Isaac Behar Tamir, also known as Zaki Tamir, is a lawyer and is the founder and managing partner of Tamir Law Group. He lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn NY, and has been the chair at the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, a community based public service organization, for the past 10 years.
Upon graduation from law school in 2005, Mr Zaki Tamir began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, NY, where he tried many complex felony trials. He resigned from his position at the DA in 2009 to open the Tamir Law Group.
Tamir Law Group provides legal services to a diverse clientele across a broad spectrum of practice areas. Since entering private practice, Mr Tamir has expanded his practice to include commercial and civil litigation, family law, and business/corporate legal counselling. He also continues to specialize in complex criminal matters from DUIs to homicides.
Under Mr Tamir’s supervision and guidance, Tamir Law Group has established itself as a boutique firm advocating on its clients’ behalf in both State and Federal Courts.
On his LinkedIn page, Isaac Tamir states that he is a G-d fearing Jew has High energy and is goal-driven. Zaki Tamir also mentions that he invests heavily into relationships and that for business purposes, he prefers face to face contact over other forms of communication.
Isaac Behar Tamir made the local news in New York last year for some less than professional handling of a very sensitive case and exploitation of a vulnerable family. A young girl tragically died of an asthma attack and subsequent complications getting to the hospital. Her parents wished to set up a foundation in honour of her, at which point they were introduced to Mr Zaki Tamir.
Isaac Tamir required $5k from them to begin work but made them believe he knew wealthy people and that he would make sure they raised millions of dollars within a couple of days. His hourly fees notwithstanding, Zaki told them he wants 10% of the money given to the charity!
Not only did Zaki end up not raising that money (the article mentions less than $2k total in donations) he also refused to refund the remainder of their deposit, sending them a bill for over $7k. One line item is especially shocking - $1,680 for a “board meeting” and “promo taping” for appearing on a weekly web show with them that they didn’t know he would be attending. Read more about this story on Pix11.