Featured Practices
HEALTHCARE FRAUD
EXPORT CONTROL VIOLATIONS
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
TAX CONTROVERSY
MONEY LAUNDERING
INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
AML COMPLIANCE
SENTENCING
Jennifer Lieser is a white collar defense and investigations partner who represents companies, executives, professionals, financial institutions, and individuals in high-stakes criminal, regulatory, compliance, and internal investigation matters. She chairs Kaplan Marino’s Internal Investigations and Corporate Compliance practice group and handles matters involving healthcare fraud, tax controversy, money laundering, AML compliance, cryptocurrency-related issues, export controls, illegal importation, kickback allegations, and other complex business and financial crimes.
Legal and Civic Leadership
Jennifer is active in national and local white collar defense organizations. She serves in leadership roles with the Women’s White Collar Defense Association, including as co-chair of the Social Media Committee, vice-chair of the Young Professionals Committee, and social media coordinator for the Los Angeles Chapter. She also serves as co-chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ White Collar Criminal Defense Committee and the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section.
Jennifer frequently writes and speaks on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, international extradition, cryptocurrency-related fraud, healthcare fraud enforcement, and government enforcement priorities. Her publications include works on international extradition, Bitcoin-related fraud, healthcare fraud enforcement, and shifting white collar enforcement priorities.
White Collar Defense and Investigations
Jennifer defends clients in federal and state criminal matters involving allegations of fraud, money laundering, tax violations, healthcare fraud, importation offenses, kickback schemes, and other complex financial crimes. Her work includes pre-charge advocacy and litigation strategy in matters where the consequences may include criminal liability, professional discipline, financial exposure, and reputational harm.
As chair of Kaplan Marino’s Internal Investigations and Corporate Compliance practice group, Jennifer leads discreet and efficient investigations for small- to medium-sized corporations. Government inquiries, litigation, whistleblower allegations, compliance concerns, or potential misconduct often prompt her investigations. She helps clients identify potential exposure, assess remedial options, and develop practical compliance and risk-management strategies.
Jennifer joined the legal profession after years of work in corporate public relations and marketing, which gave her a distinctive perspective in high-stakes criminal matters, where legal strategy often must account for complex facts, multiple stakeholders, and reputational risk.
Representative Matters
Jennifer’s representative matters include:
- Secured a no-charge outcome in a $2.5 million healthcare fraud investigation in which a prominent physician client was recategorized from a target/subject to a witness and victim in a related indictment. * Obtained a deferred prosecution agreement for an attorney and city council member charged in an illegal referral and kickback matter.
- Secured a no-charge outcome in a major tax fraud conspiracy investigation involving a young technology entrepreneur.
- Obtained dismissal in a federal criminal case alleging illegal importation against a luxury handbag exporter.
- Obtained court-ordered dismissal of criminal charges against an attorney alleged to have been involved in an illegal referral and kickback scheme.
- Secured complete dismissal for a business client charged with 54 counts of grand theft.
- Obtained dismissal of property fraud counts in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions case.
Extensive Recognition
Jennifer has been recognized by leading legal and business publications for her work in white collar criminal defense and investigations. Chambers USA recognized her as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations in California, noting her growing reputation in criminal defense and her leadership of Kaplan Marino’s internal investigation and corporate compliance practice group.
Her additional recognitions include Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch,” Lawdragon “500 X – The Next Generation,” Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Los Angeles Business Journal “Women of Influence: Attorneys,” Daily Journal “Top Women Lawyers,” and Doyle’s Guide “Leading Los Angeles Lawyers: White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations,” among others.