A significant portion of Mara’s practice involves overseeing all phases of civil litigation in state and federal courts and in regulatory proceedings. She defends companies and their officers and directors in class actions, complex commercial disputes, government enforcement matters, and internal investigations. Her practice includes defending and prosecuting claims of violations of federal and state wiretapping statutes, including disputes involving website pixels, cookies, tracking technologies, and chatbots. Mara also litigates disputes involving claims of data scraping, unfair competition, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, fraud, and theft of trade secrets, intellectual property, and confidential information.

Clients also seek Mara’s guidance on all aspects of data management, discovery, data privacy, and cybersecurity matters. Her work in this area includes advising clients on incident and breach responses and investigations, developing and implementing security and privacy programs, M&A diligence and deal support, and regulatory counseling.

In addition, Mara maintains an active pro bono practice, which has included counseling clients on law enforcement reform efforts in various US states and municipalities and representing the Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners on investigation matters.

Prior to joining Mintz, Mara was an Associate in the Privacy and Data Security Practice at a national, Los Angeles–based firm, where she served as a member of the firm’s Associate Leadership Committee.