Nina Marino

Founding Partner
Kaplan Marino, PC

As the founding partner of Kaplan Marino, PC, Nina Marino has devoted her practice exclusively to white-collar and complex criminal defense since co-founding the firm in 1998. She has achieved global recognition for her work, including a Band 2 ranking from Chambers USA and the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section’s Charles English Award, its highest accolade for excellence. A prominent leader in her field, Marino is the first vice chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section, which she will lead in 2026, and is a founding member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association. In May 2024, after a 10-week jury trial, she secured not guilty verdicts on all counts for a CEO in a prominent federal bribery case.