Nina J. Ginsberg

Nina J. Ginsberg is a criminal defense attorney with Greenspun Shapiro Ginsberg & Yang PC in Fairfax, Virginia. She has practiced criminal law for more than 35 years, representing individuals and corporations in complex state and federal cases. Her practice includes national security matters, white collar investigations, financial and securities fraud, computer crime, and professional ethics. She frequently appears in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Nina earned a B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1973 and a J.D. from Antioch Law School in 1978. She was admitted to practice in Virginia in 1978 and the District of Columbia in 1980. Her legal background is supported by years of teaching and professional leadership. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University and George Mason University law schools and taught professional responsibility topics.

Nina has defended clients in matters involving classified evidence, espionage allegations, securities fraud, and computer-related prosecutions. Her representative work includes acquittals in a military internet crime case and a war-zone prosecution, dismissal of computer fraud counts, and defense of a corporate official resulting in a deferred prosecution agreement. She has also challenged illegally acquired and inadmissible electronic evidence and handled prosecutions in which defendants faced potential capital punishment.

Nina J. Ginsberg served as president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2019 and 2020 and has held numerous bar leadership roles. She received the association’s Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award in 2023 and Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s Circle of Excellence recognition in 2025. Her combination of national leadership and federal trial practice supports representation in sensitive matters involving constitutional protections, complex evidence, and significant personal or corporate risk.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Greenspun Shapiro Ginsberg & Yang PC
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Immediate Past President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2020 – Present)
• Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation
• President, George Mason Inn of Court (2017 – 2018)
• Editorial Board Member, Criminal Law Advocacy Reporter
• Member Criminal Law Section, American Bar Association
• Member, Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member, Criminal Justice Act Panel Screening Committee for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division
• Member, Steering Group, Bar Association of the District of Columbia’s Committee on National Security Law, Policy & Practice
• Member, Steering Committee, Member, Bar of the District of Columbia, National Security Law Policy and Practice Committee
• Member, Merit Selection Panel for U.S. Magistrate Judges in the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division
• Former Member, John Adams Project
• Former Member, Practitioner Advisory Committee, U.S. Sentencing Commission

Licensed State

• Virginia
• District of Columbia

Education

• Antioch Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Rochester
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Awards & Badges