Nina J. Ginsberg

NINA J. GINSBERG is a founding partner of DiMuroGinsberg.  In 2002, she was named one of the top 75 lawyers in Washington by Washingtonian Magazine.  Ms. Ginsberg is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has received numerous Presidential Commendation Awards from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Ms. Ginsberg concentrates her nationwide practice on complex criminal trial and appellate litigation before federal and state courts and military commissions.  She has represented individuals and corporations in a wide range of matters, with a focus on national security law, white collar investigations and prosecution, financial and securities fraud, computer crime, copyright fraud, and professional ethics.

Ms. Ginsberg has served as an adjunct faculty member at the George Washington University and George Mason University Schools of Law and has taught the Virginia State Bar's Mandatory Professionalism Course.  She also served on the Virginia State Bar Council from 1997 to 2003 and was a member of the Board of Governors of the Criminal Law Section from 2006 to 2010. Ms. Ginsberg is a member of the Editorial Board of the Criminal Law Advocacy Reporter and is a frequent lecturer and commentator to state and local bar associations and national news programs. Ms. Ginsberg was also recently appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court to sit as a member on Medical Malpractice Review Panels.

Areas of practice:

• Complex criminal trials
• Appellate litigation
• White collar investigations and prosecutions
• National security law
• Security clearances
• Terrorism litigation
• Access to classified information (CIPA)
• International monetary offenses
• Representation before grand juries and federal agency inspectors general
• Computer crime and internet offenses
• Financial fraud
• Copyright and trademark fraud
• Professional ethics
• General crime

Education:

• J.D., Antioch Law School, 1978
• B.A., University of Rochester, 1973

Admissions:

• District of Columbia, 1978
• Virginia, 1980
• District Courts and Court of Appeals, Fourth and District of Columbia Circuits
• U.S. Supreme Court

Membership:

• American Bar Association, Member Criminal Law Section
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Former Member, Board of Directors
  • Former Chair, Amicus Committee
  • Member, International Law Committee
  • Delegate to United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
  • Member and Former Vice-Chair, Forfeiture Committee
• Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
• Virginia State Bar
  • Member, Board of Governors, Criminal Law Section
  • Member, Task Force on Indigent Defense
  • Former Member, Eighth District Grievance Committee
  • Former Faculty Member, Mandatory Course on Professionalism
  • Former Chair, Lawyers Malpractice Insurance Committee
• Bar of the District of Columbia, National Security Law Policy and Practice Committee, Member, Steering Committee, Member
• John Adams Project, former Member
• U.S. Sentencing Commission, former Member, Practitioner Advisory Committee