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Alena Ivanov

Associate She / Her / Hers
Seattle

Alena Ivanov advises clients on bankruptcy, insolvency, and distressed financial transactions, with a focus on distressed real estate and commercial lending. She represents lenders, creditors, trustees, and receivers in court proceedings and out-of-court workouts, helping clients protect and recover their investments when borrowers face financial distress.

Alena's practice covers bankruptcy cases, receiverships, and state and federal litigation involving distressed real estate and other assets. She also represents lenders in loan documentation and enforcement, and helps commercial lenders and creditors recover debts and enforce judgments.

In Chapter 7, 11, and 13 cases, she represents creditors and trustees on matters such as relief from the automatic stay, plan confirmation, cash collateral, claims disputes, preference and other avoidance actions, dischargeability disputes, and sales of property.

Professional Highlights

Judicial Clerkships

Hon. Christopher M. Alston, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington, 2022-2024

Professional Activities

King County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section

Recognition & Accomplishments

The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Seattle), 2026, 2027; "Ones to Watch," Litigation - Bankruptcy (Seattle), 2026

Board Memberships & Community Service

Cascade P-Patch Community Garden, Volunteer

Publications

Author, “Purdue and Mass Tort Claims: Will Non-Debtor Release Survive?,” West Virginia Law Review, April 2024

Credentials 

Education

Emory University School of Law (J.D. 2022)
Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Vol. 37, Staff Member; Vol. 38, Executive Managing Editor

University of California, Irvine (B.A. 2015)

Admissions

Washington

Oregon

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon