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Associate Attorney

Ava Cavaco

Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn

Washington, DC

5+ Years Experience
Licensed in 6 States

About Ava

Ava Cavaco specializes in complex multi-district and class action litigation, representing individuals affected by defective medical devices, pharmaceuticals, environmental toxic exposure, dangerous consumer products, medical malpractice, and personal injury. She is judicially appointed to Plaintiffs’ leadership and elected Chair of the Leadership Development Committee in MDL 3014, In Re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation. In 2025, Ava was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee and Science & Experts Subcommittee on MDL 3140 In Re: Depo...

Education

Juris Doctorate

Mitchell Hamline College of Law

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Certificate in Conversational Japanese

Konan Daigaku

Awards & Recognition

Minnesota Monthly Top Lawyers

Class Action/Mass Tort · 2024

National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40

MN Civil Plaintiff · 2024

National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40

MN Civil Plaintiff · 2023

American Association of Justice New Lawyers Divison Excellence Award

2023

Minnesota Super Lawyers

Rising Star · 2023

Professional Associations

American Association for JusticeNational Trial LawyersSociety of Women Trial LawyersMinnesota Association for JusticeThe Infinity ProjectMinnesota Native American Bar AssociationMinnesota Asian Pacific American Bar AssociationNational Asian Pacific American Bar AssociationMinnesota Women Lawyers
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