Harry Marino

Harry Marino (born July 14, 1990) is an American attorney, workers' rights advocate, and former minor league baseball player. He led the effort to organize a minor league baseball player's union and helped negotiate the players' first collective bargaining agreement.

Education

Marino earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He received his B.A. from Williams College, where he double majored in Political Science and English and concentrated in Legal Studies.

Career

Marino spent three seasons in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Baltimore Orioles organizations and pitched for five different minor league teams: the Delmarva Shorebirds, Aberdeen Ironbirds, Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks, Quebec Capitales, and Joliet Slammers. Marino has stated he experienced substandard working conditions as a minor league baseball. He was the Executive Director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, a non-profit labor advocacy organization.

Marino served as a law clerk to Karen LeCraft Henderson of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and J. Frederick Motz of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He practiced law at Williams & Connolly LLP before joining Advocates for Minor Leaguers and later served as Assistant General Counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.