugano, as General Legal Counsel. Hence, she gathered an in-depth knowledge in banking and finance law.

M^e Pierre H. Blanc

Pierre H. Blanc graduated in 1970 from the University of Lausanne Law School and earned his PhD in 1971. He was admitted to the Bar in 1974. His PhD dissertation focuses on Federal Administrative Procedure.

During his law studies, Pierre H. Blanc was Vice Chancellor of the Invalid, Retirement & Survivors Insurance Federal Appeal Commission for persons covered by Social Security living abroad.

He practiced Law from 1974 to 2001 as partner at Blanc & Wiswald in Lausanne.

From 2001 to 2004, Pierre H. Blanc has been active in the area of Aeronautics. He was the Board Member & Executive Director of a European flight training Center for professional and airline pilots. He taught Aeronautic Law, operational procedures and regulation on transport of dangerous goods by air. He holds professional Swiss and American pilot licenses with extension for instrument flying, and is rated on jet aircraft.

From 2004 to 2011, Pierre H. Blanc has been professional Military Investigative Magistrate and Prosecutor reporting directly to Switzerland’s Judge Advocate General. During this period, he taught Criminal Law, Due Process and investigative Police Techniques at the Military Police Academy in Savatan. He retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel at the end of 2011.

Since 1 May 2011, Pierre H. Blanc is President of the Riviera Police Commission in Vevey.

Pierre H. Blanc speaks French and English and has a reasonable command of German.

Finally, Pierre H. Blanc is recipient of the following awards:

• Honorary Secretary of State, State of North Carolina, USA ;
• Honorary Citizen, State of North Carolina, USA.

M^e Marc Mullegg

M^e Marc Mullegg pratique le barreau en avocat polyvalent, essentiellement en droit privé et en droit pénal. Ses principaux domaines de compétence sont le droit judiciaire, le droit des contrats en général (bail, vente, entreprise et mandat), le droit du travail, le droit des poursuites pour dettes et faillite, la responsabilité civile, le droit bancaire et le droit du sport.

Diplômé de l’institut d’études de droit international (IEDI), M^e Marc Mullegg a exercé en tant qu’assistant à l’Université de Lausanne, dont il est licencié en droit mention « économie politique » (voie doctorat, 1976) et « droit suisse » (1977).

Il a ensuite été juriste au Service juridique de la Banque Cantonale Vaudoise à Lausanne où il a acquis de solides connaissances du droit bancaire et financier. Il a également été chargé d’un enseignement sur les contrats bancaires à l’école de la Chambre fiduciaire.

Après avoir exercé quelques années comme greffier rédacteur auprès de la Cour civile du Tribunal cantonal vaudois, puis comme 1^er greffier-substitut de ce même tribunal, M^e Marc Mullegg a effectué son stage d’avocat dans une étude à Lausanne et à Genève.

Il a obtenu son brevet d’avocat en 1998. Il a ensuite collaboré durant une quinzaine d’années au sein de cette même étude. M^e Marc Mullegg a rejoint l’étude Fontana en janvier 2013.