Mayada has extensive experience in the areas of medical and health law, insurance, bioethics, human research ethics and personal injuries.  She has advised and appeared in a range of matters such as medical negligence, health practitioner regulation, health service delivery, electronic health records, privacy, clinical governance, guardianship and administration, powers of attorney, surrogacy and voluntary assisted dying.

She has experience as a mediator and as an investigator in adminstrative inquiries.

Her qualifications in pharmacology and physiology have been advantageous in her legal practice over the years.

Prior to signing the Bar Roll, Mayada was in private practice with the law firms Clayton Utz, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and Herbert Geer & Rundle.  She also worked in-house as Director of Legal Services with the Australian Medical Association (Vic), and as Legal Counsel with WorkSafe Victoria.

She currently sits on the Victoria University Human Research Ethics Committee and is a Non Excutive Director with cohealth.