Dana Nof, Adv.

Adv. Dana Nof is a military attorney, a Lt. Col. (Res.) in the Military Advocate General, and is authorized to represent soldiers in military courts.

Adv. Nof served in the IDF for over 22 years in various roles in human resources management and administrative legal fields. Her extensive familiarity with the military system adds significant value to her clients. In her last position in the IDF, she was a Military Court Officer in the Northern Judicial District. She also served as a judge in military court panels in numerous cases, including drug deserters, sexual harassment, illegal use of weapons, violence, and abuse of Palestinians.

Adv. Dana Nof accompanies her clients throughout the entire process during a military trial, striving to achieve the best solution for them and their children. Clients who come to the office receive personal attention, and already in the first consultation meeting, they are presented with their legal situation and the options available to them.

The office provides services in Haifa (near the Northern Military Court) and in the central area in Ramat Gan (Twin Towers 2).

Details of Practice Areas:

• Status Regulation: Children of immigrants, draft evaders in Israel and abroad, overseas deserters. Legal representation against various units of the IDF Human Resources Directorate (including recruitment offices).
• Pre-Draft Candidates: Consultation, accompaniment, and representation against the IDF Human Resources Directorate (formerly Bakum) and recruitment offices, handling statutory exemptions under the Security Service Law (marriage, pregnancy, conscientious objection, etc.), handling enlistment to the IDF following a decision to grant an exemption by the recruitment office for medical, mental, criminal record, or other personal reasons.
• Military - Criminal: Consultation during CID investigations, representation of soldiers in military courts, detention hearings, and managing cases of drug deserters, violence, rape, illegal use of weapons, Bakum deserters, deserters and draft evaders in Israel and abroad, abuse of power towards subordinates, removal of property from the army, sexual harassment, training accidents, abuse of Palestinians, and more. Handling the cancellation of indictments and submitting requests for sentence mitigation.
• Military - Administrative: Consultation and accompaniment before investigation by a CBO (Commanding Officer Investigator) and investigation committees. Release from commitment to permanent service, including cadets (non-employment in the profession). Negotiations for retirement rights from permanent service and representation in the new Appeals Committee (Military Labor Court), assistance with complaints to the Soldiers' Complaints Commissioner, Public Inquiries Officer, and more. Handling appeals against decisions to discharge from the IDF for medical reasons (mental profile 21), consultation before disciplinary trials. Assistance with legal requests for deferral of reserve service.
• Criminal Record: The office provides treatment for the erasure of criminal records for soldiers in mandatory service, reserves, and career personnel who were convicted in military courts in the past.
• Victims of Crime: Representation and accompaniment of crime victims under the Crime Victims' Rights Law 2001. Exercising the right to protection from the perpetrator and their relatives. Receiving information from the filing of the complaint until the conclusion of the criminal proceedings. Expressing an opinion before a plea agreement and later before the Parole Board. Compensation for the crime victim in criminal and civil proceedings.

Additional Information about Military Attorney Dana Nof:

Member of the Haifa District Committee of the Israel Bar Association, Deputy Chair of the National Military and Security Committee of the Israel Bar Association.