Prof. Asher Grunis, President of the Supreme Court (retired)

Education:
  • PhD in Law from York University, Toronto, Canada
  • Master of Law (LL.M.) degree from the University of Virginia in the USA
  • Graduated in Law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Areas of Expertise:
  • International arbitration
  • Civil law
  • Commercial law
  • Class actions
  • Administrative law
  • Constitutional law
  • Intellectual property
  • Dissolution of companies
  • Real estate
Biography:

Judge Grunis served as the President of the Supreme Court. He lectured in the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa. Over the years, he rendered thousands of judgments and rulings in all branches of law and established important laws in the fields of civil, administrative and constitutional law. In 2022, Judge Grunis was appointed Chairman of the State Commission of Inquiry to Investigate the Procurement of Submarines and Vessels.

Judge Grunis serves as an arbitrator in large and complex cases both as an arbitrator in the court of first instance and as an arbitrator in the Appeal Court.

In addition, Judge Grunis serves as a mediator in mediation cases in a wide variety of fields.

Experience:

Between 1969 and 1988, he worked as a lawyer in the private sector

Between 1976 and 1987, he lectured in the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University

In 1988, he was elected to the position of Judge of the District Court in Beer Sheva

In 1996, he moved to serve in the District Court in Tel Aviv

In 2003, he was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court

Between 2012 and 2015 he served as the President of the Supreme Court

Since 2020, he has been serving as a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa

In 2022, he was appointed Chairman of the State Commission of Inquiry to Investigate the Procurement of Submarines and Vessels