Gornitsky (also: Garnitsky) Izrael (13 September 1889, Grodno – after 1941) — lawyer.

Izrael Gornitsky was born on 13 September 1889 in Grodno. His father was Avram Gornitsky. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Paris in 1911 and from the Faculty of Law at Kyiv University in 1914.

From 27 April 1917, he worked as an assistant sworn advocate in Petrograd and also served as legal counsel for timber and oil industry enterprises. In 1919, he was secretary of the Legal Department of the Main Oil Committee.

In January 1921, Izrael Gornitsky came to Latvia. From 15 June 1921, he was assistant to the sworn advocate J. Graudins, and from December 1925, to J. Schmit. On 3 November 1926, he became a sworn advocate.

In 1928, he was arrested for sheltering the international fraudster Liberman. He was a member of the Jewish Society of Lawyers. From 1923, he contributed to the newspaper Unzer Veg, affiliated with the Ceire Zion party, and from 1924, was active in the sports society Akoah.

On 12 April 1935, he resigned from the Bar at his own request and emigrated to Palestine.

For 40 years, he worked with a commission providing assistance to deportees and refugees from Latvia. His subsequent fate is unknown.

He was married to Nina Berlin (born 10 January 1892). They had three sons: Erikh (Erukhim) Gornitsky and Uriel Gornitsky (both born 10 June 1921), and Rafael Gornitsky (born 7 January 1927).