ALEJANDRA M. IGLESIA
Associate
aiglesia@bastamron.com
Miami
305.379.7904
ALEJANDRA M. IGLESIA
Associate
Alejandra M. Iglesia focuses her practice in the areas of complex business litigation and insolvency litigation. While her commercial litigation practice involves virtually every type of dispute that can arise in the business context, Alejandra practices with an emphasis on partnership and joint venture disputes, non-compete and/or non-solicitation agreements, breach of fiduciary duty allegations, fraud, and breach of contract cases. She also represents trustees in their investigation of potential claims against directors and officers of corporations that have filed for bankruptcy and have exposed themselves to liability through their actions or inaction.
Alejandra has experience advising her clients at every stage of the litigation process, including pre-litigation negotiations through trial. In her representation, Alejandra’s goal is to resolve her clients’ business disputes as efficiently and effectively, as possible, with minimum disruption to their business. In her practice, she prioritizes communication with her clients and assures that they understand every step of what can be a stressful and intrusive process.
In addition to her practice, Alejandra is also a member of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar, wherein she forms part of various task forces and committees that assess, discuss, and redraft sections of the Florida Statutes that affect businesses and business owners across the state. She also enjoys preparing comments and revisions to proposed national and state-level regulations that impact businesses and business owners across the state of Florida.
Representative Experience
- Special litigation counsel to Washington State Court Appointed Receiver of Infectious Disease Research Institute, retained to investigate and prosecute breach of fiduciary duty claims against the former officers and directors
- Special litigation counsel to Trustee of Liquidation Trust of Modell’s Sporting Goods, Inc., retained to investigate and prosecute breach of fiduciary, avoidance, and other claims against the former officers, directors, and insiders
- Special litigation counsel to Assignee of Panelfold, Inc., retained to investigate and prosecute breach of fiduciary duty claims against the former directors and officers, which resulted in a settlement and recovery for creditors
- Special litigation counsel to Liquidating Trustee of Orchid’s Paper Products Liquidating Trust retained to investigate and prosecute breach of fiduciary duty claims against the former officers and directors
- Represented investors defrauded out of millions of dollars in an elaborate scheme premised on a failed commercial real estate development project
- Serves as litigation counsel for majority shareholders, officers, and directors of a freight forwarding and logistics corporation in a partnership dispute with the corporation’s minority shareholder
- Represented a cellular phone financing business in an action for breach of contract against a Latin American distributor of cellular phones, resulting in a roughly $2 million judgment against said distributor
- Represented a video game developer in a breach of contract action against an exclusive distributor, resulting in a favorable settlement
- Represented former employees of various businesses in disputes arising from alleged breaches of non-competition or non-solicitation agreements
- Represented 50% of owners of a luxury brand café in a partnership dispute against the remaining 50% of owners
- Represented a Spanish winery in a breach of contract action against its distributor, resulting in a favorable settlement
Awards and Recognitions
- Best Lawyers In America Ones to Watch- Commercial Litigation, and Bankruptcy Litigation, 2023
- Super Lawyers, Florida Rising Stars 2022-2023
- Recipient of the Florida Bar Business Law Section’s 2021-2023 Fellowship Award
Speaking Engagements
- Guest Speaker at St. Thomas University School of Law’s Annual Dean’s Honors Ceremony – 2021
Professional & Community Activities
- Member, Business Law Section of the Florida Bar (2018 – present)
- Member, 542 Restrictive Covenant Task Force, dedicated to performing a comprehensive review and modernization of Florida’s restrictive covenant statute, § 543.335, and assessing any other proposed legislation at the federal level that would affect Florida law surrounding restrictive covenants
- Participated in the preparation of a comment, on behalf of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar, to the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule addressing noncompetition agreements – 2023
- Member, 617 Task Force, dedicated to prepare reform legislation for Chapter 617, Florida’s Corporations Not for Profit Statute
- Assessed statute and provided proposed changes to various sections of same – 2023
- Prepared comparative analysis of Florida’s not-for-profit statute and the Model Nonprofit Corporation Act – 2023
- Member, Statutory Settlement Agreement Task Force
- Researched and analyzed the state of the law across the United States regarding the absence or presence of statutory settlement agreements in each state – 2022
- Participated in the preparation of a white paper in response to Florida Senator Beltran’s proposal to prepare a statute that would impose a statutory form settlement agreement upon parties to a mediation, if the principal terms of a settlement are agreed to and if the parties fail to agree to a form of settlement agreement on their own – 2022
- Participated in preparing a proposed statutory form settlement agreement – 2022
- Member, Scholars and Fellows Retention Task Force
- Member, Business Litigation Committee CLE Task Force
- Member, BNI United (2018 – present)
- Former Quality Assurance Coordinator, 2021-2022
- Volunteer, The Education Fund (2018 – present)
- Volunteer for The Education Fund’s yearly Teach-A-Thon, whereby volunteers are paired with a public school in Miami-Dade County and prepare a lesson plan for the student on any topic of the volunteer’s choosing
- Past Topics: Recycling, Budgeting, Setting Boundaries
- Former Member, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce
– Co-Chair, Young Professionals’ Committee 2019-2020
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida
- Former Member, St. Thomas University School of Law Young Lawyer’s Division Council
Contact Information
Email
aiglesia@bastamron.com
Address
One Southeast Third Avenue
Suite 2410
Miami, FL 33131
T:305.379.7904
F:305.379.7905
Education
J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law
B.A., Northwestern University, Political Science and Linguistics
Business Background
Associate, Barakat Law, P.A.
Law Clerk, Barakat Law, P.A.
Admitted to
Florida Bar
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation
Insolvency Litigation
Creditors’ Rights
