My Story

My journey to law didn’t begin in a courtroom. It began in a boardroom.

In 2010, I was appointed to a senior management position at the Horev Educational Network, responsible for all administrative operations at the Horev Girls’ High School. As someone who also managed human resources, I quickly understood something fundamental: hiring employees isn’t just about bringing people on board - there are rules, laws, and rights involved. Initially, I attended several HR-focused professional development courses, but I soon realized that to truly understand, I needed to learn the foundation. The entire foundation.

So at age 31, while holding a full management position, I decided to pursue a bachelor’s degree in law. Twice a week, from 4 PM until 10 PM, I sat in university classrooms. It was challenging, but it was also fascinating. Especially when I discovered labor law - the field that attracted me from the start.

But life sometimes leads us in unexpected directions.

After completing my degree, the Horev Network - for which I remain grateful to this day - allowed me to take a year’s leave to complete my internship. I chose to intern at a firm specializing in real estate, Fogel & Heller in Beit Shemesh. Perhaps because I fell in love with bureaucracy, with the small details that make up large transactions. I continued to a master’s degree specializing in real estate, graduating with honors in 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At that time, I was already serving as CEO of the Horev Educational Network (a position I began in 2016), but I felt burned out. I felt it was time for a new chapter. At 42, I decided to start from scratch.

And this is where the real journey began.

During my undergraduate studies, I participated in a labor law clinic, and once a week I would go to the Labor Court in Jerusalem. There I discovered a world I didn’t know existed - National Insurance law. I saw people in the most difficult times of their lives, fighting for their rights. I worked with Senior Judge (retired) Yafa Stein and Judge (retired) Sarah Shdiaor, and I fell in love - with the opportunity to help, with the opportunity to be there.

So I applied for a position as a legal assistant. I received a call from the National Labor Court, from the chambers of Judge Michael Spitzer. When I arrived for the interview, we sat down and talked for nearly an hour. It was, without exaggeration, love at first sight - mutual. Judge Spitzer (or Micha, as I came to know him) explained that he was looking for a legal assistant for two years, until his retirement. I had no doubt. I started working with him in October 2021.

This period changed me.

Working with Micha at the National Labor Court was rewarding, enriching, and challenging. Micha was a gracious mentor. I learned things from him that can’t be learned from any book. He encouraged me to express opinions, and even to convince him to change his mind - and I have several decisions and judgments I’m proud of, where I succeeded in doing exactly that.

After about a year, Micha was called back to his previous position as Director of Courts, and he asked me to come with him as advisor to the Director of Courts. Of course, I agreed. In this new role (early 2023), Micha gave me a special challenge: to address the problem of old cases in the courts - cases that had been opened three years or more earlier and still hadn’t been closed.

My management experience came into play. I analyzed, built a simple and clear computerized system, and worked closely with Micha and with the then-President of the Supreme Court, Justice Esther Hayut. The system identified cases that had fallen through the cracks, cases that had been forgotten, and helped close dozens of cases. Recently, a legal assistant contacted me to ask about the system - and I realized that almost two years after I left, it’s still alive and functioning. That’s moving.

At the end of 2023, Micha retired. And me? I started the next chapter.

I won a tender for the position of legal advisor to the regional appeal committees of the Planning Administration - appeal committees for licensing and construction matters, betterment levies, and compensation. I returned to the real estate world I had specialized in. But since the position is as an external consultant, I needed to open a private firm.

Except I couldn’t leave National Insurance, the field I had fallen in love with. So I approached Legal Aid and joined them as an external attorney, to continue representing insured individuals in this field. And that’s what I do today - combine both worlds.

What makes me unique?

I think I have something not every attorney can bring: I understand both sides. I know how a judge thinks, how the system works from the inside. I worked for judges, sat in hearing rooms as a preliminary assessment representative (a role similar to a registrar), conducted hearings. I developed systems. I was on the other side of the table.

But beyond all the professional experience, there’s something more important to me: that the client feels they have someone in their corner. That there’s someone who listens to them, believes them, and does everything possible to help. That’s what I want to be - someone in their corner.

My office is located in Tzur Hadassah, a small, quiet settlement near my home, which still has the beauty and tranquility of small communities. I live here with my wife and our four children (ages 24, 22, 18, 16), and for over 20 years I’ve been volunteering as an ambulance driver - another way to be there for people when they need it most.

I got here by a winding path. But every turn led me to exactly the right place.