Anat Baron (judge)
Anat Baron (Hebrew: עֲנָת בָּרוֹן, born 12 October 1953) is an Israeli judge who serves as a justice on the Supreme Court of Israel.
Early life and education
Baron was born in Israel in 1953. After graduating from the Ironi Dalet high school in Tel Aviv in 1971, she served for two years in the Israel Defense Forces. After her military service, she studied law at Tel Aviv University and graduated in 1977. From 1976 to 1979, she interned at the Office of the General Counsel to the Ministry of Defense and in a private law firm. She was admitted to the Israel Bar Association in 1979.[1]
Legal career
After being admitted to the bar in 1979, Baron worked as an attorney in private practice until 1991, when she was appointed a judge on the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court. In 2002, she was appointed a judge on the Tel Aviv District Court.[1] She specialized in civil cases, and the most well-known case she was involved in as a district judge was the Anat Kamm–Uri Blau affair.
In September 2014, she was selected to be a judge on the Supreme Court. She assumed this position in January 2015.[1]
Personal life
Baron is married to real estate developer Gabi Baron, who chairs the Board of Directors of the Israel Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv. They had two children, Ran (b. 1980) and Ido (b. 1983). Ran, a budding musician and stand-up comedian, was killed in the Mike's Place suicide bombing in 2003.[2]
