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Attorneys-at-Law

  Eric Bokkes

Eric BokkesEric Bokkes graduated in Law and Economics in 1996 and in International Law in 1997, both at the University of Utrecht, and completed a vocational training for company lawyers at the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1999. He was a company lawyer at two different large companies from 1998 until 2004 and founded a trading company in theatre supplies in 2001 and was its managing director up to 2004. He was president of the Young Barristers Curacao and is treasurer of the Curacao Bar Association and board member of the Foundation for Professional Training of Law Practice.

He was admitted to the bar on the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in 2004. As far as languages are concerned, Bokkes is well versed in Dutch, English, German and Papiamento.

Suardus Fontein

Suardus FonteinSuardus Fontein graduated from the University of Amsterdam. As a reserve captain he was assigned to a military court and has gained ample experience in several legal functions while working at international trading companies. Amongst others, he fulfilled several top-management functions at international corporations quoted on the Amsterdam stock exchange.

He is President of the Association of Pensionado's on the island of Curacao. Fontein was admitted to the bar on the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in June 2002. He speaks Dutch, English, German and French.

 

 

Simona La Fleur

Simona La FleurSimona La Fleur graduated in 2006 from the University of the Netherlands Antilles. During her studies she specialized in immigration- and family law. In her thesis she elaborated on the possibilities of infringement of human rights in respect to article 5 under the European Convention on Human Rights. During her study she already advised in legal matters as a member of the “Tienda di lei”.

She was admitted to the bar on the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in 2007 and is a board member of the Young Barristers Curacao. As an attorney at law she practices a general practice. Languages: English, Dutch, Papiamentu.

 

 

Jeannine Adriaenssen

Jeannine AdriaenssenJeannine Adriaenssen graduated at the University of Tilburg and (also) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2007. In 2006 she taught a group of students in pleading –with the aid of video-tapes– for the course “Oefenrechtbank”. During her studies she also followed two internships at two different law firms in the Netherlands and on Curaçao. She published her thesis (of the University of Tilburg) in the journal “Sportzaken”.

Since 2007 she’s been registered as an attorney with the Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Languages: Dutch, English