MARA J. MAMET
Attorney at Law

ABOUT
Mara Mamet has practiced law for 35 years, spending the majority of her career working in numerous positions negotiating and overseeing enumerable settlements with attorneys and their counsel for the State Bar of California.

After Mara’s admission to the State Bar of California in December of 1984, Mara worked as a staff attorney in the Office of Trial Counsel.  She continued working for the State Bar of California ­until 1997, working her way up to the prestigious position of senior trial counsel.  Mara’s practice focused primarily on complex litigation, with substantial experience in handling sensitive political and public interest cases.  She litigated numerous multi-count complaints successfully through trials and appeals to the California Supreme Court.  She created and implemented a variety of programs to help highlight and solve ethical issues for potentially problematic members.  She helped to amend and add to the Rules of Professional Conduct and the State Bar Act, governing the conduct of all California attorneys.  And she interacted with state bars around the country to help other states improve their systems.

Mara was a valued legal adviser for the State Bar of California who, for several years, was responsible for directing and supervising investigations of California attorneys throughout California.  Mara oversaw thousands of complaints against California attorneys and played an active role in creating the program monitoring criminal proceedings instituted against any California attorney.

In addition to her work for the State Bar of California, Mara has taught ethics and professional responsibility at both USF School of Law as well as her Alma mater, Golden Gate University School of Law.  She has performed pro bono work for Legal Aid of Marin and the Bar Association of San Francisco.