Ava Borrasso, a shareholder, focuses her practice at Astigarraga Davis on international commercial litigation. In over 15 years as a litigator, she has handled a variety of business-related litigation matters, including contract disputes, fraud actions and real property disputes.

She has litigated substantial commercial disputes from inception through final resolution, whether by dispositive motion, trial, or appeal. She has litigated matters in both state and federal courts and is admitted to the Bar in Florida and Illinois. Her representative cases include: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago v. Birk Hillman Consulting, Inc., Case No. 04-11813 CA 30 (11th Cir. Judicial District, Miami-Dade County, Florida); Port of Sale, Inc. v. Citibank, N.A., Case No. 2000/163 (D.V.I. May 2006); Boca Investors Group, Inc. v. Potash, 835 So.2d 273 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002); Boca Investors Group, Inc. v. Potash , 832 So.2d 197 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002); Debis Financial Services, Inc. v. Castaneda, 735 So.2d 1280 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Dade County Inv. Co., Inc. v. Barnett Bank of South Florida, N.A., 733 So.2d 535 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); Nealon v. Right Human Resource Consultants, Inc., 669 So.2d 1120 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

Her publications include: Lender Liability for Breach of Construction Loan Agreements and for Negligence Florida Real Property Litigation; Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2005, (4th Edition); 2001 (3rd Edition); 1996 (2nd Edition) (co-author); and Supervisor Liability Under the Family and Medical Leave Act – The Judicially Created Public Official Exception, Florida Bar Journal (Nov. 1999). She is a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. She is also a member of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers.

Ms. Borrasso graduated from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law where she was a member of the Loyola University of Chicago Law Review and where she served as a judicial extern for a federal district court judge.

She has traveled extensively throughout Europe, particularly Italy where she studied for one year, and Latin America.