About
PARTNER
Gavrila Brotz
4488 W Boy Scout Blvd, Suite 400
Tampa, FL 33607
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Health Care
Trial and Appellate Support
Business Litigation
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100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
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Florida
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Florida State Courts
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University of Miami School of Law
J.D., 2006, magna cum laude
Tufts University
B.A., 1998
Institut d’Etudes Politiques a Paris
Diplome du Programme International, 1997
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Brush v. Miami Beach Healthcare Grp., Ltd., 238 F.Supp. 3d 1359 (S.D. Fla. 2017)
Case v. Miami Beach Healthcare Grp., Ltd., 166 F.Supp. 3d 1315 (S.D. Fla. 2016)
Tricquet v. Whittier, 2016 WL 751799 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Feb. 17, 2016)
Lazaro v. Kendall Healthcare Grp., Ltd., 194 So. 3d 1033 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)
Martinez v. Halibi, 2011 WL 9175560 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 10, 2011)
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Speaker, “To Report or Not to Report? Understanding Florida Statutory Reporting Requirements,” Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management Annual Meeting & Education Conference (August 2022)
Speaker, 5th Annual Hispanic National Bar Association Anti-Human Trafficking Conference (September 2016)
Panelist, “Cybersecurity and Data Theft: Increasing Challenges and the Rise of Ransomware,” American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, Miami, FL (August 2016)
Co-Presenter, “Data Security: Best Practices in the Increasingly Likely Event of a Data Breach,” GrowFL CEO Roundtable, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (June 2016)
Co-Presenter, “Internal Data Theft & Whistleblowers,” South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association (SFHHA) Workforce Committee Meeting (June 2015)
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AV Rated by Martindate-Hubbell
Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2014-2017)
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United Way of Miami-Dade
Member, Women’s Leadership Executive Council
University of Miami School of Law
Member, Moot Court Advisory Board
Coach, Moot Court Team (Moot Court National Championship)
Hispanic National Bar Association
Region VII Human Tracking Taskforce Host Committee Member
Order of Barristers
About Gavrila
Gavrila Brotz is a founding member and partner of the Firm. She received her undergraduate degree in International Relations from Tufts University in 1998, a diploma from the international program at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris in 1997, and her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 2006.
Prior to becoming one of the founding members of Ferrentino + Brotz, Gavrila was a partner at a prestigious Florida law firm where she specialized in health care litigation, trial and appellate support, and business and contract disputes. Her current practice focuses on handling strategic issues for healthcare providers in litigation, specializing in threshold and complex questions of law, as well as counseling clients concerning their policies and procedures.
Gavrila’s practice includes advising healthcare industry clients regarding data protection pursuant to various medical quality review privileges. She assists healthcare facilities and practitioners in addressing requests for information sought under Article X, section 25 of the Florida Constitution, commonly known as Amendment 7, The Patients’ Right to Know about Adverse Medical Incidents. As part of her practice, Gavrila has appeared throughout the State of Florida, litigating before trial and appellate courts regarding how to interpret the constitutional provision and its effects on discovery, use, and admissibility of such materials.
Gavrila is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. She is an AV Preeminent Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. She frequently serves as a judge and coach for moot court teams at her alma mater, and often serves as a panelist and speaker at healthcare industry events.