Eddie Avinoam, Law Office

Attorney Eddie Avinoam is known and ranked for five years in a row by Dun & Bradstreet as one of the most prominent lawyers in the field of criminal law. He specializes in criminal law and provides legal protection from the stage of police investigation and arrest including representation of suspects and defendants in the courts.
Eddie Avinoam Criminal Law Office provides the client with litigation services and with an impressive, convincing and proven professional appearance ability for decades in all legal instances. Adv. Avinoam sees himself as a lawyer with an orientation that integrates phenomenal criminal law knowledge with social sciences tools, all combined into creating a solution for clients who are fighting for their lives in their criminal cases. Clients from the criminal defense practice area are in distress, since their freedom and reputation are at stake, and the firm supports them in reducing their worries that result from their difficult situation, meticulously providing full availability, empathy, emotional containment and professional, personal and devoted service. Eddie Avinoam Criminal Law Firm was founded and established in 1996 in Rishon LeZion by criminal attorney Eddie Avinoam who previously worked intensively for about two years in the position of a salaried senior criminal lawyer in the office of Adv. Sassi Gaz, one of the most respected criminal lawyers in Israel. We offer personal and sensitive treatment with vast criminal legal experience that provides a sense of security and a real feeling that the clients are in “good hands” and that the best is done for you to maximize the legal result for you, with over 30 years of proven litigation experience in all courts in Israel and in dealing with Police Officials, the Criminal Prosecution Offices and the various State Attorney’s Offices. The founder and manager of the firm is criminal lawyer Eddie Avinoam. A veteran and experienced criminal defense attorney with a record of over 30 years of rich and highly professional experience, added to a year and a half of criminal specialization in the Tel Aviv District Court in a Serious Crimes Panel and in one of the leading private firms in Israel in the field of white-collar criminality. Adv. Avinoam’s independent professional practice did not begin until after working as a hired lawyer in the office of Adv. Sassi Gaz over a period of two intensive years, in which Adv. Eddie Avinoam has represented and accompanied many dozens of clients in high-profile and well-known cases and with great success.Criminal Attorney Eddie Avinoam successfully completed his law studies at Bar Ilan University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences Summa cum laude (the Combined Department of Social Sciences – Psychology, Criminology, Sociology) with the understanding that a criminal lawyer will have more diverse tools for handling criminal cases with a broader and more comprehensive education than a purely legal education. Criminal Attorney Eddie Avinoam serves for many years as co-chairman of the Criminal Affairs Committee in the Central District of the Israel Bar Association. Criminal Attorney Eddie Avinoam provides legal protection from the stage of the investigation or arrest process through representation in hearing proceedings and ending with representation in court until the verdict or sentence, including in appealing the judgment in all legal instances, in the legal defense of suspects or defendants in criminal cases, with sensitivity, in personal care and while giving a sense of security that there is someone to trust. The Eddie Avinoam criminal law firm in Rishon LeZion specializes exclusively in criminal law and is involved in the nuances of substantive and procedural criminal law vis-à-vis and against police authorities, prosecutions and the Israel Prison Service, with an emphasis on appearances and legal litigation throughout the country. Over the course of more than 30 years of practicing in the field of criminal law, criminal lawyer Eddie Avinoam has accumulated a unique record of successes in representing thousands of suspects and defendants in some of the most serious and complex offenses, some of which have a high media profile and extensive public resonance. His accomplishments include rare acquittals in murder, sex, drugs, white-collar and violent cases along with closing cases at an early stage – sometimes even at the investigation stage or in the framework of hearing proceedings.
Here is a representative sample of the most prominent successes:

Homicide Cases – Acquittals and Dramatic Sentence Reductions:

• Murder case - Dina Navon case full acquittal
• Murder case -Amir Fares case acquittal of murder on the grounds of self-defense
• Acquittal in the case of causing death by negligence in the case of Nissim Sabag
• Closing a murder case – without filing an indictment - The case of a 94-year-old famous playwright
• The Case of the Late Raz Hagag – a precedent-setting reduced sentence for the defendant represented by our firm
• Manslaughter case – sentence of only three and a half years in prison
• “Hit and Run” accident – lenient punishment. Only nine months of service work
• Lenient punishment in a particularly serious murder case in which we represented the main defendant who was convicted not only of murder but in a whole series of other criminal offenses
• Accompanying and representing the family of the deceased and another injured person in a serious murder case that took place in Rishon LeZion against the background of a dispute

Sexual Offenses – Acquittals and Managing Sensitive Cases

• Acquittal – indecent act against a minor while severely criticizing the State Attorney’s Office
• Acquittal – Indecent act by a teacher
• Closure of additional cases of serious sexual offenses – Following in-depth legal handling and meticulous evidence analysis
• Accompaniment and representation in a current case of a defendant from a group of defendants in the Lod Central District Court In a high-profile gang rape case of an autistic minor

White-Collar Offenses – Lenient Punishment Even in High-Profile Cases

• The Yisrael Beiteinu Affair – Service work only, lenient punishment for a client in a public affair
• Financial fraud amounting to millions of shekels, punishment without actual imprisonment for clients in economic cases
• Closing many criminal cases in the field of white-collar offenses, theft from an employer, theft by an authorized person, and more

Additional Fields – Proven Results

• Cancellation of indictments and closure of many criminal cases for drug offenses, property assault on police officers and domestic violence
• Release from detention in the initial stages of an investigation – even for serious offenses
• Reduced sentence in a variety of white-collar fraud, violence and drug cases
• Legal representation for minors and youth

A combination of professionalism, sensitivity and strategy

Adv. Eddie Avinoam combines legal education with vast knowledge in criminology and psychology – with a degree in social sciences with honors prior to law studies. This unique combination allows him to analyze each case, no matter how complex it may be, in a holistic manner, to create an accurate strategy and to lead cases to one of the highest levels of success in Israel. Our firm offers professionalism and a long-standing reputation for dedicated personal care and a sense of confidence that there is someone to trust. Being an excellent criminal lawyer requires not only professional experience but also an impressive ability to appear and express himself orally and in writing, in a way that can convince the court and the investigative and prosecution bodies, in addition to the ability to simplify complex files loaded with investigative materials. The motto of our firm is that quality criminal legal representation is not only a profession but a mission.