Julia Minkowski

Practice Areas

Julia Minkowski has been involved in the most high-profile cases in France for the last twenty years. Working alongside her mentor, Me Hervé Temime, she distinguished herself early on in proceedings relating to the most important financial and political scandals, before establishing herself as a leading criminal lawyer.

Her experience as a defence attorney, specialized in strategic litigation, is in great demand by individuals and companies, both French and foreign. She is known for her pragmatism, her sharp analysis of the issues at stake and her composure in crisis. Her advice is also much sought-after in the area of risk prevention, bolstered by her deep knowledge of business and media.

Graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and the University of Paris II - Panthéon Assas, Julia Minkowski also studied at Columbia University Law School in New York. In 2006, she was sworn in and joined Hervé Temime’s firm. At the age of 30, she became one of his first partners. Together, they achieved notable judicial successes in particularly high-profile cases. Two years after Temime's sudden death, and with fifteen years of partnership in this prestigious law firm, Julia Minkowski decided to found Minkowski & Partners.

She has published an essay entitled ‘Elegy to the Presumption of Innocence’ (Éditions de l'Observatoire, February 2025) and regularly writes feature articles for the national press. Committed to gender equality in the legal profession, she founded the Club des Femmes pénalistes, wrote an essay (‘The Lawyer was a Woman’, Éditions JC Lattès, January 2021), a novel (“Par-delà l'attente”, Éditions JC Lattès, September 2022) and a documentary (‘Tenoras’, Public Sénat, 2022) to promote the place of women lawyers in the profession.

Julia mainly acts in business criminal law, general criminal law and business litigation, as well as in press law and art market matters.

She has developed an in-depth mastery of international cases, in particular those in English-speaking countries.

She intervened in numerous politico-media cases including the Crédit Lyonnais case, Clearstream, Bygmalion, Google and Bismuth.

Today, she intervenes in defense in PNF (Prosecutor specialized in White-collar crimes) investigations or major ongoing instructions and regularly advises LVMH (compliance; press law for group titles) and Mediawan.

Career

Julia Minkowski holds two Master's degrees, one in Business Law and one in General Private Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. She is also a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and completed an exchange programme with the University of Columbia in New York.

Julia was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006 when she joined Hervé TEMIME, before becoming a partner of TEMIME.

She used to teach at Sciences-Po.

Professional Memberships

Julia Minkowski is the co-founder and President of the Club des Femmes Pénalistes. [Club of Women Lawyers specialised in criminal defence]

She is also a member of the Association Des Avocats Pénalistes [Association of Lawyers Specialised in Criminal Defence]

She was selected by the French-American Foundation as one of the twenty French and American people aged 30 to 40 years old called on to play a major role in cooperation between France and the United States : the Young Leaders.

Publications

L’avocat était une femme (JC Lattès, 2021)

Par-delà l'attente (JC Lattès, September 2022)

Tenoras (Public Sénat, 2022)