Rob and Michele Reiner's son has retained a high-profile defense lawyer whose past clients include former movie star Kevin Spacey and Karen Read, whose murder trial captured audiences across the country. Seasoned litigators say that if anyone can get Nick Reiner acquitted, it's Alan Jackson.
Combining zealous courtroom advocacy with a deft media touch, Jackson has a reputation for seeking big wins for his clients when other defense lawyers might try cut a deal.
"The son has the best counsel he can get," said Mark Bederow, a New York defense lawyer and former prosecutor who closely followed the two trials against Read. After a 2024 mistrial, Read was acquitted in June of charges that she killed her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe.
"I couldn't say enough good things about his skills as a criminal litigator," Bederow said. "He's as zealous and passionate an advocate for the accused as you'll see."
Mystery surrounds how Jackson got involved in Nick Reiner's case, which accuses the 32-year-old of murdering his parents, accomplished film actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife of 36 years, Michele Reiner. The high-profile lawyer hasn't revealed that detail or his financial arrangement with Reiner and he didn't respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on those questions.
