Yaakov Neeman

Personal status:                       Married with 6 children

Place of employment:  Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Law Offices

                                                Asia House , 4 Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv 64239

                                                Tel: 972-3-692 2020,  Direct Tel:  972-3-692 2032

                                                Fax: 972-3-696 6464

                                                E-mail: Neeman@hfn.co.il

Education:                               The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,  LL.B. (Hons.)

(1961-1964)

New York University, Law School, LL.M. (Master of Law, (Hons.) (1965)

New York University, Law School J.S.D. (Doctor of Law, Hons.) (1968)

Employment:                           Founding Partner, Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Tel-Aviv

(1972-1979,  1981-1996, 1999-present)

Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Jerusalem

(1997-1998)

Justice Minister, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem

(1996)

Director General, Ministry of  Finance, Jerusalem

(1979-1981)

Articled clerk and Advocate, I. Gornitzky & Co., Advocates,

Tel-Aviv (1965-1968)

Articled Clerk to Judge M. Ben-Porat, District Court, Jerusalem

(1964)

Academic Institutions:             Assistant, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Tel-Aviv Branch, Faculty of  Law, in the field of "Contracts Law" (1965-1967)

                                                Lecturer in "Tax Law", Tel-Aviv University (1968-1970)

                                                Lecturer in "Tax Law", The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

(1971-1972)

                                                Professor, Bar Ilan University, teaching Contracts Law, Constitutional Law, Corporate Law and Tax Law (1971-1976)

(2002-   )

                                                Visiting Professor, University of California, School of Law, Los Angeles (1976)

                                                Visiting Professor, Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Law

(1977-1979)

Visiting Professor, New York University, School of Law

(1989-1990)

Visiting professor, Cardozo School Law, Yeshiva University, New York (1989-1990)

Visiting professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Law (1991)

Military Service:                       Israel Defense Forces (1958-1961)

                                                Ranking upon release – Lieutenant

                                                Reserve ranking – Captain

Organizational Affiliations        Throughout his career, Yaakov Neeman has been a member of

And Public Service:                 numerous public committees and boards of directors of public companies. The following is a brief sampling:

Chairman, Executive Committee, Bar Ilan University (2000 -    )

Member, Public Committee, appointed by the Speaker of the Parliament to determine salaries and other payments to Cabinet members, Knesset members, judges, and other government officials (2000-2002)

Chairman, Public Committee, appointed by the Cabinet for the Drafting of the Constitution (2002-2003).

Chairman, Public Committee on Educational Centers (2000)

Chairman, Public Committee on Privatization Issues of El Al, Israel Airlines.

Member, Board of Governors, Bank of Israel (1992-1996, 2003-  )

Chairman and member of the Israel Prize Committee (1977, 1980, 1981, 2002)

Chairman, of the Public Committee on the Allocation of Distributions by the Ministry of Interior  (1991-1992)

Chairman of the Prize Committee for Judaica  - celebrating the year 3000 in Jerusalem (1995-1996)

Chairman, Public Committee for the encouragement of the film industry in Israel (1994)

Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the Inter- Relationionship between the Tax Laws and Foreign Currency Restrictions (1977-1978)

Chairman, Committee Conversion Law (1997-98)

Chairman, National Committee for the Identification of Fallen Soldiers in Times of Emergency (1991)

Director, Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (1979-1981)

Director, El Al  (1979-1981)

Member, Committee for Atomic Energy (1979-1981)

Member, Central Committee of the World Bank (1979-1981)