Honors & Affiliations
- Listed in:
- The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, 2022-2026
- New York Super Lawyers® Rising Star, Civil Litigation - Defense, 2021-2025
- Women On The Rise, Albany Business Review, 2021
- Albany County Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Capital District Women’s Bar Association
- Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association, CLE Committee Member, 2019-present
- Capital District Women’s Bar Association, Outstanding New Lawyer Award, 2018
- Karen C. McGovern Senior Prize Trials Competition, Winner/Best Oral Advocate, Spring 2017
- Domenick L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition, Winner, Fall 2015
- Judge Merle Fogg Jr. ’45 Moot Court Prize, Recipient
- Thomson Reuters Award for Excellence in Evidence Law, Recipient
- Selma Mintz Memorial Prize, Recipient
- Judicial Intern for Hon. Mae A. D'Agostino, United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York
- Dean Thomas Sponsler Honors Teaching Fellow
- National Order of the Barristers
Representative Publications
- "Elevate Albany: A Career Path Isn't Always Direct," Albany Business Review, June 8, 2023
- "An Interview with Mara Afzali, Litigation and U.S. Army JAG Corps," Legally Bond Podcast, November 8, 2021
- "Letting Sleeping Dogmas Lie: A Response to Judge Posner's Call to Reform The Res Gestae Exceptions To The Rule Against Hearsay", 80 Alb. L. Rev. 595, 2017
- Excited Utterance, The Evidence and Proof Podcast, Episode 51: Mara Afzali, The Res Gestae Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay, available here.
Representative Presentations
- Panelist, Federal Practice and Judicial Clerkships: Perspectives from the Northern District of New York, Syracuse University College of Law, March 16, 2021
Other Activities
- Knox Fire Department, Volunteer
- The Albany Law School Dean’s Leadership Council, Member, 2019-Present
- Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York’s Private Attorney Involvement Program, Volunteer, 2019
- Albany Law School, Karen C. McGovern Senior Prize Trials Competition, Advisor, 2019
- United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, 2019 Youth Law Day, Volunteer
- Albany Law School Board of Trustees, Student Representative, 2016-2017
Articles
- “Garbage In, Garbage Out” – New York Judge Throws Out Expert Damages Calculation Generated by Artificial Intelligence
October 15, 2024 - Attention Corporations, Partnerships and Other Contracting Parties! Is the Indemnification Clause in Your Agreement Broad Enough?
December 8, 2022 - Monthly Feature: Get to Know... Mara D. Afzali
May 17, 2021
News
- Nine Albany Bond Attorneys Named 2025 Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars
September 29, 2025 - Bond Announces Four Albany Attorneys Recognized as 2026 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
August 21, 2025 - Bond Elects Eleven New Members
January 30, 2025 - Four Albany Bond Attorneys Named 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars
August 23, 2023 - Bond Announces Four Albany Attorneys Recognized as 2024 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
August 17, 2023 - Five Albany Bond Attorneys Named 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars
August 23, 2022 - Bond Announces Four Albany Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
August 18, 2022 - Four Albany Bond Attorneys Named 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars
August 20, 2021 - Bond Announces Two Albany Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
August 19, 2021
