Maryam Franzella

Professor Franzella entered academia in 2015 and joined the faculty of Hofstra Law School in 2019. Previously she taught Legal Writing and Lawyering Skills at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Before joining Hofstra, Professor Franzella practiced law for ten years, including at the law firms Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid, P.C., as a senior commercial litigation associate, and Hogan Lovells, LLP, as a consumer finance litigation attorney. She has been admitted to practice in New York and Florida. She has represented clients in numerous state and federal court actions before trial and appellate courts in all aspects of litigation including brief writing, oral argument, discovery, and mediation.

Professor Franzella has served on the Boards of Trustees of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court, as Hofstra Law liaison, the Legal Writing Institute, as leadership experience and advancement pipeline member, and the Nassau County Museum of Art.  She has chaired the Hofstra Law Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council and the Legal Writing Institute’s awards committee. 

Professor Franzella’s writings have been published in legal periodicals and she has presented at state and national conferences.  She has also served as an assistant editor of the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute.

Professor Franzella is a graduate of Fordham Law School.

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