Dominique Caamano

Whether in court, depositions, or investigations, Dom Caamano draws from her multi-faceted criminal and civil litigation experiences to navigate complex issues. Dom has served as lead trial counsel in jury trials and has successfully briefed matters before appellate courts, including the California Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Dom represents individuals and companies in their most sensitive matters, including high-stakes complex international and domestic investigations, prosecutions, enforcement actions, and trials. In addition to investigations and litigation, Dom has worked with multinational clients, including Fortune 500 companies, on compliance efforts such as analyzing and drafting anti-bribery and corruption policies, corporate code of conduct and ethics, reviewing third-party contracts for compliance with corporate policies, and training executives on navigating multi-jurisdictional compliance efforts.

As an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California in the Environmental Crimes and Consumer Protection Section, Dom prosecuted and investigated criminal offenses involving both individuals and companies in varied industries including financial services, aviation, entertainment, e-commerce, retail and luxury goods providers, food industry and safety, drug, digital technology and social media, and the integrated energy sector—as related to complex regulatory violations, consumer safety and protection, intellectual property crimes, bribery and corruption, obstruction, money laundering, anti-money laundering compliance, and other financial crimes, among other matters. Besides prosecuting cases under traditional criminal frameworks, Dom’s practice involved analyzing various complex regulatory frameworks for criminal prosecution including under the Bank Secrecy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Many of her most complex matters involved working cross-nationally with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices as well as various DOJ components including the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Section, and the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, as well as the Consumer Protection Branch, in addition to investigations involving other regulators and investigative agencies including the FBI, IRS-CI, HSI, SEC, EPA, DOT, NHTSA, and FDA. Dom not only served as a federal prosecutor, she also served as the Central District’s Environmental Justice Coordinator, assisting the office in engaging with public and private stakeholders on environmental, health, and climate impacts on individuals and communities within the district.

In addition to her litigation and investigation experiences, Dom served as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She has also co-authored articles aimed at providing insight to board members, C-level executives, and corporate entities seeking to enhance their data privacy and security practices. Dom’s analysis of McKinsey & Company’s $650 million settlement with the DOJ was published in Law360, where she examined how the settlement could signal a shift in the DOJ’s approach to holding consultants accountable for criminal wrongdoing. Her analysis also highlighted the potential for the DOJ to target consultants, especially those working with clients in highly regulated industries, and emphasized the need for robust compliance programs to mitigate risks. Additionally, Dom has published work on the Fourth Amendment and the meaning of the term “effects.” An Order of the Coif graduate of Berkeley Law School, Dom received the American Jurisprudence Award for outstanding performance in Information Privacy and was a member of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Berkeley Law.