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Shomrony Cohen – Straschnov: Advocates is a boutique law firm that specializes in white collar crime and serious criminal crimes. The firm consists of three partners and we choose our cases with extreme care, so that we can provide individualized, professional service. Our combination of in-depth, interdisciplinary knowledge in criminal, economic and technology law gives our office a unique advantage when managing white collar crime cases. The extensive knowledge, experience and reputation that we have amassed gives us the highest quality professional capabilities.
Over the years, our office has represented many clients in cases involving, inter alia, fraud, money laundering, securities, taxation, restraint of trade, executive and corporate offenses, security offenses, computer offenses, bribery, forgery, espionage and breach of trust, etc. Furthermore, we offer in-depth legal counsel and opinions to companies, office holders, business people and independent professionals on managing the risks and criminal exposure that might arise during their routine work.
In the field of international law, our office specializes in the laws of extradition, including all aspects of the negotiations with the International Department of the Attorney General’s Office. We have extensive experience and thorough knowledge of criminal law and its unique qualities on the international level, in addition to expertise in extradition treaties signed by the Israeli government. Our office receives regular professional consultation from Judge (ret.) Amnon Straschnov of the Tel Aviv District Court. Judge Straschnov, a former IDF Military Advocate General (rank Brigadier General), was the judge for some of the most serious criminal cases the State of Israel has known and is an expert in international criminal law.
Some of the prominent cases we have recently worked on: the Hirschson case: representing the CFO of the National Labor Union; Bribery in Hadera City Hall: representing the deputy mayor of Hadera; Corruption in the Tax Authority: representing two of the suspects; 'Hetz' Bank case: representing a major who managed investment portfolios for military officers; tax evasion by the owners of Canada-Israel Company: representing the suspects; Corruption in the Ministry of Interior in Tel Aviv; Nexon case: representing a minor suspected of hacking servers of a Korean conglomerate; representing executives in sex crime cases; representing senior executives in the risk-capital industry accused of possessing pornography; Airplane Replacement Parts Cartel case; Discounters case and many other cases.
There are three partners in the firm:
o The office is headed by Attorney Eyal Shomrony Cohen, with 18 years of experience. Over the years, Attorney Shomrony Cohen has represented a wide variety of clients in criminal court, including clients accused of serious crimes such as murder, espionage, forgery, fraud, drugs, bribery, stock manipulation, antitrust & restraint of trade, taxation, environmental protection, computer crimes and more. He has also worked on cases of complex extradition processes.
o Attorney Ofir Straschnov has ten years of experience. From 2000 to 2005, he served as deputy prosecutor of the Central district where he submitted indictments and managed a wide variety of criminal cases in all areas of criminal law, especially bribery and fraud, obstruction of justice and interfering with the due process of law. Furthermore, he was a member of the small team of prosecutors who were responsible for implementing the law against organized crime and submitted the first indictment of its type under the provisions of that law.
o Attorney Dov Gilad Cohen has five years of experience. He is a member of the Israel Bar Association’s Committee on the Protection of Privacy. He served as legal counsel of Camtek Systems Ltd. and recently left the law office of Weinstock-Zecler & Co. where he primarily dealt with criminal litigation in cases of restraint of trade. He joined our office as a partner.