Yoram Danziger (; born 1953) was a Justice of the

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who served on the Court from 2007 to 2018. Formerly he was managing partner and co-founder of a

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-based law firm founded in 1984 named Danziger, Klagsbald & Co. Born in

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, Danziger served in the Israeli army from 1972 until 1975. He received his LL.B. degree with honors from

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in 1980, and his LL.M. Degree with honors from the same University in 1981.Biography on the website of the Judiciary of Israel
In 1983 he earned his PhD in law (take-over bids/tender offers) from the

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. Danziger served as co-editor of the Israeli Bar Law Review. He taught Commercial Law at the Tel Aviv University and at the

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. Danziger was a board member of the

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. He published numerous legal articles in Israel and in the

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, focusing primarily on corporate law. In 2000 he published a book entitled 'The Right to Information about the Company'. Danziger, who was a top commercial lawyer along with his partner Avigdor Klagsbald, was appointed with no opponents on the Judicial Appointments Committee. The appointment of a private sector attorney to the Supreme Court of Israelhttp://www.lawofisrael.com/israeli-supreme-court-decisions/ supreme court decisions database is not a common event.

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