The partners and lawyers of Cohen Segelov & Co. Advocates and Notaries have more than 17 years of litigation experience appearing before the Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrates Court, Family Court, and Administrative Law Courts. In addition, our attorneys specialize in mediation and arbitration procedures and have acted as arbitrators and mediators from time to time.
Cohen Segelov & Co. Advocates and Notaries offers its English-speaking clients a full range of legal services in mother tongue English.
Cohen Segelov & Co. Advocates and Notaries have the skills and expertise that enable its clients to delineate the optimal strategy needed to ensure a successful outcome in any litigation, arbitration or mediation proceedings. Advocate Gidon Cohen has been nominated by the Israel Bar Association as an arbitrator in numerous cases
Litigation is perhaps the most complex and challenging of all legal work as it requires the sound professional knowledge of an experienced jurist. A professional litigator needs to have complete control over the relevant legal subject in dispute. In most instances, sound knowledge of a number of disciplines is required, for example, a common legal dispute between a purchaser and a seller in a real estate transaction may require knowledge of Real Estate Law, Contract Law, Tax Law, Planning and Construction Law and Torts. Another example is a commercial dispute involving the importing and selling of goods where for example, knowledge of International Law, Intellectual Property Law, Contract law, Tort law, Consumer law, Shipping Law, and Commercial Bills and Credit Law may be required.
Litigation is governed by civil procedure (or criminal procedure in criminal matters). It is vital that the appropriate remedy is requested in any application before a court. Often there are a number of possible remedies relevant to the application in question, such as monetary compensation, a request for a declaratory judgment, an injunction and so on. It is essential that each step in the legal proceeding is carefully planned as part of the overall management strategy of the case.
The litigator must examine the evidence necessary to prove the claims of his/her client before commencing litigation proceedings. This involves examining the admissibility of the evidence in accordance with the rules of the law and the quality of the evidence/documentation. Other issues to consider are the order of presenting witnesses, if evidence from a witness will be voluntarily or will it be necessary to summon the witness to court.
A sound litigator needs to excel in the art of cross-examination. To this extent, the litigator must be entirely familiar with all of the documents in the case, for the purpose of placing them in front of a witness and then questioning the witness. During cross-examination, the litigator needs to remember the entire contents of the evidence cited by all the parties, written or oral, in order to cross-check and to maximize an effective cross-examination. A sound and experienced litigator will testify that no matter how much time is spent preparing a cross-examination including the order of questions to be asked to a witness, a cross-examination can completely deviate from the prepared questionnaire of the litigator at any time as a result of an unanticipated response of a witness. The art of cross-examination requires legal experience in knowing exactly what questions to ask a witness and exactly what not to ask.
Litigation skills require basic knowledge of human behavior, in order to adapt to the witness’s psychological profile. Facial expressions and body language can often determine if someone isn’t telling the truth. Extracting the truth from a witness is usually done by a series of simple questions that seem inconsequential until the witness is caught out.
A litigation lawyer needs to consider a number of factors regarding the judge that is hearing his/her case and to take into consideration the decisions that the judge has given in similar cases, if the judge is more impressed with written evidence or oral testimony, if the judge tends to allow cross-examination to be long and exhaustive and other behavioral patterns of the judge.
Cohen Segelov & Co. Advocates and Notaries advise all their clients that prior to commencing litigation proceedings, he/she needs to consider the economic consequences as well as the psychological burden of litigation. First and foremost, litigation is an expensive procedure. The lawyer managing the case will toil long hours collecting and preparing material and documents that must be submitted to the court, preparing the main interrogation questions and cross-examination of witnesses, and studying all the relevant legal material related to the case. In addition to the financial costs, clients usually experience much anxiety during litigation proceedings especially where the client is required to testify in court.
Therefore, it is imperative to choose the law firm that best suits your needs. Cohen Segelov & Co. Advocates and Notaries have years of experience in litigation. Advocate Lisa Segelov has extensive experience in family law disputes and estate and probate litigation and Adv. Gidon Cohen in commercial litigation matters and probate litigation in the Magistrates, District, Family and Supreme Court.
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