Jonathan Davies & Co., Law Firm

Jonathan Davies & Co. is one of Israel’s leading medical malpractice, torts and insurance law firms, with over 40 years of experience representing Plaintiffs in various personal injury claims. Jonathan Davies is the President of the Society of Medicine and Law in Israel and serves as the Governor to Israel for the World Association for Medical Law (WAML) which represents Doctors and Lawyers and Medical Professions who specialize in Medical Law. The firm’s knowledge in Israeli and international medical law and its experience in complex medical law claims are expressed in each and every case, with the personal involvement of Adv. Jonathan Davies throughout the process.

The firm, which was founded by Adv. Jonathan Davies in 1988, represents victims vs. state authorities (IDF, National Insurance), medical institutions (HMOs and government hospitals) and private entities (institutions, physicians, clinics, insurers) in liability, torts, insurance, medical law, medical malpractice claims, and general civil law litigations and representation.

The firm, which handles the most complex medical malpractice claims, uses the services of Israel’s best medical experts. It aspires for optimal legal results with attention to all of the social rights for which the victims are entitled. One of the outstanding cases that the firm is handling is a few dozens of individual claims on behalf of parents who adopted children adopted from foster homes in East European countries. The children suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD). This are unprecedented claims arguing for ‘wrongful adoption’ and going to set a legal, medical and social precedent. The individual tort claims have an international impact on adoption.

Another high profile claim the Firm filed is a petition for a class action against pharmaceutical companies who manufactures a drug that supposed to avoid her loss (Finasteride) that caused them anxiety and depression following a personal injury case that the firm filed on behalf of an Estate of a person who committed suicide after using the drug for 7 days. The claim is in it’s last stages and whatever its outcome is it will have a huge impact on Pharmaceutical – Doctor – Patient relationship.

Legal Precedents

In its three decades of operations, the firm set numerous precedents in the Supreme Court and the National Labor Court, and led to numerous binding precedents that serve as pillars of Israeli medical law, including a ruling of the Supreme Court President Shamgar that regulates disclosure obligations of insurers to the insured, a patient rights’ ruling which determines that a lack of sufficient experience of an Israeli doctor justifies funding surgery abroad, a ruling concerning the relative deduction of benefits from tort compensations, and a ruling concerning wrongful birth, that served as a basis for a binding precedent of the Supreme Court, determining that an Ultra-Orthodox woman can decide to abort, regardless of her religious beliefs. In addition, a ruling concerning the Spoliation of medical records by a senior physician, and an important recent ruling concerning the required follow-up after a Sleeve Gastrectomy procedure. The firm aims to reformulate the patient-medical-staff relationship through a precedential lawsuit concerning a physician who died following “Sham Peer Review” from his colleagues. Thus, the firm exposes the behind-the-scene dynamics of hospitals and fights for the right of patients to know of such dynamics. Additional precedents include rulings concerning patients’ rights under the National Health Insurance Law, medical malpractice in various medical fields, obstetrics complications, surgery complications, misdiagnosis, medication and prescription errors, insurance and tort claims, chemicals/radiation exposure torts, accidents and medical experts.

Innovative Projects in the Practice Area

In addition to the expertise the firm has acquired in managing complex medical malpractice claims, the firm represents victims in tort claims. For example, the firm represents a severely injured victim in the mass tort Meron disaster claim, represents foreign residents in complex tort claims involving expertise in private international law, and more. Because of this, the firm is recognized as one of the leading firms in Israel in the field of medical malpractice and tort law. It is also included in the list of esteemed lawyers (Lawyers of Distinction) recognized by the American Bar Association: https://www.lawyersofdistinction.com/
The firm strives to achieve the best possible legal outcome while considering the full range of social rights to which the victim is entitled. The firm, which has built a reputation for over three decades, has offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Most of the activities are concentrated in the office at the HaArbaa Towers (Southern Tower, 9th Floor) in Tel Aviv.

Activities at the Headquarters for Families of the Hostages and Missing Forum

The murderous attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, led to ongoing war that against the Hamas. Shortly after the attack, a Forum for the families of the hostages and missing persons was established. Attorney Jonathan Davies was one of the first to volunteer for this headquarters and, together with Professor Hagai Levine, established a legal team within the medical and resilience framework of the headquarters. As part of the volunteer work at the headquarters for the hostages, the team dealt with complex Medico legal-ethical questions. In March 2024, Attorney Davies appeared at a conference of the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM), explaining the reasons for the military action and the activities of the legal team within the medical team at the headquarters. https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:7d764bdb-847e-4cb8-aab9-a9104360a9dd

Adv. Jonathan Davies

Adv. Davies has an LL.B., Tel Aviv University (1993) and LL.M. (Commercial Law, magna sum laude), Tel Aviv University together with UC Berkeley (2012). He has 40 years of experience in medical malpractice, torts, insurance, liability, litigation, medicine and law, occupational illnesses, bodily harm, OSH, receiving medical rights, bio-tech and class actions. He was the chief editor of the “Medicine and Law” journal of the Israeli Law and Medicine Association for 15 years. Jonathan Davies is the President of the Society of Medicine and Law in Israel. In addition, he is the Secretary General (SG) of the WAML and Member in the Board of Governors of WAML, Member of the educational committee. Executive and presidential board member of the Medicine and Law Association, Member of the management board of the Health, Law and Ethics center next to Haifa University, Life Member of the British Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM). He is also a Member of the Helsinki Committee, which approves/rejects human experiments for the Meuhedet HMO and a Bar-certified mediator. He is renowned as an authority in his field and published numerous books and articles in Hebrew and in English.