ACCOLADES

San Diego Super Lawyers® (2012-present)
Top Attorneys in San Diego (2013-present)
San Diego Magazine Top Lawyers (2016-present)
Top Attorneys in America (2022-present)
Best Lawyers in America-Employment (2026)
San Diego Magazine Woman of the Year–Legal Industry Finalist (2020)
San Diego Business Journal Best of the Bar
American Association of Birth Centers–Professional Community Award

AFFILIATIONS

Supreme Court of the United States Bar
California State Bar
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court (CA)
Southern | Central | Eastern | Northern
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (CA)
Southern
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Board of Governors (2006-present) | Past President (2014)
Duke University Alumni Assoc. Board
San Diego Chapter (2020-present)
San Diego Appellate Inn of Court (2023-present)
California Lawyers Association (2019-present)
Committee on Appellate Courts (2025-present)
San Diego County Bar Association

MARTINDALE-HUBBELL RATING

AV® Preeminent

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley
B.A. with High Honors and Academic Distinction (1995)
Duke University School of Law
J.D. (1998)

MARISA JANINE-PAGE

Ms. Janine-Page is a Certified Appellate Law Specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice is primarily civil appeals and writs and all phases of employment law and civil litigation. She is a tenacious advocate in the appellate and trial courtrooms, successfully representing both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving constitutional challenges, government tort, employment, complex business disputes, unfair business practices, class actions, civil rights, consumer protection and privacy laws, securities, antitrust, patent infringement, family law, and California Environmental Quality Act. Marisa works closely with employers to proactively implement compliance and risk mitigation strategies to avert legal challenges, as well as conducts internal investigations and provides customized sexual harassment prevention and corporate best practices seminars. Marisa uses her decades of trial and appellate experience and certified expertise in the appeal process to represent clients in appeals and advise trial attorneys on important appellate strategies leading up to, throughout, and post-trial.

Prior to college and her legal career, Marisa was a licensed investment advisor and fixed income securities trader. Marisa is an active member in the community, guest judging mock trial and moot court competitions at the high school, college, and law school levels, mentoring students interested in careers in the law, and sewing costumes for local high school thespians. In 2018, Marisa co-founded Josh’s Smile~Beyond the Chair, a non-profit charity that gives “smiles” to terminally-ill, wheelchair-bound adults and educates the next generation to look beyond the wheelchair to see the person. Marisa led the Association of Business Trial Lawyers in partnering with the National Association of Women Judges on its Informed Voter Project, appearing on radio and in community forums to educate California voters of the importance of fair and free courts. In 2014, Marisa initiated and presided over San Diego’s inaugural Bench and Bar Summit where San Diego’s state, federal, and appellate judges as well as local Bar leaders gathered to discuss critical issues facing the Courts and legal community during the 2013-2014 sequestration. Marisa also served as a guardian ad litem advocate for abused children in California and North Carolina.