Avery Elizabeth Borreliz

avery.borreliz@lw.com

+1.617.880.4693

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Avery Borreliz is an associate in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins.

While in law school, Ms. Borreliz worked in Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, advising clients on public health matters, and with Greater Boston Legal Services Consumer Rights Unit, assisting with Chapter 7 bankruptcy matters. Ms. Borreliz also served as a research assistant to Judge Nancy Gertner, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (ret.), Professor Jeanne Charn, and Professor James Greiner.

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

Experience

Ms. Borreliz’ 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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