Elan Stiberman, Esq.

Elan Stiberman, Esq. is Of Counsel at Yazdi Law, PLLC, bringing experience in insurance coverage disputes, business and commercial matters, real estate transactions, intellectual property, and dispute resolution. He is admitted to practice in Florida and the District of Columbia — not New York — and his role at the firm focuses on matters within his admitted jurisdictions and on transactional, mediation, and advisory work that does not constitute the practice of New York law.

Elan's insurance practice involves representing carriers in first-party disputes (claims between the insured and insurer over coverage, payment, or bad faith) and third-party disputes (claims involving the duty to defend and indemnify). His coverage work includes policy interpretation, claims analysis, declaratory judgment actions, and coverage litigation. In business and commercial matters, he advises on entity formation, contract drafting and negotiation, commercial transactions, and business disputes. Elan handles real estate transactions in his admitted jurisdictions — including purchase and sale contracts, lease negotiations, and related advisory work — supported by his separate credential as a Florida Real Estate Sales Associate. He also advises clients on intellectual property matters, including trademark, copyright, and trade secret issues. Central to Elan's approach is his formal mediation training: he is certified by the Florida Supreme Court as both a Circuit Civil Mediator and a Family Mediator, and he applies interest-based negotiation techniques across practice areas to help clients evaluate when mediation can produce better outcomes than adversarial litigation.

Elan earned his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami School of Business, with a dual focus on Finance and Business Law. The finance background informs his work in commercial matters, particularly where disputes involve financial analysis, valuation, or complex transactions. Elan is admitted to the Florida Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. He holds Florida Supreme Court certifications as a Circuit Civil Mediator and Family Mediator — credentials requiring specific training, supervised mediation, and ongoing continuing education. He is also a licensed Florida Real Estate Sales Associate.

Elan speaks four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew. This multilingual capability extends the firm's reach to Spanish-speaking clients, Brazilian and Lusophone clients, and Israeli-American and Hebrew-speaking clients — for matters within Elan's admitted jurisdictions and for transactional and advisory work. At Yazdi Law, Elan's language abilities complement those of the firm's other attorneys, allowing the team to provide substantive legal counsel in seven languages across the firm's practice areas. For clients whose matters cross language lines, the firm's attorneys coordinate to match the right combination of legal expertise and language capability.

Elan brings a pragmatic, solutions-oriented perspective to his work. His instinct is toward resolution — finding the path that addresses the interests of all parties involved rather than escalating toward confrontation. When litigation is necessary, he pursues it; when a better resolution exists through negotiation or mediation, he helps clients find it.