La dolce vita, “The good life,” Joie de vivre—every language has a phrase that encompasses the idea of exploring life’s big questions with verve, and Hebrew is no different. Laasot Haim is a way of life here in Israel. A team of Greenberg Traurig attorneys recently experienced this firsthand, combining practice enrichment, panel participation and network building, while attending the 2015 Israeli Bar Association Conference in the sunny town of Eilat, Israel. Attorneys from across Israel and the world traveled to the south of the country for a sun-filled week of top-notch workshops, hot-topic panels, and valuable networking. As always, Greenberg Traurig was an active participant, representing our international presence on multiple panels, attending events with Israeli peer firms, and hosting notable guests ranging from American Ambassador Daniel Shapiro to the ever-effervescent Dr. Ruth Westheimer (who taught the attending attorneys a thing or two about Joie de Vivre at a particularly lively evening event).
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