Attorney Adi Cohen represents and advises her numerous clients in civil litigation proceedings across all trial courts in Israel, bringing exceptional litigation, negotiation, drafting, and argumentation skills. With extensive experience representing clients in court, Attorney Cohen also has deep knowledge across various areas of civil law, particularly in real estate, property law, construction defects, planning and building law, inheritance, commercial law, and corporate law.

What is Civil Litigation?

Civil litigation is a legal process based on a civil lawsuit filed by an individual, a business entity, a corporation, association, or the state authorities against another party, seeking legal relief such as monetary compensation, declaratory relief, contractual remedies, restitution, disclosure, injunctions, or other orders.

A civil litigation attorney represents the interests of their clients, whether plaintiffs, defendants, or third parties involved in the legal process, aiming to resolve the dispute by exhausting all possible options based on the case’s circumstances.

A civil litigation attorney brings the tools, knowledge, and capability to represent clients in court, but their work often begins much earlier, sometimes even during the drafting of contracts with the opposing party, before legal proceedings are initiated. Their work may also involve gathering evidence, analysis, and preliminary procedures such as arbitration, negotiation, mediation, and early settlements.

Areas of Civil Litigation Practice

Civil litigation covers a wide range of areas and resolves legal disputes between individuals, authorities, and business entities. Attorney Adi Cohen’s law firm handles the following types of claims:

• Real Estate and Property Law – Disputes regarding ownership of land and properties, use rights, contract breaches in real estate transactions, registration of rights, tenant evictions, land encroachment, construction defect claims in new apartments, and declaratory claims for appointing receivers over corporate rights.
• Contract Law – Claims related to contract breaches, contract enforcement, contract cancellations, remedies, and compensation for contract violations.
• Commercial Disputes – Business-to-business or business-to-customer disputes, including breach of contract, non-payment, business fraud, commercial debt claims, compensation for business losses, and more.
• Family Disputes – Economic claims involving property and rights enforcement, inheritance disputes, will challenges, and financial matters.
• Civil Rights – Claims regarding individual rights and their protection against state authorities, including local authorities, appeals on charges and assessments, tax calculations, claims against tax authorities, and claims for recognition of various rights.
• Planning and Building – Procedures before local planning committees, appeals committees, and the district court in planning matters.

Civil litigation claims in these and other areas generally seek monetary compensation and/or legal relief, such as temporary or permanent injunctions, use or non-use of physical or intellectual property, contract enforcement, or determining penalties for contract breaches. To ensure optimal outcomes in the process and the best possible representation, early consultation, thorough evaluation of the case, and professional representation before the relevant parties by an experienced civil litigation attorney are critical.

Our firm specializes in civil litigation with all authorities empowered to adjudicate such disputes. It is important to note that civil litigation begins with a civil lawsuit filed in Israeli courts, depending on the circumstances, the subject of the claim, and the claim’s value:

Magistrate’s Court – Deals with financial disputes and compensation claims up to 2,500,000 ILS.
District Court – Handles financial disputes and compensation claims exceeding 2,500,000 ILS and serves as an appellate court.
Supreme Court – Reviews appeals on rulings issued by the District Court.
Additionally, Israel has specialized courts for certain types of disputes.

Our firm offers representation, consultation, and support in civil litigation proceedings. The client may be a plaintiff or defendant in such cases.

When an individual seeks legal relief or to exercise their rights against another party, the first step in the process is consultation with a civil litigation attorney specializing in the relevant field to assess the feasibility of the claim and the potential remedies based on the circumstances.

In many cases, if the claim is feasible, the attorney may advise making an official approach to the other party, offering the opportunity to settle the matter amicably for the benefit of all parties. This process is often necessary because it is more efficient and faster and can demonstrate the claimant’s willingness to settle while providing the defendant with a chance to resolve the issue before court proceedings.

If legal action is required, the attorney will conduct thorough research, gather documents and evidence, build a legal strategy, evaluate the value of the claim (including multiple elements of the lawsuit), anticipate the opposing party’s arguments, and draft an accurate and professional claim to be filed in court. Our attorneys will keep clients informed of the process, the options available, and their assessment of the chances and risks involved.

If a defense is submitted, the attorney will work to resolve the dispute with the opposing party, through negotiation with their attorney or mediation with a third-party mediator agreed upon by both parties.

Most civil litigation claims are resolved at this stage through agreements between the parties, with a signed and approved settlement by the court.

If necessary, the attorney will continue to advocate for their client professionally and diligently before the competent judicial authority.

Our civil litigation department provides legal representation in financial claims, construction defect claims, breach of contract claims, and commercial matters.

Our firm represents private individuals and businesses in courts and offers ongoing legal advice across various fields.

The firm represents companies and individuals and provides ongoing legal advice and support in the business-commercial field, including:

• Company formation and liquidation
• Partnerships
• Drafting contracts, including lease agreements and franchise agreements for companies
• Representation in all court levels and before state authorities
• Civil financial claims
• Urgent procedures for obtaining temporary orders: injunctions, asset seizures, receivership, etc.
• Appeals and other matters
• Declaratory orders and procedures
• Eviction and property removal claims

Attorney Adi Cohen, who completed her legal internship at the court under the Honorable Judge Irit Weinberg-Nutovich, brings extensive experience in court appearances and managing civil litigation proceedings against various parties, government authorities, institutions, companies, and organizations, maintaining the highest professional standards of integrity, transparency, and creative use of legal principles and case law to benefit her clients.