Nehama Dror – Law Office

Nehama Dror - Law Office is a leading boutique firm that specializes in the representation of victims of medical malpractice and severe accidents (tort law). The firm was established based upon a deep devotion to medical malpractice claimants who find themselves facing large-scale systems, unaware of the significant settlement they are entitled to. Therefore, the firm is committed to placing at the disposal of its clients the most extensive legal experience, with an uncompromising pursuit of achieving the best possible legal outcome and maximum compensation. Adv. Dror’s office combines many years of experience in the largest and most well-known firms in the field with the professional service and precise personal attention of a boutique firm, making it one of the leading and most respected firms in the field of medical malpractice in Israel.

Strategic Advantage: Familiarity with Both Sides of the Divide

One of the firm’s unique and prominent advantages stems from the professional background of its founder. Adv. Dror maintains 18 years of experience in the field, a significant portion of which was devoted to representing medical systems, government hospitals, and some of the largest insurance companies in Israel.
Adv. Dror represented doctors and nursing staff in complex proceedings, including before the Ministry of Health, and gained in-depth knowledge of the practices and procedures that are supposed to guide medical teams in real time. Owing to her experience and expertise, she has numerous precedents in District Courts and in the Supreme Court. She holds an LL.B. with honors and worked at leading firms in the field. In 2020, she established her independent firm, in which her extensive experience, understanding of both sides, and determination and thoroughness are reflected, leading to many successes in the field.

Identifying Strengths in Every Case; Optimal Focus of Legal Arguments

Adv. Dror’s extensive experience provides the firm with a significant advantage in managing claims, as she is familiar with both sides and has represented medical systems for many years. This experience enables the firm to identify strengths in cases, focus the necessary legal and medical arguments to substantiate the cause of action, and leads to resolving cases in a significantly shorter time than the industry average.

Legal Expertise and Litigation

Adv. Nehama Dror has handled hundreds of complex malpractice cases over the years, across all areas of medicine. The firm specializes in managing complex litigation in all judicial instances and, thanks to its deep understanding of the field, can perform a realistic assessment of each claim’s chances already at its outset, while maintaining close cooperation with leading medical experts in Israel.

Main Areas of Practice

Medical malpractice - Representation of plaintiffs in all areas of medicine, with specialization in birth-related malpractice, including complex cases with high financial scope.
Personal injury and severe accidents - Handling claims arising from road accidents and other serious accidents, while accompanying victims vis-à-vis insurance companies.

Comprehensive Boutique Services

Beyond legal excellence, the firm provides its clients with close personal guidance throughout the entire process. Case handling is characterized by thoroughness, professionalism, and attention to the smallest details, due to the understanding that every single detail may be critical to the case. Clients benefit from many added values: maximum and immediate availability and ongoing updates at every stage; contingency-based legal fees (ensuring full alignment of interests between the firm and the client); and excellent connections with leading medical experts for evaluating case prospects and providing well-founded expert opinions.

Selected Cases

Medical malpractice during pregnancy follow-up leading to the birth of a deaf child - The firm represents a minor born with severe and irreversible deafness due to malpractice by an HMO during the mother’s pregnancy. At the beginning of the pregnancy, the mother was found to lack antibodies to CMV (a virus from the herpes family which usually causes only mild symptoms in pregnant women but may endanger the fetus and cause severe defects), and she did not receive the necessary instructions and explanations from her gynecologist that could have prevented infection through very simple preventive actions. Ultimately, the mother contracted the virus, which was transmitted to the fetus and left him with severe disability. Currently, in mediation, it has been proposed to settle the claim for approximately nis 3,000,000 before deduction of National Insurance benefits.

Double medical malpractice during childbirth - The firm represented a woman in her thirties in a severe case involving two failures: failure to diagnose a large, retained placenta and negligent misclassification of a grade 3C anal sphincter tear as grade 2. As a result of the improper treatment, including suturing under suboptimal conditions by a non-specialist physician, the plaintiff (a software developer) was left with severe disability manifested in loss of sphincter control, serious harm to her quality of life, fertility, and mental condition. Despite its complexity, the case was resolved in less than two years with compensation of 1,350,000 nis.

Pressure applied to a laboring woman’s abdomen resulting in 1,000,000 nis compensation - During the pushing stage of labor, two staff members leaned their arms on the upper abdomen of the woman without prior preparation or warning and applied strong, aggressive pressure. After delivery, she complained of gas incontinence and was diagnosed with a grade 3 tear. The firm filed a claim arguing that such pressure is prohibited and dangerous, causing uncontrolled delivery of the baby’s head and potentially severe harm to both mother and newborn. The case ended with compensation of 1,000,000 nis shortly after filing.

Two severe malpractice incidents within one week leaving a young mother permanently disabled - The firm represents a 19-year-old mother who became permanently disabled due to a series of medical failures within one week. First, after a cesarean section complicated by infection, she was discharged without anticoagulants (Clexane), despite being in a high-risk group due to obesity, surgery, and severe infection. Second, a few days later, she returned to the hospital with severe pain and a referral to rule out thrombosis, yet she was discharged with merely painkillers. As a result, she developed severe deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, becoming dependent on crutches, unable to work, and limited in daily functioning. The claim has been filed and is currently in finalizing negotiations.

Abnormal genetic test leading to the birth of a baby with severe defects - The firm represents a minor born with severe defects due to malpractice by those treating the mother during pregnancy, who recommended a NIFTY test instead of amniocentesis despite her age (41). The test yielded a normal result despite a significant chromosomal deficiency that should have been detected. Additionally, defects that should have been identified in prenatal screenings were missed. The claim was filed against the HMO and the laboratory in China that analyzed the NIFTY test. The firm saved the parents substantial costs by obtaining court approval to serve the claim to the lab’s representative in Israel instead of translating and delivering documents abroad. The case is currently in mediation.