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Tiara
Avaness

Associate Attorney

Malibu, CA

Tiara is an associate attorney at Clarkson. She has always had a passion for health and wellness, and for empowering others to take control of their life and wellbeing through knowledge. Inspired by this passion, her complex consumer class action litigation practice is tailored to combating unfair business practices and deceptive advertising to manifest a safe and transparent marketplace—particularly in the food, beverage, and cosmetics industries.

Her mass arbitration practice focuses on defending peoples’ right to privacy in the wake of data breaches, as well as standing up against loan practices that exploit vulnerable communities. In addition, through her employment class action practice, she is motivated to correct imbalances of power between employees and their employers.

Tiara graduated from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2021. While in law school, she was a member of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program and secured a business law certificate with an emphasis in real estate. She also worked in the Medical-Legal Community Partnership Clinic, assisting clients at the LAC + USC Medical Center to gain access to medical care and overcome social determinants of health. Ms. Avaness also worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA) as the Kamenir Health Advocacy Fellow. She was also a teaching assistant for Negotiation Theory, Contract Drafting and Strategy, Corporate Governance, Health Law and Policy, and Regulatory Compliance.

Ms. Avaness graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Diego in 2018, with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Bachelor of Business in Business Administration, as well as a minor in political science. She was awarded “Top Mediator” at the 2017 InterNational Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament. Ms. Avaness was also the research assistant for an ethnographic study abroad at the Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune, India, analyzing the mass conversion of members of the Dalit caste (formerly known as the ‘Untouchables’) from Hinduism to Neo-Buddhism, as part of their religio-political movement to regain a sociopolitical voice.

Tiara is fluent in Armenian and proficient in Spanish. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, traveling with her loved ones, and Latin dancing—especially bachata and tango.

Tiara Avaness from Clarkson Law Firm
Tiara Avaness from Clarkson Law Firm
Tiara Avaness from Clarkson Law Firm
Tiara Avaness from Clarkson Law Firm

Education

J.D., 2021, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Business law certificate with an emphasis in real estate
B.A. in Philosophy and B.B.A. in Business Administration, with a minor in Political Science, 2018, University of San Diego

Bar & Court Admissions

State Bar of California
United States District Court for the Central District of California
United States District Court for the Northern District of California