Hilla Etsiony – Kliffer, Law Firm and Mediators

The law firm of Hila Etsiony – Kliffer practices family and inheritance law.
The firm’s unique character, vast professionalism, experience and meticulous proficiency in Israeli and international law, and its skill in settling the cases professionally in the framework of negotiations between the parties, even after lawsuits were files, turns it into a first-class legal services providers in its practice area.

Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer has an LL.B. from the She’arei Mishpat College and is a certified family law mediator, and also holds a B.A., Social Work from Tel Aviv University and a diploma for biannual studies of child and adolescent therapy. In 2020, she founded Gsharim (“bridges”), a home that provides an umbrella of legal, mediation, therapeutic and financial services for families.
Earlier in her career, Adv. Kliffer accumulated about 20 years of experience as a social worker, as a children forensic interviewer and as the district supervisor of boarding schools. Upon transitioning to the legal realm, after a short period of interning in criminal law, Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer chose to practice family and inheritance law, in order to integrate her vast experience in social work with her legal practice.
Before establishing her own firm, Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer worked for about three years as an associate in the firm of Adv. Uri Zfat, and as a T.A. of Prof. Ayelet Blecher– Prigat in the She’arei Mishpat College and Bar Ilan University.

Over the years, Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer has prepared legal opinions to Kibbutzim on matters of common law spouses, and participated in joint lectures with the journalist Linoi Bar Geffen on the topic of “Between Lasting Power of Attorney and Wills”.
Hila appears in the media as a legal pundit in panels in various TV shows and also publishes podcasts in order to make important legal information accessible to the general public. In addition, Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer serves the community with pro bono legal services to the underprivileged in complex cases.

Practice Areas

The firm offers complete service for all of the issues and proceedings that pertain to family and inheritance law and intergenerational transfers. Inter alia, the firm handles divorce cases that involve children and complex cases of parental alienation. The firm manages proceedings of divorces in Kibbutzim and contesting wills, drafts wills and mutual wills, manages estates, files estates extent lawsuits, claims for Ktuba and spousal and child support from the estate, negotiates in inheritance disputes, heir lawsuits, estate division agreements, heir agreements.
The firm has unique expertise in all types of the family disputes that are managed in Kibbutzim, including heir mediations, liquidations of partnership and usage fees for spouses who are members of the Kibbutz but lack property allocation. Owing to this unique expertise, other law firms hire the firm’s service to obtain legal opinions on common law spouses in Kibbutzim.

Particular Specialization in Intergenerational Transfers and Designing Complex Agreements for Wealthy Families

The firm offers a complete umbrella of legal, mediations, therapeutic and financial services for all aspects of intergenerational transfers and drafting complex agreements for high-net-worth families which are interested in taking care of the next generation, and has an in-house battery of professionals from related fields.
The firm’s clientele includes business owners and/or salaried employees from high socioeconomic status and above, who are unwilling to compromise on the quality of service and require a professional lawyer who would guide them securely with empathy to their situation, and in particular prioritize the benefit of minors in the complex proceedings.

“Gsharim”

In addition to her ongoing legal practice in the firm, Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer founded “Gsharim” – A professional home for mediations and therapy that recognizes the need of every person, during a family crisis, for someone beside them who would provide a professional perspective, 360° support, order and peace of mind.
Gsharim provides mediation, legal, therapeutic, insurance and financial services in an umbrella that covers every aspect of family life, divorces, relationships, weddings, separations, and remarriages.
Alongside Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer, Gsharim employs first-class professionals from the fields of finance, insurance, emotional therapy, mediation, parental guidance and family economics.

Multidisciplinary Capabilities

The firm is extraordinary in its ability to provide integrated multidisciplinary services with professional tools from the disciplines of law, social work, forensic interviewing, family mediations and couples therapy. This multi-systemic perspective provides a unique approach to child abduction (Hague Convention) and child-oriented family cases.
Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer also serves as a court-appointed custodian and estate guardian of wards and manages complex parental alienation cases.

Deep and Creative Thought

Adv. Etsiony – Kliffer applies deep and creative out-of-the-box thinking to construct a smart strategy and an optimal tactic for managing her cases, including particularly complex ones. The firm believes in personal and respectful attention to every client and it believes that the foundations of success are vast legal proficiency, years of experiences and first-class litigation and cross-examination capabilities.

Prominent Cases

A complex child support and custody arrangement change case:
The firm represented a minor who’s had no contact with her father for more than two years. A ruling from several years ago determined that there would be no child support payments due to a shared custody arrangement. In light of the change in the familial relationship, a lawsuit was filed for changing the custody arrangement and determining child support payments for the minor and her sister who is serving in the military and is also estranged from her father. In the family court sessions, the firm proved that the girls aren’t interested to remain in contact with the father due to his attitude and conduct over the years, despite his claims to the contrary. The court ruled that the father would pay child support for the minor and her adult sister. It has also been agreed that therapy for renewing the relationship would be conducted.

Managing a dispute resolution proceeding, reaching a divorce agreement and managing a receivership proceeding:
A complex divorce dispute with more than NIS 5 million worth of properties. The firm represented the wife, a nurse, who divorced a wealthy tech professional with shares and stock options. After filing a dispute resolution application, the parties negotiated and reached an agreement, and the firm’s lawyers were appointed a receiver for dividing the properties. The agreement also included child support due to the salary gap.

Managing a complex child custody / parental alienation and property claims of spouses from the U.S.:
A case that deals with complex legal issues including claims of parental alienation raised by the father vs. numerous complaints of violence filed against the father, while simultaneously managing a lawsuit concerning the spouses properties in the U.S., which are worth millions of dollars.