Strong Legal Team Representing Terror Victims
Mark Werbner was the lead counsel in Linde v. Arab
Bank when the precedent setting case was filed in July, 2004 and is now
lead counsel in the Litle v. Arab Bank matter. Both are international
terrorism lawsuits pending in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Mark
is an Advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates, whose Texas Chapter
in 2002 named
him “Trial Lawyer of the Year.” Mark is also a Fellow in the
American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the most prestigious organizations
of trial lawyers in the country. Membership in the College is extended
by invitation only and is limited to one percent of the total lawyer population
of the state. Mark has been named in the 2001-2002, 2003-2004 and 2005-2006
editions of The Best Lawyers in America. The National Law Journal has
also profiled Mark as one of the top litigators in the nation; D Magazine
has named him among The Best Lawyers in Dallas; Texas Monthly has named
him among the Top 10 Super Lawyers in Texas, and The Texas Lawyer named
him one of the state's top notch “Go To” lawyers for Plaintiff’s
civil litigation, a recognition reserved to only the top 5 lawyers in
the State of Texas. Mark is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Criminal
Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He handles complex litigation
in courts throughout the nation. He represented the Stout family, who
was awarded $36 million in the Stout v. Eric Rockmore D/B/A Discovery
Tours bus crash case which was broadcast on Court TV in January, 2005.
For Werbner's other verdicts please refer to
Sayles Werbner PC.
Jonathan David is 
founder
of The David Law Firm, P.C. in
The Woodlands, Texas (greater Houston area) and is licensed in both Texas
and California. The David Law Firm represents clients injured by corporate
negligence and has been a national leader in representing over 1500 clients
from all fifty states who have asbestos related cancer. These clients
with Jonathan David as lead settlement counsel as to specific defendants
along with a national network of lead litigation co-counsel have recovered
close to a total of $1billion. Jonathan David is a member of the following
organizations: American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA) Leaders Forum,
ATLA Asbestos Steering Committee, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, State
Bar College Of Texas, California Consumer Attorneys Association, and the
American Bar Association.
Mr. David serves on the Executive Board of the National Jewish Democratic Council, and the Board of the Jewish Childrens Regional Service. He has in the past served on the board of the Houston-Israel and Texas-Israel Chambers Of Commerce, been a contributor to Trial Lawyers For Public Justice, and was a board member and vice-president of Beth-Am Synagogue in The Woodlands, Texas.
The New York based Shalov Stone & Bonner, LLP is taking the role of local counsel in this case. Shalov Stone & Bonner has many years experience with class action type law suits and has an impressive record of victories against large corporations in consumer rights cases. For more information about this prominent New York city law firm, click here.
Co-Lead Counsel Richard D. Heideman of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Heideman, Lezell, Nudelman and Kalik P.C. completed the American University Law and Policy Institute at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel where he studied 'Legal Aspects of the Middle East Conflict' and 'Comparative Law of Israel and the Middle East'. Mr. Heideman served as the elected President of B'nai B'rith International from 1998-2002 and now serves the organization as Honorary President. In February 2004 he served as Chief Trial Counsel for Israeli victims of terrorism at hearings convened by the Dutch Center for Information and Documentation on Israel coincident with the International Court of Justice Hearings at The Hague. He is the Chair of The Israel Forever Foundation, and has served on the Boards of the Anti-Defamation League, the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, The America-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Inc. of Washington, DC, the World Jewish Congress, the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, the Conference on Material Claims against Germany and the National Conference of Soviet Jewry. He served as Head of Delegation to the 2001 UN Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.
Steve Perles, an international law expert in Washington, D.C., has worked in a number of international cases in Asia, South America, and Africa, including the precedent setting international terrorism case brought by the parent of Alicia Flatow against Iran for its complicity in her murder while studying in Israel. He is also the author of numerous articles on the subject of terrorism and has lectured in many prestigious universities around the world.
Advocate Dan Meridor of the Haim Zadok law firm is assisting in Israel.
The firm is located at Rubinstein Bldg., 18th Floor, 20 Lincoln St., Tel
Aviv 67134 and the law firm's web site is located at http://www.zadokco.co.il/
The trial team has engaged a team of international experts and researchers
who, based on years of experience studying Islamic terror groups and Jihadists,
are accumulating extensive evidence for the lawsuit. This team of former
intelligence officers, academic and government experts have the multi-linguistic
and multi-cultural skills and experience to find and analyze video, electronic,
open source and other intelligence from around the world to identify and
bring to justice the financial infrastructure fueling the Palestinian
terror attacks in Israel.
If a member of your family or someone you know was a victim of terrorist actions in Israel and you wish to contact the lawyers handling this important case, please provide the following information so we can respond to your request.