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Calev Michael Myers ( he, כלב מאיירס) is an Israeli
lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...
, author and civil rights activist.


Career

In 2004, Myers became a partner at
Yehuda Raveh Yehuda Raveh ( he, יהודה רוה, born 1944) is an Israeli lawyer. He is the founder and the owner of Yehuda Raveh Law Offices and co-founder of the Israel Infrastructure Fund. His office has been involved in many of Israel's largest infrastru ...
, a
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, established in 1940 by
Gideon Hausner Gideon Hausner ( he, גדעון האוזנר, 26 September 1915 – 15 November 1990) was an Israeli jurist and politician. Between 1960 and 1963, he served as Attorney General and was later elected to the Knesset and served in the cabinet. Ha ...
, Attorney-General of Israel and Member of the Knesset in 1965, 1969, 1974 and 1977. In 2009, Myers became a founding partner of the Jerusalem city center brand of Yehuda Raveh and Co, which primarily serves foreign clients, investing or donating in Israel and grants them services in the office specializes in various areas. He specializes in Corporate Law, Intellectual Property and Charity Law as well as non-profit law,
immigration law Immigration law refers to the national statutes, regulations Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the ...
, and civil rights. Myers is the President and Executive Chairman of the Alliance to Reinforce Israel's Security and Economy (ARISE) and serves as the Chairman of the Anti- BDS Commission of the Israel Association of Bi-National Chambers of Commerce. Myers served as Deputy President of the International Jewish Lawyers (IJL) from 2017-2020. In 2004, Myers founded the Jerusalem Institute of Justice (JIJ), a human rights group active in Israel and its adjacent territories He was active in advocating for the rights of Palestinians before international governmental bodies, including the European Parliament and the Swiss Parliament against the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, as the primary abusers of Palestinian Human Rights. Myers has been published in the International Law Review. In 2016, Myers published ''Crucial Alliance - African Americans, Jews and the Middle East Conundrum''. In addition, Myers has contributed op-eds to the Times of Israel website and the Walla News website.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, Calev Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American emigrants to Israel Israeli lawyers Israeli activists Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Lawyers from Jerusalem