Kristina Maritczak is the Co-founder of Compliance Shark – the nation’s leading business compliance platform. 

Possessing over two decades of legal experience, throughout her career, Maritczak focused extensively on risk management, regulatory compliance, human resources/employment matters, litigation and fraud, and employment and whistleblower investigations on behalf of employers.

From 2012-2014, Maritczak served exclusively as their General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer. Her client was a regional closely-held financial services company which Maritczak helped grow nationally and prepare for sale. During this time, Maritczak led the Legal and Risk Management departments while focusing heavily on implementing a new regulatory compliance program responsive to Dodd-Frank and CFPB interpretive guidelines. The method in which she employed changes due to new complex regulatory requirements led the company to be more competitive by attracting top sales leaders in the industry, avoiding regulatory penalties and enforcement actions, and engaging in best practices which increased the value of the company.

From 2004-2011, Maritczak served as First Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Flagstar Bank, a publicly traded bank with national operations, where she managed litigation, fraud investigations, employment, and regulatory compliance matters.

From 2000-2004, Maritczak worked at the (then) largest law firm in Detroit, Michigan, Miller Canfield. During her tenure, she worked with the Labor and Employment Group and Commercial Litigation Group and helped start the White-Collar Crime and Criminal Defense Group.  In this context, Maritczak handled corporate fraud investigations, employment investigations, commercial litigation, employment litigation, all types of employment matters, and white-collar crime matters.  Her personal clients included the National Football League Management Counsel, Northwestern University as well as Aretha Franklin.

From 1995-2000, Maritczak worked as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Oakland County, Michigan, after receiving her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1995.  She conducted numerous trials and had a conviction rate above 95%.

In 1999, Maritczak served as a consultant to the Ukrainian government on the democratization of its criminal justice system. Subsequently, she was selected by the Council for the United States and Italy to be a delegate representing the United States at international leadership seminars.

Maritczak has served on a number of non-profit Boards of Directors and currently serves on the Board of Business Impact Northwest, a non-profit and CDFI which assists people in underserved communities in starting and growing their businesses. Maritczak is a part of Ladder Down, a year-long program for women in the law.

Maritczak is also the founder and principal of Align, LLC, which serves as a business consulting firm that helps growing businesses with a focus on helping women-owned businesses. She also started and is the Managing Broker of Align Real Estate LLC, which creates strategic investment opportunities, spearheads purchases, and sales, and finds properties to lease for clients, as well as helps commercial landlords find tenants and manage properties.