Information Agency: Dubois & Partners is 30 years old. On this occasion, Tomasz Zbigniew Zapert had a conversation with legal squad leader Jack Dubois.
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When and under what circumstances was the “Dubois and Partners” law firm established?
Jacek Dubois: In May 1995, my friend Alexander Pociej and I registered a lawyer company called Pociej-Dubois. It is 1 of the oldest law firms in Poland. It is now called ‘Dubois and Associates’, being a legal successor to this organization 30 years ago. I was then an lawyer with a five-year stint and worked with the law firm lawyer Service created in 1990, which we feel to be successful, and Alexander Pociej went consecutive after the bar exam. With the establishment of the company, I waited for him to return from his internships in prestigious law firms in Paris and London. We started in a building on Rozbrat Street, with Anna Jesuita and a secretary. Elżbieta Kosińska-Kozak joined us shortly and we started to grow more dynamically than we assumed in the most optimistic dreams.
Initially, it was besides owned by the names of another barists...
Jacek Dubois: “Dubois and Partners” feels the continuation of the company “Lawyer Service”, founded in 1990 by our parents – the partners were Krystyna Pociej-Gościmska, Maciej Dubois, Andrzej Warfołomiejew and Piotr Borowski. We have learned from them and in agreement with them we have established a fresh law firm, so we consider ourselves heirs to what they started. Our company changed its name to: “Pociej, Dubois, Kosińska-Kozak” and erstwhile in 2011 Alexander decided to leave for politics – and for 3 terms he was a Senator of the Republic of Poland – we decided to rebrand the name to “Dubois and Partners”, under which we inactive function today. There were quite a few names, due to the fact that as we calculated in our law firm, over 300 lawyers were involved.
Did the firm start with civilian or criminal cases?
Jacek Dubois: We started with a modest offer, according to our specializations. I deal with criminal law and forming its own department, Alexander Potej by economical law, and Ela Kosińska-Kozak extended the offer to include civilian law. Our teams were expanding, and joining the squad Elżbieta Buczek and Zosia Gajewskia enriched the offer with administrative law. It shortly turned out that Alexander and I were doing a beautiful good occupation in front of cameras and microphones, so we were increasingly taking on various spectacular cases, taking place before courts, and at the same time scandalous public opinion. They have become our specialty, thanks to which we have gained designation by cooperating with public relations agencies.
What is the communicative of the 30th-year law firm “Dubois & Partners”?
"Dubois & Partners" has besides been utilized for electoral proceedings. We rapidly became friends with the lawyers from the Helsinki Foundation, and as part of our pro bono programs we conducted human rights issues, and later we became active in defending the regulation of law. erstwhile Aleksander Pciej left for politics in 2011 they entered – as partners – Ela Buczek and Szymon Chmielewski. From this memento fresh specializations began to appear like mushrooms after rain.
What trials are peculiarly memorable?
Jacek Dubois: In all these years, I myself fishy that I have led respective 1000 cases, so respective 1000 cases must have passed through the firm. No one's gonna number them all. They are equally crucial due to the fact that 1 of the motts of “Dubois and Partners” is that “the client is the most crucial to us”. Of course, all lawyer's business card is his clients due to the fact that after who asks him for aid you can learn the standard of his work.
I remember my first crucial case back in the 1980s erstwhile I defended the oppositionist Henry Uncle. I remembered the first major media case that was besides pending before the public court where I learned to contact the media and where I represented Janusz Lewandowski – Minister of Property Transformation, in dispute with Lech Kaczyński - president of the ultimate Control Chamber. I remember defending a tv journalist. Camila DurczokWhen the media lynching almost took place, but as a result, we managed to win all the trials against journalists defaming my client. The defence was significant. Beata Sawicka – after her acquittal, there was a change of law. It was very crucial for me – due to individual sympathy – to defend a persecuted justice Igora Tulei. The breathtaking thing was winning a dispute with the J&S holding company erstwhile they wanted to impose a evidence punishment on a private entrepreneur 460.000.000 zł. erstwhile you asked about the most crucial matter, you opened a bag of memories and now I could tell about them for hours, due to the fact that they were all very crucial and legally interesting.
What customers are utilizing the aid of “Dubois & Partners”?
Jacek Dubois: With a wink of eyes, I can say that all tourist on a photographic safari dreams of a “great five”, that is, the anticipation of seeing 5 species of the top chaotic animals. Similarly, all lawyer, depending on his field, besides dreams of a large five. The “Dubois and Partners” Chancellery was able to complete specified a process, as we represented in various disputes: Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland, Speakers of the Sejm and Senate, many ministers and president of Warsaw.
Why “Dubois & Partners”Did she change her address respective times?
