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Law Firms - Criminal Law
Sassy Gez Law Office
Sassy Gez Law Office is one of the most fa-
mous and senior lawfirms in Israel in crimi-
nal law. The firmwas founded bySassy Gez
in 1981 and has represented thousands of those
accused of the gravest criminal offenses –murder,
sexual crimes, drug trafficking, bribery, white collar
crimes, money laundering, andmore. The firm rep-
resents its clients in all criminal procedures – from
initial arrest through to charges, hearings before
charges are brought, conducting the trial, parole
and release boards and prisoner appeals, the par-
doning process andwiping clean a criminal record.
The firm also offers expertise in offenses before
military courts. Sassy Gez is one of Israel’smost im-
portant andmost renowned defense attorneys. He
is known by both senior figures in the legal world
and by the public at large. He haswon great esteem
in the criminal legal sector for his representation
in Israel’s most significant cases including cases
involving the heads of Israel’s criminal families,
famous murder cases, and representing public
figures, actors and celebrities.
Areas of Expertise
Sassy Gez specializes in cases involvingmurder, vi-
olence, death caused by negligence, drugs, sexual
offenses, fraud, crimes against property and white
collar offenses, spying and security offenses.
The Firm’s Clients
Clients represented by the firm include public fig-
ures, mayors, religious leaders, heads of criminal
families, famous actors, sports personalities and
entertainment celebrities. The firm represents: The
Late Hapoel Tel Aviv coach Nitzan Shirazi in the
soccer match-fixing affair; Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi in
the abduction affair; ItzikHadif (Hishi) head of the
Pardes Hanna gang, HaimHajaj (themastermind),
Assi Vakhnin and more.
Well-known clients the firm has represented with
impressive results include the singer Margalit Tza-
nani (sentenced to social work); The Dola – a law-
yer accused of indecent acts and rape of pregnant
women (dismissed after a hearing); Nancy Brandes
(case dismissed); Lt. Col. (res.) Shmuel Avivi, the
military attaché in Switzerland, accused of bribery
and breach of trust and conspiring with two Swiss
arms dealers to set up companies in Israel (social
work); Meir Ovadia, Nikoletti importer in the Bank
Leumi fictitious loans affair (social work); David
Shiloah “the shadow” in the Shlomo Aroch affair
(suspended sentence). Other famous names the
firm has represented include: Rikki Gal, Doreen
Caspi, Hanna Laszlo, Ofer Levi, GadSaban (accused
of rape in the TLV club and sentenced to two years
imprisonment), Hanan Goldblatt, Michelle Adams,
CEO of World Fashion TV, the soldier Shuki Basso,
soccer players Shmulik Rosenthal & Eliran Atar,
Salman Ben Zion (Chairman of the Soccer Referees
Association – case dismissed), businessman and
former owner of Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv soccer club
Hezi Magen; and clients from the ultra-orthodox
world, as well as the son of Chief Rabbi Meir Amar,
the orthodox Freund couple that were kidnapped
from their home and arrested at the airport (so-
cial work), Derek Roth’s murderers, Moshe Ben
Ivgy who was extradited from Argentina, the serial
stalker of Eyal Kitzis and Tal Morino, the woman
who claims she was harassed by Meir Shetreet,
the businessman in the Ben-Eliezer affair the Mo-
diin teacher accused on an illegal affair with a 15
year-old, etc. In the past year the firm represented
the ATV driver who was acquitted of running over
Ethiopian runners and deserting them, despite his
confession.
The firmhas representedmany suspects in promi-
nent criminal affairs this year, suvh as: Eran David
that was charged with themurder of Hili Sobol, his
girlfriend’s twin sister, the nanny that was charged
with shaking a baby, Eyal Golan’s father, suspects
of the bribery affair in the party “Israel Beitenu”,
suspects of the bribery affair at the IEC, the mayor
questioned and suspected of sex offenses and the
512 affair.
The Firm’s Vision
The world view of Sassy Gez and the lawyers that
he leads rests on the sense that they are fulfilling
a major public mission. The firm sees its endeav-
ors as one of the foundation stones of Israel’s de-
mocracy.The firm’s lawyers fight for the success
of each case with uncompromising thoroughness
and leadi clients through every stage of the case’s
conduct.
Notable Achievements
The firm’s notable and important achievements
are: The Zvi Fishbach affair – an affair that earned
the nickname “The Impossible Acquittal,” where
three state witnesses testified against a man who
was eventually acquitted. The firm is also known
for winning 12 consecutive acquittals and creat-
ing many legal precedents. Murder and serious
violence cases, drugs and sexual offenses that
were acquitted and/or the case dismissed during
a hearing. This includes the retrial of Yossi Davi-
dov, a most rare procedure, who conviction for at-
temptedmurder was annulled. Over the past year,
the firmalso won two consecutive acquittals in the
Supreme Court. The first was for Mordechai Regev
who had been convicted of importing drugs and
sentenced to five years and the second was for
robbery in which the convicted man was sented
to four and a half years prison. Both were acquit-
ted in law.
Special Projects
As a senior and leading lawyer at the top of Isra-
el’s legal world, Gez lectures before professional
forums, conferences and universities. He serves
as a judge in mock trials and as a commentator
on criminal legal affairs. He lectures before other
lawyers, investigators, judges and jurists, army offi-
cers and security professionals. Articles by Gez are
published in themedia. Articles about Gez are fre-
quently published in leading Israeli newspapers.
In 2001, Gez wrote the book “Criminal Law” pub-
lished by Maskal Publishers, Yediot Ahronot. The
835-page book was written for jurists, lawyers
and the public, sets out criminal issues and is a
practical guide to penal laws. The book received
enthusiastic reviews from leading jurists in Israel
and from senior lecturers and students. Reviews
said that the book enriched Israel’s legal literature
with its unique contribution, its professional and
exhaustive approach, while being popular and
worthwhile for everybody to read.
In 2007-2008, Gez won the Israel Press and Me-
dia Association’s Exemplary Lawyer Award for his
struggle for justice in Israeli law.
Esta b l i s h e d
1981
L i ne o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm
123 Weizmann St., Tel Aviv 6226419
Tel: 972-3-5466696
Fax: 972-3-5466929
Sassy Gez
Founder & Owner *
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