Originally from New York, Ms. Bass graduated from Russell Sage College in Troy, New York, with a degree in education and the social sciences.  She taught in the Albany-Troy area and then on Long Island, New York before moving to Florida.  As a teacher she became acutely aware of the effects of divorce on the family.

In  1980 she entered Nova Center for the Study of Law and learned about the advantages of alternative means of resolving disputes when she interned at the Broward County Dispute Resolution Program.  She was impressed with clients' resolving their own disputes under the guidance of a person trained in this field as opposed to the traditional judge-as-decision-maker approach.

Following graduation from law school, Iris practiced with Michael K. Davis for ten years as a civil attorney on a variety of matters including probate, contracts, wills, medical malpractice,  divorce and post-divorce matters.  Over time she became more involved in divorce cases and less so in the other fields.  She became a Supreme Court certified family mediator in 1993. As such she assists individuals to resolve their disputes without litigation (or, alternatively, during the litigation period) as a neutral, representing neither party.

In 1993 she established her current practice which focuses on family matters including all divorce and post divorce issues, other family conflicts, family mediation, and collaborative lawyering.  She has also been certified as an arbitrator and participates in NASD cases as an arbitrator.

Iris is active in the legal community both as a mediator and litigation practitioner. She has been active in the Association of Broward County Mediators for many years, serving on their Board and in various officer capacities, most recently as president in the 2001-2002 year. She continues to be an active member of the Legislative Committee of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar, is chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution's Collaborative Law subcommittee of the Family Law Section of  the Florida Bar, is Co-Chair the Broward County Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and is current President of the Collaborative Family Lawyers of South Florida, Inc.

Iris understands that the dissolution of a marriage is a tremendous anxiety-producing life event and treats the client accordingly.