Anya Avital

**U.S. Attorney Anya Avital** is an attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office. She represents the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

## History

### On SVU

At the courthouse, Avital meets with Carisi for the first time where she sees lipstick on Carisi's neck and wipes it off for him. Avital then continues to assist Carisi in the case against Congressman Justin Howard for sex trafficking and rape. (SVU: "And The Empire Strikes Back")

After Myron Gold was suspected by Howard of ordering several murders and arranging Jenna Evans' abortion, Avital and Carisi talk to Gold and his attorney in order to make a deal. In the end, Howard gets arrested and charged with sex trafficking and several rapes whereas Gold gets released due to his connections. Some time after Howard's arrest, Carisi meets with Avital in his office about Howard where he gets called out by Rollins. Rollins expresses jealousy at the fact that Avital and Carisi were alone together.

A few months later, Avital left the U.S. Attorney's Office and became a defense attorney. Avital clashed with Benson and the squad when she defended Cole Eaton after he was accused of raping Michelle Young when they were younger. In the end, Eaton was sentenced to probation for Michelle's rape after making a deal with the police.

A year later, Avital returned to the U.S. Attorney's Office where she worked with Ingram Wise and the Special Victims Unit in closing an open rape case involving a serial rapist named Ronnie Samuels who targeted and raped young deaf women. After Samuels was arrested, Avital and Wise assigned Churlish, Fin and Bruno to work together to hire new detectives for the Bronx Special Victims Unit.

While Avital and McCrary surveil Wilcox while he is talking to his co-workers, Avital and McCrary talk to Jet and Benson who tells them to be a little bit patient. Later, after Stabler spots something on the footage of Wilcox, Benson calls McCrary. Avital and McCrary then watch the footage while Benson tells McCrary that when the IT guy arrives, they arrest him. Avital then informs Benson and Stabler about Jacob before he arrives to meet Wilcox. When Jacob arrives, Jacob decides to take the servers with him. McCrary then informs his team to move in and they arrest Jacob. Benson, Stabler, Whelan and Reyes then fly to Ohio to meet with Avital and McCrary. Jet then calls Stabler to inform him that the Shadowërk servers are up and running. Avital then shows Stabler and Benson that a hit had been ordered on them. (SVU: "All Pain Is One Malady")

### On OC

While talking to Jet on the phone, Jet explains to them how Shadowërk had mirrored the server. Avital then asks Jet how she can stop people from dying and Jet claims that they can’t until they find the man. While Reyes and Whelan question Jacob, Avital tells Stabler and Benson that they are barred from fieldwork until further notice. While Benson and Stabler are questioning Linda, Avital pulls them out of the questioning room. McCrary tells Benson and Stabler about Kyle and that he was last seen at Linda’s address. Avital tells Benson and Stabler that they will get a warrant to search the premises. At the FBI office, Avital escorts Stabler and Benson after Stabler starts getting restless. Avital goes out for lunch with Stabler, Benson and McCrary where they end up getting involved in a shooting. (OC: "With Many Names")

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	+ Season 23: "And The Empire Strikes Back" • "Never Turn Your Back On Them" • "One More Tale of Two Victims" • "If I Knew Then What I Know Now"
	+ Season 24: "Jumped In" • "Soldier Up" • "All Pain Is One Malady"
* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 3: "With Many Names"