Sara A. Mahoney

Sara is a Partner at Morelli Law Firm PLLC. Her focus is appellate practice (covering all aspects of civil personal injury litigation) as well as a variety of civil cases including nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, Labor Law (construction accident), employment, and sex abuse/assault cases. Sara has spent her entire career advocating for accident victims and is a go-to resource for legal writing and research at the firm. Her work has been integral to obtaining record-breaking results for the firm’s clients, including upholding pain and suffering damages awards totaling $20 million in a traumatic brain injury case — the highest amount to be upheld for such damages for a single plaintiff in a brain injury case at that time in New York State — and recent settlements of $10.5 million and over $6 million in a medical malpractice and Labor Law case, respectively.

Sara Mahoney obtained her JD summa cum laude from Florida State University College of Law where she was a member of The Order of the Coif, a Writing & Research Editor for the Journal of Transnational Law & Policy, an extern with the Innocence Project of Florida, and a clerk for Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente.

Sara is an active member of the New York Women’s Bar Association (NYWBA) and serves on the NYWBA Newsletter Committee. She is also a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and The National Trial Lawyers. She has been featured in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2023. In her spare time, Sara enjoys traveling, hiking, and kayaking. She also enjoys volunteering with New York Cares.