Iva joined the firm’s Complex Litigation Division in 2019. Her practice focuses on handling a wide variety of commercial and business disputes, including intellectual property claims, such as trade secrets, copyright, and trademark infringement; contractual disputes; professional liability claims; partnership actions; employment disputes; and business torts, such as tortious interference, fraud, conversion, conspiracy, and defamation claims. Iva’s experience also includes counseling clients on the intricacies of insurance policies and insurance coverage.
Iva received her Juris Doctor degree from Florida International University College of Law (“FIU Law”) in Miami, FL, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL.
While at FIU Law, Iva was an Editor for the FIU Law Review and a member of the Moot Court competition team. She was a finalist in the FIU College of Law’s 11th Annual Appellate Advocacy Competition and won the “Best Brief” award. Iva was also a Teaching Assistant, providing support to first-year law students in Legal Research and Writing.
Prior to joining McIntyre Thanasides, Iva worked for one of Florida’s largest and most prestigious civil trial firms, practicing in Miami and Tampa, FL. During that time, Iva defended numerous large insurance companies and their insureds in cases involving products liability, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, professional liability, and commercial litigation claims. Iva also assisted primary and excess insurance carriers in various insurance disputes, including insurance coverage, bad faith, and extra-contractual exposures arising from property and liability claims.
Iva was born and raised in Bulgaria, but is proud to call St. Petersburg her home.
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