Borreliz, Avery Elizabeth

Avery Elizabeth Borreliz

Associate

avery.borreliz@lw.com
    Borreliz, Avery Elizabeth

    Avery Elizabeth Borreliz

    Associate

    avery.borreliz@lw.com

    Profile

    Avery Borreliz is an associate in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. Avery represents clients in both commercial litigation and enforcement matters, including class action defense, high-stakes business-to-business disputes, and government investigations.

    Avery represents organizations and individuals across a range of industries and in both state and federal venues, working in particular with clients in the healthcare and life sciences industry. 

    In addition, Avery maintains an active pro bono practice, advocating on behalf of juveniles sentenced to life without parole, disabled veterans, and refugees.

    In addition to her legal practice, she serves as a Global Leader of the firm’s Women Lawyers Group and a member of the firm’s Recruiting Committee.

    Prior to law school, Avery worked at Harvard Medical School conducting large-scale epidemiological and mental health research. Avery has significant work experience in the public policy, research, and non-profit sectors.

    Experience

    Avery's representative matters include advising:

    • Lands’ End in its defense against a consolidated class action, filed in federal court in Wisconsin, brought on behalf of Delta employees alleging uniforms made by Lands’ End caused personal injury and property damage
    • Endo International in opioid cost recovery litigation, including:
      • MDL in Ohio federal district court with plaintiffs alleging deceptive marketing and oversupply of opioids leading to current crisis of opioid addiction and resulting costs to municipalities
      • 14 Massachusetts state court cases as lead counsel, coordinated for pre-trial purposes before the Superior Court’s Business Litigation Session, including cases by Massachusetts’ two largest cities as bellwether cases seeking damages for myriad costs associated with opioid addiction
    • Caesars Entertainment and its subsidiaries in connection with COVID-19 related matters, including developing company protocols and communications for Caesars’ reopening after closing in March 2020 due to COVID-19
    • Juul Labs in connection with the development of the company’s new Code of Conduct and Global Compliance Policies
    • Philip Morris USA in tobacco litigation defense, including personal injury and/or wrongful death claims by individual smokers

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • Massachusetts

    Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2019
    • MPhil in Criminology, University of Cambridge, 2013
      with distinction, Proxime accesserunt for the Manuel Lopez-Rey Graduate Prize
    • BA in Law and Society, American University, 2010
      magna cum laude

    Languages Spoken

    • English

    Practices

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