Aviva Will

Vice Chair, New York

Aviva Will is a Vice Chair at Burford. Most recently, she served as Burford’s President, before which she was its Co-Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Will joined Burford in 2010. Prior to that, she was a senior litigation manager and Assistant General Counsel at Time Warner Inc. and a senior litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Experience

Time Warner Inc.

Senior Litigation Manager
Chief Antitrust and Regulatory Counsel
Assistant Secretary
Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Senior Litigator

Education

Fordham University School of Law

JD, cum laude
Fordham Law Review Writing & Research Editor
Columbia University

BA
New Jersey Supreme Court

Law Clerk to Honorable Stewart G. Pollock

Professional affiliations

NYU School of Law, Center for Civil Justice

Board of Advisors
University Settlement

Director & Executive Committee member

Clerkships

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Law clerk to NJ Supreme Court Justice Stewart G. Pollock

Recognition

Chambers and Partners

Band 1 - US Litigation Funding

2022-2025

New York Law Journal

Trailblazer

2019

Notable news and publications

Burford Quarterly Strengthening retail resilience through affirmative recovery programs: Reflections from the 2025 RILA Conference

Burford Quarterly 15 years of legal finance insights showcase exponential growth

Burford Quarterly Law and finance: What’s ahead in 2024

Blog Do the math: In-house benefits of legal finance

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Experience

Time Warner Inc.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Education

Fordham University School of Law

Columbia University

New Jersey Supreme Court

Professional affiliations

NYU School of Law, Center for Civil Justice

University Settlement

Clerkships

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Recognition

Notable news and publications

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