Iana Vladimirova

IANA is a partner with Stafford Rosenbaum LLP and represents debtors and creditors in all types of insolvency matters. Among her clients are large financial institutions, corporate entities, business owners, individuals, condominium associations and equipment finance lenders. She counsels clients in chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 proceedings, foreclosure actions and state court receiverships. Her commercial litigation experience includes cases involving fraud, embezzlement, fraudulent transfers, Ponzi schemes and thefts-by-contractor, which often lead to bankruptcy filings. In 2020, she became one of the country’s first subchapter V trustees.

Iana recently was elected to the board of the Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. She also is a member of ABI’s Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Advisory Board, and she has served as secretary on the board of IWIRC Wisconsin since 2019. That same year, she also was selected by NCBJ to participate in its annual NextGen program. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America as one of its “Ones to Watch” for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law since 2021, and she has been named a Wisconsin Super Lawyers “Rising Star” since 2021. In addition, she was honored by the Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society in 2020 for her commitment to pro bono work.

Iana moved to the U.S. from Bulgaria for college at 18 years old. After earning a full academic scholarship, she graduated with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in accounting, passed the CPA exam, and first started her career as a public accountant for a Big Four Accounting Firm. In law school, she interned for Hon. Arthur Gonzalez in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, then clerked for Hon. Robert Martin in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. She is a frequent author, presenter and panelist on business law and insolvency issues. In her community, she serves as treasurer on the board of the Children’s Theater of Madison.