Regular guest of the program "Touche pas à mon poste" (C8) by Cyril Hanouna, lawyer Fabrice Di Vizio, subject to disciplinary proceedings by the Paris Bar, has been increasing the number of appeals for more than a year. against the government's management of the health crisis, inspiring the skepticism of some of his peers.
The president of the Paris Bar, Me Olivier Cousi, confirmed on Wednesday the opening, the day before, of this disciplinary investigation which could lead to sanctions up to the prohibition to practice or the radiation.
In question, according to a source close to the file, his virulent statements.
In mid-September, franceinfo had also indicated that "complaints from dissatisfied customers (had) been received by the Council".
"Radically false", challenges Me Di Vizio.
The lawyer who would like to run for a mandate in the legislative elections in June, said he had not been notified of this procedure, deeming it "unacceptable", but rejoicing.
"Finally, they're chasing me!"
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Strident voice, round glasses, leather jacket, this 47-year-old lawyer specializing in public health law became a media personality from the start of the health crisis in spring 2020.
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Fabrice Di Vizio has often shown himself alongside the leader of the “Patriots”, Florian Philippot, who praises to AFP a man “passionate in his fight and demanding in his argument”.
To his more than 130,000 subscribers on Twitter, he distills abundantly comments on his legal remedies, punctuated by messages hostile to vaccination.
“I will die of Covid if I have to, but I will not be vaccinated.
Between living like a coward and dying with honor, my choice is made, ”he said in July.
"Misleading" method
On his hunting board, Me Di Vizio can include his complaints filed for several doctors and individuals who have contributed to the opening of a judicial investigation at the Court of Justice of the Republic in July 2020 targeting in particular Edouard Philippe, Olivier Véran and Agnès Buzyn, on the management of the health crisis. The former Minister of Health was indicted in early September for "endangering the lives of others". But Me Di Vizio has also made a name for himself with his massive class actions and remedies.
Several thousand complaints have thus arrived in a few weeks at the CJR about the management of the Covid-19 epidemic.
They are “accessible online, on the site of Me Di Vizio.
There are four models, concerning different facts and ministers, ”noted a judicial source in September.
This “judicial harassment,” as the lawyer himself calls it, is a well-established practice, according to former clients.
"He told doctors to take actions at twenty or fifty," recalls Doctor Jérôme Marty, president of the French Union for Free Medicine (UFML) represented by the lawyer between 2013 and 2015. "It was from 50 to 100 euros per person.
Members have paid several times and complained that it was not successful ”.
During the summer, when Emmanuel Macron announced the generalization of the health pass and the vaccination obligation for caregivers, Me Di Vizio introduced two appeals: 1.20 euros per signatory against the pass and between 100 and 300 euros depending on the professional categories against compulsory vaccination.
The system is even industrialized a little later thanks to a website on which there are models of complaints and appeals.
"Unethical" practices
A "misleading" method, contests a former member of the council of the Bar Association in Paris.
“He has recourse to 2 euros against decisions of the Constitutional Council, before the Council of State, when he knows that it will not work.
Legally, a decision of the Constitutional Council is not contestable ”.
Another lawyer, a specialist in public health, disputes his practices, "a vein", "not in accordance with ethical rules".
Me Di Vizio had already been sanctioned by his peers in July 2015, according to a source familiar with the matter: 18 months of ban from practicing the profession of lawyer, reduced to six months suspended on appeal in September 2016.