Nina L. Shaw is an American entertainment

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who is a partner at Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein and Lezcano Law Firm.

Women in Film Women are involved in the film industry in all roles, including as film directors, actor, actresses, cinematographers, film producers, film criticism, film critics, and other film industry professions, though women have been underrepresented in ...

gave her the Crystal Award in 2005 for her work in entertainment, which was "a testament to her distinction among Hollywood's movers and shakers". In 2013, the Beverly Hills Bar Association named Shaw the Entertainment Attorney of the Year. Shaw was recognized in 2011 by The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment 2011: Power 100.

Life

Shaw was born and raised in

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. She also spent some time in

The Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...

. Upon graduating from William Howard Taft High School, Shaw attended

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

, where she received her B.A. in 1976. She went on to

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (CLS) is the Law school in the United States, law school of Columbia University, a Private university, private Ivy League university in New York City. The school was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The un ...

and earned her J.D. in 1979. Shaw is married, lives in Los Angeles with her husband and has two adult daughters. She is

African-American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...

. Shaw is on the

Motion Picture & Television Fund The Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) is a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries and their families with limited or no resources, including services such as tempo ...

(MPTF) Board of Directors. She also appeared in an episode of ''

The A-Team ''The A-Team'' is an American Action television, action television series that ran on NBC from January 23, 1983, to March 8, 1987, about a fictional team of former United States Army Special Forces who work as mercenaries while on the run from ...

'' (“Steel” in 1985) as a tourist.

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