Member Profiles

E. Schneorson, Diab & Co. Law Firm represent insured individuals, companies & organizations in insurance claims against all insurance companies. Our expertise is property damage, including fire damages, construction and infrastructure, water damages, burglary, machinery and vehicle theft and damages. We represent in cases of professional liability and liabilities insurance, particularly in cases where insurance company denies coverage. Amongst our clients are private individuals and companies, including infrastructure, construction and contracting companies, local and international. We do not represent insurance companies. Adv. Erez Schneorson is a renowned expert in insurance claims and his law firm is a leading law firm in Israel, in all aspects of insurance litigation.

Zeev Pearl is Managing Partner and Chair of the STEM Group. Zeev is highly recognized among leading ranking guides including, Legal 500, IAM1000, Dun’s 100 and more. For more than 25 years Zeev has been advising clients on a broad range of intellectual property issues including patents and IP portfolio development, licensing in and out, adverse licensing, Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), litigation against competitors and non-practicing entities, and technology driven commercial transactions. Zeev’s clients include major international and Israel based corporations from diverse industries ranging from information technology and IoT to medical devices and pharmaceuticals. His current focus has been on representing clients in the fields of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), IoT, renewable energy, deep learning and the application of AI in multiple fields, medical technologies and pharmaceuticals. Zeev’s multifaceted practice includes the representation of global companies protecting and enforcing their intellectual property in Israel and developing and scouting for technologies in the Startup Nation, the representation of numerous Israel-related and international companies, from publicly traded companies to promising technology start-ups, as their primary global IP counsel, and the representation of US-based and international clients before the USPTO. After completing his B.Sc. and M.Sc., including a thesis involving the application of analytical chemistry to archaeology, Zeev worked on his Ph.D. thesis in physical chemistry involving the application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to visualization of fluid mixing processes while completing his law degree. At the time he decided to focus his future practice on intellectual property and worked as an in-house IP counsel at Scitex Corporation, then one of Israel’s leading multinational companies. At Scitex, Zeev mastered a range of technologies in the fields of image and information processing and was involved in building and realizing the company’s long-term patent, licensing and litigation strategies. EDUCATION Tel Aviv University School of Law, LL.B, 1992 Weizmann Institute of Science, M.Sc. Chemistry, 1989 Hebrew University in Jerusalem, B.Sc. Chemistry and Geology, 1986 ADMITTED U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Israel Bar Association Israel Patent Office MEMBERSHIPS INTA - International Trademark Association LES - Licensing Executives Society AIPPI - International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property LANGUAGES English Hebrew

Peggy has several precedents of the Supreme Court on her name. In addition, Peggy has published and lectured extensively in seminars of the Israeli Bar Association and educational institutes managed by Tel Aviv University. Her publications include the Israeli chapter in International Execution Against Judgment Debtors; Attacking Foreign Assets, published by the Center for International Legal Studies (Lloyds of London Press); International Franchising (part of the 2007 Comparative Law Yearbook series), Israeli chapter, published by Wolters Kluwer; and the Israeli section in Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (comparative reviews), published by LLP Limited; co-author of the Israeli chapter of the comparative book on World Class Action edited by Baker Law. The Israeli chapter of Transparency in Insurance, AIDA Research Series, published by Springer, 2019.On a regular basis Peggy publishes articles in ILO and Lexology. Peggy regularly lectures on various insurance topics to insurance companies, members of the Israel Bar Association, AIDA World, and in academic forums. Peggy was involved in crisis management, as well as product contamination claims .The recent claim relating to product recall was a claim whereby the product (frozen food) was recalled due to Listeria. Peggy is involved in subrogation claims of Insurers who paid under the Terrorism policy. The claim was filed against the Israeli Tax Authority. Peggy was appointed as an outside Counsel for the Governmental Company “Kanat” – The Government Fund for the insurance of Natural Disasters in Agriculture. Peggy was appointed (in October 2018) as the President of AIDA World – The International Association of Insurance Law, which comprises more than 44 countries and led to comparative researches in Insurance and the initiation of an Insurance Encyclopedia. Peggy is a co-chairman of the Insurance Committee of the Israeli Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation Department, Class Action claims and international complex litigation. Education: Graduate (Summa Cum Laude) of the Tel Aviv University Status: Legal 500 , 2022 - Hall of Fame WWL (Who's Who Legal) Insurance & Reinsurance – leading individuals - for 2022: "Peggy Sharon from Levitan, Sharon & Co is a market leader for coverage litigation in a variety of insurance disputes, from professional liability claims to class actions." Membership: The Israel Bar Association, Co-Head of the Bar Committee of Torts and Insurance. Since October 2018, President of AIDA World, the international association of insurance Law (Association International de Droit D' Assurance) and President of the AIDA Israel Branch.

Adv. John Harris established the legal firm of Harris & Co. Maritime law in 1977. The firm is dedicated to the practice of Maritime Law and Admiralty Law including ship-arrests, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, sale and purchase of ships and the financing of ship purchases, arbitration. The firm is also dedicated to Commercial Law and Corporate Law including litigation.