Maître Snitsar

Maria Snitsar

Attorney Maria Snitsar is a member of the Paris Bar.

She was elected Secretary of the Paris Bar Conference in 2024.

Today, Maria Snitsar works in a leading french law firm GHRENASSIA AVOCATS as an associate. Moreover, she runs a private law practice.

As a member of the Paris Bar, Maria Snitsar defends her clients before all French criminal courts in all departments, including overseas.

She works in French, English, German and Russian.

Expertises

Fields of practice

Attorney Maria Snitsar intervenes prior to prosecution and at all stages of the criminal proceedings, before all the criminal jurisdictions of France, both as counsel for prosecuted persons and for victims.

She mainly intervenes in general criminal law, business criminal law, international criminal law and press law.

General criminal law

Attorney Maria Snitsar defends both defendants and victims of criminal offenses such as personal injury (violence, manslaughter and unintentional injury, endangerment, murder, sexual assault, rape, harassment, threats, malicious telephone calls, etc.) and property offenses (destruction, damage, deterioration, fraud, extortion, theft, cyber-crimes, receiving stolen goods, money laundering, etc).

White collar crimes

Due to her background in business and tax law, Maria Snitsar has developed an extensive expertise in the technical aspects of criminal business law. She defends legal entities and their managers in criminal proceedings for misuse of corporate assets, breach of trust, bankruptcy, industrial accidents, forgery, corruption, money laundering etc.

Maria Snitsar has developed a special competence in the field of tax fraud and tax laundering.

Press law

Maria Snitsar intervenes to protect the e-reputation of legal entities, but also in the context of actions for defamation, public and private insults and discrimination.

International criminal law

Maria Snitsar, used to work in several languages (French, Russian, German, English), assists persons facing problems of international law : European arrest warrant, international arrest warrant and extradition procedure. Moreover, Maria Snitsar intervenes before the Interpol files control commission in order to request the deletion of the red notices.

Sentence enforcement

Attorney Maria Snitsar assists you in obtaining a sentence adjustment, confusion of sentence and removal of the criminal record.

Urgent criminal defense

Maître Maria Snitsar is available to assist you in extreme urgency in case of placement in police custody and in case of deferral for presentation to a magistrate or immediate court hearing. Should she accept this mission, Maria Snitsar guarantees to be present within two hours in any part of Ile-de-France in order to ensure the defense of the client’s rights.

Experience & Commitment

Her international background has given her not only the skills to master different legal systems, but also the understanding of foreign mentalities – technical and human knowledge that she now knows how to put to full use for the benefit of the persons she defends. Her knowledge of foreign law and her fluency in languages enable her to dissect your cross-border issues, to better understand and advise you, ensuring your defense before French courts of all levels.

As a member of the Paris Bar, Maria Snitsar personally guarantees a dynamic and committed defense in every case she is entrusted with. Reactive and committed, she is available to assist you at all stages of the criminal procedure: from the investigation to the trial hearing, but also during the sentence adjustment. Before any substantive study of a case, Maria Snitsar carefully analyzes the documents from the point of view of the legality of the procedure in order to consider the eventual invalidity.

The experience of criminal proceedings is not only challenging for the defendant and the victim, but also for the relatives of the immediate parties to the proceedings. The proceedings are often long and the restrictions are complex. These situations are even more disturbing when the proceedings are conducted in a foreign language or with an extraterritorial aspect. Maria Snitsar is committed to provide you with a personalized and attentive support in order to elaborate a combative defense strategy having for ultimate goal the respect of your rights, whatever your situation and spoken language.

Fees

As a rule, French lawyers are free to set their fees. Several criteria are taken into account when calculating the fees: the client’s situation, the urgency, the number of hours spent on the case, the research carried out, the complexity of the case, the expenses incurred by the attorney and the result achieved.

There are different types of fees.

At the end of the first meeting, and if you wish to entrust the defense of your interests to Maître Maria SNITSAR, she will propose the billing option most adapted to your case and your personal situation.

Fixed price

A global remuneration is fixed for the entire procedure. This formula is most often used when the procedure is simple and the schedule is perfectly predictable for the lawyer. The payment can be made in one or more instalments.

Hourly rate

Each hour actually spent by the attorney on the case is billed at the indicated price. When this formula is chosen, a detailed list of services is drawn up and completes the bill of fees established at the end of each month. The time spent is proportional to the complexity of the case, the number of steps to be taken, the stage of the procedure etc.

Fee for result

Depending on the result, it may be decided that the attorney will receive an additional remuneration. This type of fee is possible when the case involves important financial risks. It can only be additional to a minimum fee (fixed or time-based).

Emergency contact

Maria SNITSAR is available 24/7 in case of emergency.

To reach her, use the number below (call, SMS, Whats’App, Telegram or Signal).