Elizabeth Avunjian helps clients with all aspects of preparing for litigation and guides clients in rulemaking proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Elizabeth has experience representing clients in the private equity, financial services, and telecommunications spheres. Her matters often consist of breach of contract, business tort, unfair business practices, malpractice, and bankruptcy litigation.
Committed to pro bono service, Elizabeth represents individuals applying for immigration benefits, families adopting children from the foster care system, and incarcerated individuals alleging civil rights violations. She secured a favorable settlement on the eve of trial in a Section 1983 civil rights case involving several prison guards’ misconduct, including retaliation and excessive force. Elizabeth also serves as a member of Jenner & Block’s Los Angeles Associates Training Committee. While in law school, Elizabeth competed in USC’s Hale Moot Court Honors Program, earned the Anthony and Susan Taylor Written Advocacy Award for Best Brief, and became an Oral Advocacy Quarterfinalist. During law school, Elizabeth was also a member of the USC Post-Conviction Justice Project Clinic, where she served as a certified law student representing California life-term inmates at their parole eligibility hearings.
Credentials
Overview
Elizabeth Avunjian helps clients with all aspects of preparing for litigation and guides clients in rulemaking proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Elizabeth has experience representing clients in the private equity, financial services, and telecommunications spheres. Her matters often consist of breach of contract, business tort, unfair business practices, malpractice, and bankruptcy litigation.
Committed to pro bono service, Elizabeth represents individuals applying for immigration benefits, families adopting children from the foster care system, and incarcerated individuals alleging civil rights violations. She secured a favorable settlement on the eve of trial in a Section 1983 civil rights case involving several prison guards’ misconduct, including retaliation and excessive force. Elizabeth also serves as a member of Jenner & Block’s Los Angeles Associates Training Committee. While in law school, Elizabeth competed in USC’s Hale Moot Court Honors Program, earned the Anthony and Susan Taylor Written Advocacy Award for Best Brief, and became an Oral Advocacy Quarterfinalist. During law school, Elizabeth was also a member of the USC Post-Conviction Justice Project Clinic, where she served as a certified law student representing California life-term inmates at their parole eligibility hearings.
Areas of Focus
Credentials
Admissions
- California, 2021
Education
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law, JD, 2020
- University of California, Los Angeles, BA, summa cum laude, 2016
Court Admissions
- US District Court, Eastern District of California