[4] He earned the nickname “scumbags’ lawyer” (French: avocat des crapules) for having represented several high-profile criminals.
[1] Early in his career he defended Michel Lelievre, an accomplice of Belgian serial killer Marc Dutroux.
[1] Mary came to international attention when he represented Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving member of the 10-man unit that carried out the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015, following his arrest in Molenbeek on 18 March 2016.
[5] Mary and French lawyer Frank Berton defended Abdeslam when he went on trial in Brussels in February 2018 for his part in a shoot-out with police in Forest that happened a few days before his arrest.
[4] In February 2023 Mary took over the defence of Eva Kaili, Greek Member of the European Parliament who was being held on charges of corruption as part of the Qatargate scandal.