About Israeli Criminal & Military Defense Attorney Guy Flanter
Professional Experience
1999 to the Present - Resignation from the State Attorney’s Office and Establishment of an Independent Law Firm
In October 1999, Adv. Guy Flanter resigned from the State Attorney’s Office and founded an independent law firm practicing in three legal fields: criminal law, military law and disciplinary law.
The distinctive character of the firm lies in providing legal advice and representation to ordinary citizens with no criminal record, and in its principled refusal to represent “professional” offenders and criminal organizations.
Apart from representing people from all walks of life, the firm focuses on handling criminal and disciplinary proceedings against public servants (including members of the intelligence community and the defense establishment, police officers and Israel Prison Service personnel), and against members of licensed professions (such as lawyers, physicians, psychologists, pharmacists and social workers), students, and employees of the defense industries.
Adv. Guy Flanter holds an unrestricted certification to serve as defense counsel in the Israeli Military Courts, granted in 2000.
Adv. Guy Flanter has extensive and proven experience in handling complex and sensitive cases that require high security clearance; in the closure of criminal and disciplinary cases in the course of pre-indictment hearing proceedings; in the cancellation of indictments; in the acquittal of defendants; and in the conclusion of criminal proceedings with a non-conviction ruling.
Adv. Flanter lectures on his fields of practice to police officers and prosecutors, including as guest lecturer at the Israel National Police Academy, and to officeholders and general counsel at various corporations.
In 2007, the Attorney General appointed Adv. Guy Flanter to serve as prosecutor on behalf of the State in criminal cases for the Ministry of National Infrastructure.
Approximately Four Years as a Criminal Prosecutor in the State Attorney’s Office
In the mid-1990s, Adv. Guy Flanter joined the ranks of the State Attorney’s Office, where he served until the end of 1999 as a prosecutor in criminal cases at the Central District Attorney’s Office.
In the course of his work at the State Attorney’s Office he accompanied complex police investigations, prepared and filed indictments, and represented the State of Israel in numerous and varied criminal proceedings.
As a prosecutor for the State of Israel, he conducted criminal prosecutions in all the Magistrates’ Courts of the Central District, prosecuted “serious crime” cases in the Tel Aviv District Court, and appeared for the State in various criminal appeals.
He was appointed to represent the Central District Attorney’s Office on the council of the Organization of State Prosecutors.
He was appointed as the representative of the District Attorney’s Office on an enforcement task force established to handle criminal matters relating to real property.
The Beginning of the Path as an Independent Criminal Defense Lawyer
Upon his admission to the Israel Bar in May 1995, Adv. Guy Flanter joined the defense team of the late Mr. Simcha Dinitz, headed by Senior Adv. Uri Wagman.
Mr. Dinitz, who had served as Chairman of the Jewish Agency and as Israel’s Ambassador in Washington, was charged in the Jerusalem District Court with obtaining various benefits by fraud, and breach of trust.
Ultimately, the Supreme Court of Israel acquitted Mr. Dinitz of all the charges.
Legal Internship
In the early 1990s, criminal defense lawyer Guy Flanter completed his internship at the offices of two of Israel’s leading white-collar criminal practitioners, Dan Sheinman and Uri Wagman.
During his internship he took part in white-collar cases, among them the case of the Mayor of Herzliya, Mr. Eli Landau; the case of the Mayor of Rishon LeZion, Mr. Meir Nitzan; and the “Tze’elim B” affair.
Education
- Graduate of the School of Law, University of Warwick, England (LLB).
- During his legal studies he achieved First-Class marks in English Law, Commercial Law, the Litigation Workshop and the Law of Evidence.
Military and Security Service
- Intelligence officer; Captain (reserves).
- Immediately upon completing his service in the IDF he was recruited to the Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the “Shin Bet”), where he worked in intelligence and counter-terrorism.
- During his military service he graduated from the Israeli Military Officers Training School with distinction, selected as the finest cadet. After completing the Intelligence Officers’ Course he served as Head of an Intelligence unit dealing with Terrorism, in the Intelligence Directorate of IDF Central Command.
Activity within the Israel Bar Association
- Member of the Prosecution Committee of the Israel Bar Association.
- Member of the Military and Security Committee of the Israel Bar Association.
