Laure Marolleau - Member of the Young Lawyers Forum
Member Voices
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Laure Marolleau |
1. Tell us about an interesting client matter you've worked on.
For five years now, I have been working on a pollution case concerning a large number of gas stations in France and involving many parties, including our client –a US-based company and market leader – many other companies, environmental and financial experts, etc. In January, the first milestone was achieved with the submission of all our legal and technical arguments (for each station) to the court-appointed expert. We have put together a great and multi-skilled team to achieve this. A massive amount of work was carried out for the final stretch, and we made it! This is to be continued before the court.
2. Tell us something valuable you gained from attending the 2019 Fall Semi-Annual Conference in Vietnam as a first-time attendee and what you're looking forward to when in-person events and travel return.
With the pandemic, we have replaced most face-to-face meetings with virtual events. They’ve never been more useful, but online meetings have limits. The in-person events like those I attended in Vietnam put "flesh on the bone”, from the small talk you have with a colleague over a coffee break to the experience-sharing in practice group meetings. I will never forget how welcoming all the colleagues I met there were. The blue ribbons that were placed on the name badges of first-time attendees had the magical power to draw the attention of the other attendees and allowed me to lay the foundations for lasting and trusting relationships.
3. What's your favorite book, and why?
Very recently, I read Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, the famous 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley and I loved it! It is a true - and probably the first - science fiction story. Not so much a horror story. I liked the fact that although Frankenstein sees his monster as a brutal demon, the book allows the reader to see events from the monster's perspective. And the book ultimately questions what it is to be human.