Dr. Avi Zamir
Judge (Ret.), advocate, mediator and arbitrator
Judge (Ret.) Zamir joined the
Israel Bar Association in 1989.
He was an employee of and a partner in the Sahar, Stobietsky law firm, where he engaged in tort and contract law, tenders, real estate, and planning and construction.
He was appointed as a judge in 1998. He had served as a judge and vice president in the Magistrate´s Court in Kiryat Gat, in the Tel Aviv Magistrate´s Court and in the Tel Aviv District Court until his retirement in 2015 after 17 years on the bench. While on the bench, he engaged in various criminal and civil cases.
Judge (Ret.) Zamir earned his LL.M (cum laude) from the Tel Aviv University - Northwestern University (Chicago) Joint Public Law Program for Senior Executives. He earned his PhD degree from the University of Pécs, Hungary.
He is also a graduate of a mediation course and diploma studies in the ´Judge as Manager´ Program at the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University.
Judge (Ret.) Zamir joined the firm in 2015 and has since been involved in hundreds of civil mediation and arbitration proceedings, including commercial law, construction, infrastructure, real estate, corporate law and public and administrative law.
He serves as an arbitrator in complex international disputes at the ICC and is on the list of arbitrators at the Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre (BAIAC), Singapore and Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC).
Judge (Ret.) Zamir was a member of the Association for Public Law, the Forum for Law and Society, the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), and the National Judges´ Association. He is currently a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) (A member of mediation and arbitration committees) and a member of the European Chinese Arbitration Association (ECAA).
He teaches courses in "Constitutional and administrative law" at the Department of Public Policy and "Judicial independence and discretion" at the law faculty at Tel Aviv University.
Publications
Avi Zamir, Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings: an Israeli Development to a British Doctrine, Regional Law Review, Annual Edition 27 (2022).
Avi Zamir, Between Judicial Notice and Public Policy: The Israeli Experience and a General Model, Essays of Faculty of Law, University of Pécs, Yearbook of 2019-2020, 183 (2021).
Avi Zamir, An Independent Judiciary: The Israeli Experience With a Mixed Jurisdiction System, Regional Law Review, Annual Edition 13 (2021).
Avi Zamir, Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures, Israel Bar Association Journal, Vol. 44, Pg. 36 (2020)
"Judicial notice” and public policy in the process of judicial decisionmaking in Israel, 87 Israeli Judges´ Journal, p. 182 (2018) [Hebrew]
Avi Zamir, Truth v. Justice: Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings Due to Principles of Justice and Fairness – an Israeli Development to a British Rule, 78(6) The Journal of Criminal Law 511 (2014).
Zeev Segal, Avi Zamir, Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings in the Light of the Criminal Procedures Law – New Order of Legal Fairness, in David Weiner Book, p. 231 (2009) [Hebrew].
Zeev Segal, Avi Zamir, Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings – Criminal Law and Public Law, Hapraklit Law Review, vol. 47, p. 42 (2003) [Hebrew].
Full CV
He was an employee of and a partner in the Sahar, Stobietsky law firm, where he engaged in tort and contract law, tenders, real estate, and planning and construction.
He was appointed as a judge in 1998. He had served as a judge and vice president in the Magistrate´s Court in Kiryat Gat, in the Tel Aviv Magistrate´s Court and in the Tel Aviv District Court until his retirement in 2015 after 17 years on the bench. While on the bench, he engaged in various criminal and civil cases.
Judge (Ret.) Zamir earned his LL.M (cum laude) from the Tel Aviv University - Northwestern University (Chicago) Joint Public Law Program for Senior Executives. He earned his PhD degree from the University of Pécs, Hungary.
He is also a graduate of a mediation course and diploma studies in the ´Judge as Manager´ Program at the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University.
Judge (Ret.) Zamir joined the firm in 2015 and has since been involved in hundreds of civil mediation and arbitration proceedings, including commercial law, construction, infrastructure, real estate, corporate law and public and administrative law.
He serves as an arbitrator in complex international disputes at the ICC and is on the list of arbitrators at the Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre (BAIAC), Singapore and Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC).
Judge (Ret.) Zamir was a member of the Association for Public Law, the Forum for Law and Society, the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), and the National Judges´ Association. He is currently a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) (A member of mediation and arbitration committees) and a member of the European Chinese Arbitration Association (ECAA).
He teaches courses in "Constitutional and administrative law" at the Department of Public Policy and "Judicial independence and discretion" at the law faculty at Tel Aviv University.
Publications
Avi Zamir, Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings: an Israeli Development to a British Doctrine, Regional Law Review, Annual Edition 27 (2022).
Avi Zamir, Between Judicial Notice and Public Policy: The Israeli Experience and a General Model, Essays of Faculty of Law, University of Pécs, Yearbook of 2019-2020, 183 (2021).
Avi Zamir, An Independent Judiciary: The Israeli Experience With a Mixed Jurisdiction System, Regional Law Review, Annual Edition 13 (2021).
Avi Zamir, Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures, Israel Bar Association Journal, Vol. 44, Pg. 36 (2020)
"Judicial notice” and public policy in the process of judicial decisionmaking in Israel, 87 Israeli Judges´ Journal, p. 182 (2018) [Hebrew]
Avi Zamir, Truth v. Justice: Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings Due to Principles of Justice and Fairness – an Israeli Development to a British Rule, 78(6) The Journal of Criminal Law 511 (2014).
Zeev Segal, Avi Zamir, Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings in the Light of the Criminal Procedures Law – New Order of Legal Fairness, in David Weiner Book, p. 231 (2009) [Hebrew].
Zeev Segal, Avi Zamir, Judicial Stay of Criminal Proceedings – Criminal Law and Public Law, Hapraklit Law Review, vol. 47, p. 42 (2003) [Hebrew].
Full CV