- Member of the Criminal Law Forum of the Israel Bar Association.
- Represents lawyers in disciplinary proceedings brought against them before the Disciplinary Tribunals of the Israel Bar Association.
- Represented the Tel Aviv and Central District Committee of the Israel Bar Association as prosecutor before the District Disciplinary Tribunal and before the Supreme Court of Israel.
- Member of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IAJLJ).
- Member of the Criminal Procedure Committee of the Israel Bar Association.
Personal Background
- Adv. Guy Flanter was born in Israel in 1965. He is married to Irit and is the father of four children.
- His father, of German descent, was born in Kibbutz Beit Zera in the Jordan Valley, served in the Palmach and was injured during his service in Israel’s independence war; his mother immigrated to Israel from South Africa.
- He grew up and was educated in Motza Illit, near Jerusalem, and in Florida, USA. He completed his high school education at the Mae Boyar School in Jerusalem, and in his youth played basketball for Hapoel Jerusalem.
- Guy is fluent in both Hebrew and English.
Education, Certifications, Qualifications and Professional Training
Unrestricted Certification to Serve as Defense Counsel in the Israeli Military Courts
Military defense lawyer Guy Flanter was granted an unrestricted certification to serve as defense counsel in the Israeli Military Courts.
2016: The School for Advanced Legal Education, the Israel Bar Association
Advanced legal studies: Law and Technology - Cyber Studies.
2016: The School for Advanced Legal Education, the Israel Bar Association
Advanced legal studies: The Prohibition on Money Laundering Law.
2011: The Tel Aviv and Central District Committee - the Israel Bar Association
Certificate of Appreciation - for activity and contribution as counsel to the Ethics Committee in representing it in disciplinary proceedings.
2008: The Tel Aviv and Central District Committee, the Israel Bar Association
Selected Issues in Criminal Taxation.
2007: The Tel Aviv and Central District Committee, the Israel Bar Association
Certificate course: The Art of Persuasion and Litigation in Court.
2005-2006: Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law + the Antitrust Authority
Certificate course in Antitrust Law: Cases and Responses.
2006-2007: The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies of the Israel Bar Association
Certificate course in Criminal Law.
2004-2005: The Israel Bar Association, the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
Certificate course in Corporate Law.
2003: Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law, Center for Commercial Law
- Criminal law and white-collar offenses.
- The right to a fair trial.
- Bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
- Criminal liability of corporations and their officers.
- Offenses in the age of electronics and information.
1999: Ministry of Justice, Central District Attorney's Office
Head of Criminal Matters at the Central District Attorney’s Office, Adv. Zamira Goldner: letter of recommendation for Adv. Guy Flanter.
1999: Ministry of Justice, Central District Attorney's Office
Central District Attorney, Adv. Nurit Schnit: letter of recommendation for Adv. Guy Flanter.
1999: Ministry of Justice, Central District Attorney's Office
Senior Deputy at the Central District Attorney’s Office and later the District Attorney, Adv. Rachel Shiber: letter of recommendation for Adv. Guy Flanter.
1999: Ministry of Justice, Central District Attorney's Office
Appointment as a member of a task force established by the State Attorney’s Office for the enforcement of criminal matters relating to real property, as the representative of the Central District Attorney’s Office.
1998-1999: Ministry of Justice, the Institute for Advanced Studies for Prosecutors and Legal Advisers
- Points of convergence between police powers and individual rights.
- Ethical issues in conducting a criminal trial.
- Law and Information Technology.
- Workshop in legal argument and the examination of witnesses.
1998: Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law + the Israel Bar Association, the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
Certificate course in penal law, criminal procedure and the law of evidence.
1996-1997: Ministry of Justice, the Institute for Advanced Studies for Prosecutors and Legal Advisers
- Updates and innovations in the law of detention and bail, and in sentencing law.
- The child as a victim of a criminal offense.
- Fatal Traffic Accidents.
- Updates and innovations in Evidence Law and the Criminal Procedure Law.
1990-1993: Graduate of the School of Law, University of Warwick, England (LLB)
In the course of his university studies he was awarded distinctions in English Law (high distinction, first year), Commercial Law (second year), the Litigation Workshop (second year) and the Law of Evidence (high distinction, third year).