Anat Baron (, born 12 October 1953) is an Israeli judge who serves as a justice on the

Supreme Court of Israel The Supreme Court (, ''Beit HaMishpat HaElyon''; ar, المحكمة العليا) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction. The Supreme C ...

Biography

Anat Baron was born in Israel in 1953. After graduating from the Ironi Dalet high school in Tel Aviv in 1971, she served for two years in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

. After her military service, she studied law at Tel Aviv University and graduated in 1977. From 1976 to 1979, she interned at the Office of the General Counsel to the Ministry of Defense and in a private law firm. She was admitted to the Israel Bar Association in 1979. Baron is married to real estate developer Gabi Baron, who chairs the Board of Directors of the Israel Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv. They had two children, Ran (1980-2003) and Ido (b. 1983). Ran, a budding musician and stand-up comedian, was killed in the Mike's Place suicide bombing in 2003.

Legal career

Baron worked as an attorney in private practice until 1991, when she was appointed a judge on the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court. In 2002, she was appointed a judge on the Tel Aviv District Court. She specialized in civil cases, and the most well-known case she was involved in as a district judge was the Anat Kamm–Uri Blau affair. In September 2014, she was selected to be a judge on the Supreme Court. She assumed this position in January 2015.

References

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