The office “Dubois & Partners” grew rapidly, so we needed more space. We started in a large flat in Powiśle, and although we took the tallness metre after 3 years it was no longer enough. We moved to Świętokrzyska Street in more than 20 people, where it shortly started to get besides tight, but fortunately the building counted respective floors and we survived there for a 4th of a century. The next phase is simply a beautiful pre-war tenement on Francesco Nullo Street. We already have it for ourselves, although it is getting besides tight there, so shortly it will most likely be time for another move.
How many people do you presently employ, what scope of services do you offer?
Jacek Dubois: We have reached the number of 60 lawyers. It's a large squad that's hard to control sometimes. However, it was worth it, due to the fact that this allows us to supply assistance to our customers in practically all areas of law. We are besides able to get into any large dispute. My criminal department is approaching 20 judges. We deal with economical law, real estate, intellectual property, taxation and banking law, civilian and administrative disputes... It's a long time to exchange. We effort to offer customers comprehensive support. squad is young to keep up with fresh challenges, but built on the foundation of tradition, while different generations in the office “Dubois and Partners” combine what I have always been accompanied by in my professional way, love for the law.
Who is Jacek Dubois – the firm leader?
Advocate Jacek Dubois is simply a recognized Warsaw attorney, a lawyer specializing in criminal law and the protection of individual property, a associate of the Court of State (2012–2015) and since 2023 Deputy president of the Court of State and at the same time a writer, author of many unique books.
Jacek Dubois graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw in 1986. He was an activist of the Independent Student Association. After his studies, he took his bar application, passed his bar exam in 1990. Initially he practiced in 1 of the bar teams in Warsaw, in 1995 he became a partner in a law firm conducted, among others, with Alexander Pociej.
Who were the Jack Dubois antennae?
Jacek Dubois is the great-grandson of Mieczysław Dubois – a lawyer working as a legal advisor at the Warsaw Industrial Fund; grandson of Stanisław Dubois – MP during the Second Republic; boy of legendary lawyer Maciej Dubois – justice of the Court of State (1989–1991), dean of the Bar Association in Warsaw, defender in political trials. In 2024, the Polish Publishing Institute published the book "Advocacy in the Fight for Justice", written by Juliusz Bolek and Czesław Czapliński. It includes extended interviews with Maciej Dubois and Jack Dubois.
What kind of lawyers work at Dubois and Associates?
The office of Dubois & Partners employs respective twelve prominent lawyers, legal advisers and applicants. These include: Jacek Dubois (advocacy), Elżbieta Kosińska-Kozak (legal adviser), Elizabeth Buczek (advocacy), Szymon Chmielewski (legal adviser), Krzysztof Stępiński (advocacy, solicitor, Peter Warfołomieev (advocacy), Agnieszka Frank-Dembinska (legal adviser, mediator), Marcin Bąk (advocacy), Anna Chybińska-Twardawa (advocacy), Luke Smolak (advocacy), Magdalena Czecha (legal adviser), Monika Król-Gayewska (advocacy), Casper Krawczyk (legal adviser), Peter Jarosh (Legal Advisor), Dr. Marcin Kopeć (Legal Advisor), Dr. Adam Wiśniewski (advocacy), Radosław Ambroziak (advocacy), Claudine Rybak (advocacy), Amadeusz Borkowski (advocacy), Sandra Drozga (advocacy), Adam Klepczyński (the attorney), Kinga Skawińska-Lending (advocacy), Łukasz Marczyk (advocacy), Zuzanna Meat (attractor), Michael Sapinski (advocacy), Patricia Maximiak-Zaorska (advocacy), Konrad Kaczyński (advocacy), Natalia Pazera (advocacy), Barbara Śmiałkowska (advocacy), Luke Trochimiuk (advocacy), Michael Plocke (advocacy), Agnieszka Walczak (advocacy), Marcin Mazur (advocacy), Joanna Kozzenewska-Zielinska (advocacy), Paweł Matracki (advocacy), Agnieszka Najda-Krocz (advocacy), Isabella Wilk (advocacy), Yurii Bratislava (advocacy application, lawyer (Ukraine).
A squad of exceptional lawyers, acting under the name of Dubois & Partners, offers advisory services to those in request at all stages of the transaction and negotiation process. He advises on corporate matters (including corporate governance), unfair competition. The office of Dubois & Partners offers comprehensive service for construction investments and real property trading. He will lead criminal cases (including criminal and economic) and broadly understood civil, economic, administrative and labour law cases. He besides specializes in gambling law.
What does Dubois & Partners specialize in?
The office of Dubois & Partners has a squad of lawyers specialising in criminal, civil, administrative, labour, economical law, including corporate, construction and property trading, in family, inheritance and property divisions. She is known for her individual and electoral code cases. Dubois & Partners besides has a squad in medical harm and medical law.
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AI, interviews /DC/ 9 June 2025 photograph Szymon Szcześniak
