About

Born in France and raised in America, Julia Grégoire is a French-American lawyer admitted to practice law in France (Paris) and the U.S. (New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island). She is a graduate of Brown University and Boston University Law School and studied French law at the Ecole du Pré-Barreau in Paris.

Julia gained professional legal experience in both countries, including in the U.S. judiciary (Massachusetts Appeals Court, Rhode Island Superior Court), the human rights field (International Senior Lawyers Project), and at some of the world’s best-ranked corporate law firms (Hogan Lovells LLP and Kramer Levin).

Julia is bilingual in French and English, and fully fluent in Spanish and Italian.

Core values:

• Efficiency
• Responsiveness
• Integrity

Hinal Parekh joined Avocat Grégoire in May 2023.

Education/training:Hinal holds a Licence de Droit (Bachelor’s of Law Degree) in International Law from the University of Paris 12 (Créteil), where she studied the Anglo-American legal system. Following the real interest she had developed there for international law, Hinal continued her post-graduate studies at the University of Strasbourg for two years obtaining a Master 2 Degree in International Law in 2022 (French equivalent of the American J.D.).

Professional experience: During her various internships, Hinal enjoyed working in English and found her calling: immigration law. In 2022, she completed a formative internship with a Strasbourg law firm, which enabled her to master legal procedures before the European Court of Human Rights. Through this experience, Hinal strengthened her knowledge of international law and fundamental rights, while developing practical skills such as drafting court petitions and preparing defense briefs.

At the beginning of 2023, Hinal completed a legal internship in the United States with the law firm of Attorney Claudia Gregoire, in Providence, Rhode Island. There, she honed her legal research and English drafting skills, drafting motions before U.S. federal courts on behalf of asylum seekers and refugees.

Following this experience, Hinal joined the law firm of Maître Julia Gregoire, as a legal associate in May 2023. Since then, her experience has enabled her to completely master French visa and residency permit application procedures in France, as well as administrative application processes and litigation procedures concerning French citizenship. At Avocat Grégoire, Hinal also handles French-American estate matters, assisting and advising heirs and executors to estates involving French assets or French-resident decedents or beneficiaries.

Language skills: Hinal is fluent in English and Gujarati, her native language. She has an advanced level of Spanish.

Rose Venini joined Avocat Grégoire in March 2023.

Education/training: Rose Venini has dual expertise in the French and Anglo-Saxon legal systems. She holds a Double Concentration Bachelor’s of Law Degree (“Bilicence”) in French Law and Common Law from the University of Paris Nanterre, as well as a Master 2 in European Law/Law in Foreign Languages from the University of Tours (French equivalent of the American J.D. degree).

Professional experience: Before joining the Avocat Grégoire team, Rose Venini completed several legal internships, first in a corporate legal department, then with a genealogy firm, and finally with a general law firm handling litigation cases. These experiences enabled her to develop her skills both in defending administrative cases and in general litigation before the Paris Court of Justice (Tribunal Judiciaire).

Language skills: Rose’s educational background has enabled her to master English, and in particular legal English. Born in France to an Italian family, she is fluent in Italian thanks to her studies and family background, and fluent in Spanish, thanks to her high school and post-gradute studies. Rose has travelled extensively throughout Europe, and has also traveled to the U.S.

Alexandra Goudal joined Avocat Grégoire in June 2024.

Education/training: Alexandra holds a Bachelor’s of Law Degree and a Master 2 in International Law and European Fundemantal Rights (French equivalent of the American J.D. degree) from the Université de Paris Saclay.

Professional experience: During her university studies, Alexandra had the opportunity to carry out an internship in the European Affairs department of the EDF Group in Brussels, which enabled her to gain experience in a multilingual international environment.

After obtaining her law degree, Alexandra completed a formative legal internship with the Parisian law firm MH Avocat, specializing in immigration law and French nationality law. Fascinated by her experience working with the firm’s clients, Alexandra decided to continue her professional training in the same field by joining the Avocat Grégoire team, first as an intern, then as a legal assistant.

Her strong skills in legal research and communication with préfectures, consulates and courts, as well as her passion for the subject, enable her to accompany Avocat Grégoire clients accurately and efficiently throughout their procedures and requests.

Language skills: Alexandra is fluent in both spoken and written English, and thanks to her extensive experience in international legal contexts, she is perfectly at ease with legal English.

Romane Peters Herbet joined Avocat Grégoire in September 2023.

Education/training: Romane Peters Herbet obtained a double-licence in Law-LEA in 2022 and is therefore familiar with different legal systems (French, Spanish, British and American). She then completed her training with a Master 2 in European Law/Language Law at the University of Tours (French equivalent of the American J.D. diploma).

Professional experience: Romane first joined the Avocat Grégoire team as a legal trainee in 2023. There, she discovered immigration and citizenship law, a discipline that interests her greatly and which inspired her to join the firm as a full-time staff member.

Foreign languages: Born into a Franco-Dutch-Canadian family, Romane has always had a taste for travel and foreign languages. She completed her third year of higher education in Canada, where she perfected her English and her knowledge of American culture. The following year, she repeated the study abroad experience by studying in Spain as part of her Master’s degree, where she mastered legal vocabulary in three different languages.