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Law Firms - Torts & Medical Malpractice
Sahar, Stobiecki & Co., Advocates
Sahar, Stobiecki &Co. is a leading boutique,
reputed firm that provides consultancy and
litigation services in civil-commercial law,
medical malpractice and Torts. Founded in 1955
by the late Joseph Sahar and Judith Sahar, devel-
oped and expanded activities to become part of
Israel’s business elite and eminent in its fields,
led by Advs. Yaron Sahar, Moshe Stobiecki and
Orna Sahar-Ziv Tiberin, for over 35 years. The firm
operates two independent departments: Advs. Sto-
biecki and Sahar-Ziv Tiberin head the Torts Dept.
and Adv. Sahar heads the Civil-Commercial Dept.
The Torts Dept. is listed by ranking companies:
Dun & Bradstreet (Israel’s 100 leading law-firms)
and BDI Code (the most prominent insurance law-
firms). Professional knowledge, reliability, thor-
oughness and striving for excellence earned the
firm recognition and appreciation by the courts
and professional circles. The firm is the sole Israeli
member of I.G.A.L, a network of law firms in 100
countries, and is involved in international legal
activities with the world’s leading law firms. The
firm is a member of S.T.E.P., connecting trust and
estate practitioners worldwide. The firm provides
legal services to institutions, government, insur-
ance and private companies.
Professional and Committed Personnel
The firm employs 32 employees including 17 law-
yers and 5 law clerks. Five additional partners have
become part of the senior staff and the firm’s core
leadership. All lawyers are experienced in court
appearances, negotiations, appeals, arbitrations,
mediations and complex civil proceedings, and
some serve as arbitrators and mediators in cases
referred by the courts, or privately. The firm’s team
has been formed gradually with careful attention
to personal and professional traits to create rare
qualified human capital.
Medical Malpractice & Torts
The Torts Dept. operates productively in Torts and
insurance including dozens of weekly court, arbitra-
tions andmediations appearances. The Dept. was
among the first to develop medical malpractice
specialization. The Dept.’s staff has impressive
achievements including in the Supreme Court that
led to legal changes (e.g. wrongful birth). Lawyers
gained extensive experience frompreparing claims
and oreviews to conducting negotiations, hearings,
appearing in mediation and representing clients,
mainly in District Courts and the Supreme Court.
The firm’s lawyers are skilled in studying and ana-
lyzing medical cases and with keeping up to date
with the latest legal trends. The firmhandlesmedi-
cal malpractice suits involvingmidwives – compli-
cations for mothers and newborns (such as C.P,
and Erb palsy), failure to diagnose birth defects,
wrongful birth, surgical, neurosurgical, orthopedic
and anesthetic complications, failure or delay in
diagnosing illnesses, loss of recovery chances, etc.
With the knowledge and expertise gained, the firm
assists in forming position papers and instructions
on public health, and the Dept.’s staff frequently
appear at conferences. The firm also acts in cases
regarding motor, work and sports accidents.
Commercial Department
The firm specializes in consultation and complex
multidisciplinary commercial-civil litigation. The
firm has gained experience in representing and
appearing in all tribunals including arbitration and
mediation proceedings (in Israel and abroad). The
services encompass commercial disputes from
drafting the case, gathering evidence, questioning
witnesses, to conducting negotiations, reaching a
settlement, or managing the case until decided in
court, including appeals. The Dept. handles large
volumes of business and commercial disputes
between companies, and between shareholders
or partners, including arbitration and mediation
proceedings. The firm conducts complex suits re-
garding breach of contracts and unjust enrichment,
while specializing in contracts, tenders, building,
planning and supervision, insurance and bank-
ing, trusts and gift contracts. The firm has gained
experience in real-estate disputes, contracts for
sale, rental, condominiums, nuisance, planning
and building and expropriation. The Dept. repre-
sents companies and individuals in complex civil
suits in compensation for damages (including loss
of profits) caused by actions contravening competi-
tion laws includingmonopolies or cartels. The firm
also specializes in economic damages. The firm
has rich experience in private-international law,
in conducting transactions and legal proceedings
and cooperating with lawyers abroad, including
complex international arbitrations. The Dept. is
involved in multi-parties suits including govern-
mental authorities and regulatory agencies. The
dept. drafts contracts for founding companies and
renders consultancy for companies, handles real-
estate transactions for developing projects and
legal support for these. The firm accompanied the
evacuation of Jewish settlements in Sinai, Gush
Katif and northern Samaria and was involved in
legislations for these matters. The firm acted for
settlers as individuals and communities with rele-
vant organizations, in relocating communities, and
legal procedures (i.e the High Court petition against
disengagement, compensation committees and
independent damages suits in court regarding in-
frastructure abandoned or prohibited from evacu-
ation, as independent property claims).
The Firm’s Partners
Adv. YaronSahar - Graduated fromTel Aviv Univer-
sity Faculty of Law, 1974 (cum laude). University of
Oxford, B.C.L, 1976. Clerked in the Tel Aviv District
Court, 1973, and with the firm. Member of the Isra-
el Bar, 1974. Lecturer MBA Business Law, Recanati
School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv Univer-
sity. Former member A.I.J.A, Israeli representative
I.G.A.L (since 1982). Member of Brasenose Society
and Ellesmere Society.
Adv. Moshe Stobiecki - Graduated from Tel Aviv
University Faculty of Law, 1975 (cum laude).
Clerked in the Tel Aviv District Court, 1976. Mem-
ber of the Israel Bar, 1977. Teaching at Tel Aviv
University Faculty of Law. Lecturer in advanced
study programs, and conferences, for professional
training institutes, universities, and the Israel Bar.
Conducts arbitration and mediation for torts and
insurance.
Adv. Orna Sahar-Ziv Tiberin - Graduated from Tel
Aviv University Faculty of Law, 1978. Clerked with
the firm, 1978. Member of the Israel Bar, 1979.
Authorized mediator. Formerly a Member of the
Health Ministry Board for Approval of Surrogacy,
Member of Friends of Etgarim NPO.
Esta b l i s h e d
1955
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Medical malpractice and torts,
commercial law and civil litigation
F O U N D I N G pa RT N E R S
Adv. Joseph Sahar (1914-1984)
Adv. Judith Sahar
4 Marmorek St., Tel Aviv 6425404
Tel: 972-3-6858181
Fax: 972-3-6858186
Yaron Sahar
Partner *
Orna Sahar-Ziv
Tiberin
Partner *
Moshe Stobiecki
Partner *
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582