Sami Abu Warda Law Office, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice & National Insurance
You, or someone close to you, were harmed, in an accident, at work, or through a medical error, and now you are facing large institutions: hospitals, HMOs, insurance companies, the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi). We are a law office that has handled these cases for decades across northern Israel and the whole country, helping the injured pursue the compensation they may be entitled to under the law.
What we handle
Personal-injury law is a field where how the case is run matters a great deal, and where the other side is almost always the experienced lawyers of insurers and institutions. We work across six main areas:
- Medical malpractice, delayed or missed diagnosis, surgical error, birth and neonatal negligence, inadequate informed consent. This is the office's core specialization.
- Work accidents, falls from height, construction and factory injuries, and cases where a single injury opens more than one track at once (National Insurance, a civil claim, and, on the commute, a road-accident claim too).
- Occupational diseases, illness and injury from cumulative exposure and strain: asbestos, microtrauma, occupational tinnitus and more.
- Road accidents, drivers, passengers, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, including cases with a hit-and-run or uninsured driver.
- National Insurance (Bituach Leumi), appeals against medical-committee decisions, re-examination on deterioration, and managing parallel claim tracks.
- Civil personal-injury claims, building the full damages assessment, including loss of earning capacity and future needs.
Why this office
- A named expert leading the case. Adv. Sami Abu Warda is personally accountable for the office's approach, around 35 years of practice in personal injury and medical malpractice, over a period in which the very doctrines these cases rely on took shape in Israeli case law.
- A team of 11 lawyers, more than 15,500 cumulative cases. Experience against hospitals, HMOs, the insurers of doctors and institutions, and the National Insurance Institute.
- A boutique approach, a limited number of cases each year. The office takes a limited caseload, which allows each inquiry to be examined in depth before an answer is given, rather than run as a conveyor belt.
- Cases are built on documents, not impressions. In medical-malpractice cases we start not from "did the doctor err," but from the legal question: did the treatment deviate from the accepted professional standard, and can that deviation be proven from the medical records and an independent expert opinion.
Fees & first consultation
Fees are contingent on success. No payment up front. The financial terms are discussed in full transparency at the first consultation, before anything is signed. The initial consultation is without obligation: we will listen to what happened, tell you honestly where things stand, and what the next steps might be.
We represent residents across northern Israel, including the region's English-speaking community. Please note: consultations and case handling at the office are conducted in Hebrew and Arabic.
How to reach us
The office is in Haifa: 8a HaPalyam Boulevard, "Eshel 1" building, 5th floor. A meeting can be arranged at the office, by phone, or by video.