Dr. Yoav Mazeh is a prominent Israeli attorney, who has gained a reputation as a leading international expert in the field of family law. Dr. Mazeh has gained worldwide recognition based on his many publications as well as a range of reforms he had advanced in his field.

These are regularly cited by both civil and rabbinical courts and have had a broad influence on Israeli case law.

With a law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dr. Mazeh completed both a Master’s and Doctoral degrees at Oxford University, where he has also been on the faculty. Dr. Mazeh was also a visiting professor at the University of Toronto and is currently on the faculty of Ono Academic College Law School in Israel.

Dr. Mazeh is a frequent lecturer on family law for rabbinical courts and family law judges, lawyers and social workers in Israel and abroad. He has appeared before numerous family policy committees and has served on editorial boards of prominent journals in his field.

A good litigator must be creative, wise, strategic and knowledgeable of the law. A person that is not afraid of confrontation, but at the same time has people skills and is persuasive and convincing. The fate of a court case is to a large extent determined by the ability of the lawyer to articulate a position in a convincing and passionate way, while rejecting counter arguments with equal skills.

As an experienced and innovative attorney, Dr. Yoav Mazeh has appeared throughout the years before many and varied audiences and agencies in a continual effort to impact family law policy and individual client welfare within the legal system. The degree to which his ideas have been adopted by the courts is an evidence of his success in articulating cutting edge policy and influencing case law as well as specific case outcomes.

Dr. Mazeh had developed a unique skill for studying the arguments of the counter-party and identifying flaws and contradictions. He is known for his ability to dissect his opponents’ arguments to claims and sub-claims, to analyze them in depth and to bring to bear relevant examples, based on factual information, research and precedent.