Iris S. Rogatinsky, Esq.

Iris S. Rogatinsky has been practicing in the areas of debtor/creditor law, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation and appeals since April 1999 and is Of Counsel to the firm. Ms. Rogatinsky is a Legal Writing Instructor at St. Thomas University School of Law and has taught as an adjunct professor with Broward Community College's Paralegal Studies program.

Prior to joining Assouline & Berlowe, Ms. Rogatinsky was a senior associate in the Business Finance and Restructuring department of the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. She has represented debtors, creditors, and trustees in complex chapter 11 reorganization cases and out of court restructurings. She also has prepared and filed several briefs in cases pending in both federal and state appellate courts involving bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy law issues.

In 1998, Ms. Rogatinsky earned her Juris Doctorate, with honors, from the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, where she was a Senior Notes & Comments Editor of the Florida Law Review, earned three book awards in Property I, Property II, and Land Use Planning, and was inducted as a member of the Order of the Coif. Ms. Rogatinsky graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva University - Stern College for Women in 1995, with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Areas of Practice

• Debtor/Creditor
• Bankruptcy

Bar Admissions

• State of Florida
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Education

University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, J.D., 1998
   Order of the Coif
   Law Review Senior Notes & Comments Editor
   Book Award Property I
   Book Award Property II
   Book Award Land Use Planning

Yeshiva University - Stern College for Women , New York, New York , B.A. English, 1995
   Summa cum laude

Teaching Positions

• St. Thomas University School of Law, Legal Writing Instructor
• Broward Communty College Paralegal Studies Program, Adjunct Professor

Publications

• Iris S. Rogatinsky, Involuntary Termination of Employees Cannot Circumvent Procedural Protections of Section 1114, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Bankruptcy Bulletin, August 2005
• Iris S. Rogatinsky, Debtor Obligated for Stub Rent and Post-rejection Rent in Amount Equal to the Fair Market Value of Lease Premises, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Bankruptcy Bulletin, July 2004
• Iris S. Rogatinsky, District Court Pierces Veil of Trust to Bring Asset into Bankruptcy Estate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Bankruptcy Bulletin, May 2002
• Oscar R. Cantu and Iris S. Rogatinsky, Insurance Disputes and Bankruptcy Jurisdiction, SE64 American Law Institute – American Bar Association 2000

Pro Bono & Community Service

• Recipient of Mentor of the Year Award for the 2004-2005 School Year by Dade County Bar Association E-Mentoring Program
• Provided Pro Bono legal services to Florida's Children First
• Recipient of 2005 Pro Bono Service Award, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP.
• Participant, Dade County Bar Association E-Mentoring Program for the 2005-2006 School Year
• Southern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association, problem-writer for Annual Bankruptcy Bar Retreat

Past Employment Positions

• Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
• Skadden Arps, LLP - paralegal/Uniform Commercial Code Department

Languages Spoken

• English
• Hebrew
• Spanish (conversational)

Iris S. Rogatinsky, Esq.
Of Counsel
Assouline & Berlowe, P.A.
213 E. Sheridan Street, Suite 3
Dania Beach, Florida 33004
isr@assoulineberlowe.com
phone: 954-929-1899
fax: 954-922-6662