Named as a Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters in the area of business litigation for the past seven years, began his career while in law school with the Tulsa County District Attorney's office, through a special license to practice law in the State of Oklahoma. After graduating from law school, Israel worked for Robert Maloney, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. He has litigated civil cases throughout the State and has handled cases in the justice courts, state and federal courts as well as courts of appeals. His clients have included professionals, large and small businesses of all types of industries, law firms as well as commercial and residential real estate companies. Israel has handled numerous high profile cases involving real property, the regulation of real property, land use and constitutional issues with governmental entities. He has taught continuing legal educational classes in the areas of landlord tenant law, has written many articles on the subject and has been a guest speaker for many real estate industry groups, including the Texas Apartment Association, The MetroTex Realtor's Association and The Dallas Housing Authority. Israel has served as president elect, president and immediate past president of the Plano Bar Association and is an active member of the Dallas and Collin County Bar Associations. He presently serves as a faculty member on the Collin County Trial Academy to help train attorneys in trial advocacy.