From 2011-2017, Ira was President of Genie Energy, Ltd., a retail energy and oil and gas exploration company spun off from IDT Corp., an international telecommunications carrier. Ira was President and Counsel to the Chairman of IDT from 2000 to 2011, and served as counsel to companies including Net2Phone, Inc., a pioneer in Voice over Internet Protocol.

Ira was previously a Partner at FisherBroyles, LLP. Prior to that, Ira was a Partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP and Chairman of its New York office’s business department. He was also an Associate in the New York and Toronto offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP – serving on the Securities Advisory Committee and as secondment counsel to the Ontario Securities Commission. At the OSC, Ira advised on the implementation of the US-Canada Multijurisdictional Disclosure System and on the securities law aspects of NAFTA.

Ira has served on the Boards of Directors of NanoVibronixInc. and Regal Bank of New Jersey, and on the Boards of Trustees of Young Israel of Scarsdale, Ramaz, SAR Academy and Friends of Jerusalem College of Technology. Ira is a member of the Dean’s Council at Columbia University Law School.