About Ed
Ed Mazel earned both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from the University of New Mexico. He completed a Bachelor of University Studies before moving on to the UNM School of Law. The local education set the stage for a career rooted in the state's courts and legal community.
Mazel's professional story is tied to a small firm practice. In 2013 he began working at Askew & Mazel, LLC. Over the years he has handled matters that bring him into both state court and federal proceedings. He is admitted to practice in New Mexico and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, a pairing that allows him to carry cases from trial level work into appellate matters when necessary.
A regular presence in bar programs, Mazel has taken part in a range of New Mexico State Bar initiatives. He participates in Wills for Heroes and has staffed Law La Palooza and Ask a Lawyer Call-in events. He also serves in the Fee Arbitration Program, where attorneys and clients resolve billing disputes. These roles reflect ongoing engagement with the bar's public service and practice-management aspects rather than any single specialty alone.
Bankruptcy and insolvency work figures prominently in Mazel's practice profile. He holds membership in the American Bankruptcy Institute and in the New Mexico State Bar's Bankruptcy Law Section. Those connections inform his approach to chapter proceedings, creditor negotiations, and related litigation. He handles the procedural and substantive steps that arise in insolvency matters and represents clients in contests that require both filing-level work and contested hearings.
Colleagues describe him as someone who works through the procedural thicket of bankruptcy rules and local practice requirements in a methodical way. He has appeared before trustees and bankruptcy judges and been involved in adversary proceedings and contested matters. His admission in the Tenth Circuit gives him the ability to pursue appellate relief when a case turns on legal interpretation beyond the bankruptcy court.
Outside of firm responsibilities, Mazel keeps an active role in professional programming aimed at both public education and practitioner development. He continues to take part in bar-run projects that connect lawyers to community needs and to dispute-resolution mechanisms within the bar.
He currently handles bankruptcy, insolvency, and related litigation in New Mexico and in the Tenth Circuit.
