Avery Burke

Associate

Avery Burke advises private equity firms, family offices, and their portfolio companies on insurance and risk management matters. Avery assists clients with evaluating insurance coverage, managing claims, and navigating complex coverage disputes and other insurance-related risks. She has experience litigating sophisticated insurance coverage matters in federal court, with a particular focus on environmental liabilities and long-tail claims. Avery has represented clients in high-stakes coverage disputes involving aggregate exposure exceeding $1 billion and has experience developing litigation strategy, drafting dispositive and discovery motions, managing complex discovery, and addressing coverage issues arising under commercial insurance policies.

Avery also regularly works on matters at the intersection of environmental liability and insurance. Her experience includes analyzing environmental and insurance coverage issues involving substantial potential liabilities and navigating the procedural and substantive issues that arise in complex environmental disputes. In addition to her insurance and environmental work, Avery has a broad commercial litigation background. She has handled matters involving professional liability, employment, real estate, premises liability, mass torts, transportation, and contract disputes.

Credentials
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Education

  • J.D. Notre Dame Law School 2023
    • Associate editor, Notre Dame Journal of International and Comparative Law
    • Member, Moot Court Trial Team
    • Teaching assistant, Trial Advocacy
    • Women's Legal Forum Scholarship
  • B.A. Tulane University 2017

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York